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Atlantis Internet Group Corp. (PINKSHEETS: ATIG) announced today that it had received an opinion letter from the National Indian Gaming Commission (NIGC) approving its Quarterback Draw Football & Bango Football collection for use in Indian Casinos Nationwide.

The Quarterback Draw Football collection is the first of its kind using exciting football action to encourage spectator participation with a fast-paced bingo game and Sportsbook-type wagering. “Bango is the perfect ‘arm-chair quarterback’ game where individual players call the plays in order to score and win while other casino patrons bet on the quarterly pools and play bingo all in the same game,” said Donald L. Bailey, CEO of Atlantis Internet Group Corp.

Quarterback Draw Football and Bango Football is a collection of three separate but related games, each requiring its own wager and paying its own prizes. All three games are video games played on electronic player stations via Atlantis’ proprietary Casino Gateway Network.

– Quarterback Game is a football gambling game that allows two players
to participate in, and wager on, the outcome of a computerized football
game. In this virtual football game the two quarterbacks compete against
each other in a life-like football game. The quarterbacks call plays to
move the ball up and down the field to score like in an actual football
game.

– Bango is a bingo game for which the quarterback game functions as the
ball blower (used in traditional bingo to select winning numbers). Every
time the ball moves up and down the field and lands on a yard line, that
yard line number is marked off on a bingo card with winning shapes. When
the winning shape is made the winning player calls “Bango” to indicate he
or she has the winning card, just like in a “live” bingo game.

– Bango Football Pools are sportsbook simulated games that Bango players
and Quarterback players may also play. Players pay to pick a square on a 10
by 10 grid numbered from 0 to 9 across the top and one side. A player wins
if his or her numbers match the last digits of the score of the Quarterback
Game at designated times.

Players can also buy Bango and Football Pool cards at the casino and check their winning cards from home online using Atlantis’ Entertainment Plus product, which was also approved by the NIGC. Atlantis will launch its initial marketing campaign in Indian Casinos utilizing former Super Bowl Quarterbacks who will compete in a classic match up of football skill. Rick “Doc” Walker, former NFL player for the Washington Redskins, Super Bowl player and popular sports caster will spearhead the marketing campaign to recruit former NFL Quarterbacks. “The exciting part of this game is that everyday you can be that Super Bowl quarterback and compete in a virtual football league, with Play-offs, Super Bowl, Cash and Prizes,” said Bailey. “As for the Bango players, they can compete in traditional or progressive bingo with nationwide jackpots that could reach millions.”

Frank Price of Diversified Sports Programs, Inc. is the original designer and patent holder of the game and collaborated with ATIG to manage the game and to get the game approved for use in Indian Casinos by the NIGC. There is a revenue sharing agreement in place between the two parties like many of the other games on the network such as Keno, Poker, Traditional Casinos Games, Tournament Games and Thunderball, the Indian version of Powerball. “We feel Quarterback Draw Football and Bango Football have something for everyone. It’s a true football-lovers game where football enthusiasts can call the winning plays and bet on the football game while spectators can enjoy the Bingo at the same time,” said Price. “It could become the new American pastime where sports and bingo lovers can have their cake and eat it too!”

About Atlantis Internet Group Corp. (http://www.AtlantisInternetGroup.com) Utilizing an innovative development team and licensed gaming executives to oversee its state-of-the-art online gaming and slot machine products, Atlantis Internet Group Corp. is bridging the gap between traditional gaming casinos and online gaming. Atlantis Internet Group is one of the first companies to interface with online games and player tracking systems found on traditional floor slot machines. Internet users can play-for-fun games including blackjack, roulette, craps, and more at AtlantisInternetGroup. The games utilize industry leading technology. In addition, the web site features links to Atlantis Internet Group clients, corporate information, and descriptions of products the company offers.

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Paddy Power the Irish online bookmaker is optimistic that it’s growth will continue well into 2010. According to a Bloomberg report Ireland’s largest bookmaker, expects things to be “good” next year mainly because of further expansion of the web wagering business and accelerating growth in Australia.

Patrick Kennedy, Chief Executive Officer for Paddy Power stated recently that earnings from online gambling could rise to more than 80 percent of profit “in the not too distant future.” Kennedy, who joined the company in 2005 and has seen the decline of profits associated with the wagers being smaller in home based shops due the recession also sees the internet growth as a boost to the business.

Paddy Power took control of Sportsbet, by buying up a 51 percent stake in Australian online bookmaker International All Sports Ltd. Customer numbers have increased by about 80 percent from a year earlier, since the company acquired the shares. While the company has not ruled out further acquisitions in Australia the CEO said they are not looking at anything at the moment.

With momentum in Australia looking very strong the company is also seizing the opportunity to expand it’s retail outlets and is adding more U.K. stores as other retailers exit the high street. Paddy Power is on course to meet its target of 150 outlets in the U.K. by 2011. Paddy Power has 87 stores in there after opening 19 more this year. Mr. Kennedy commented that,” If you’re trying to build a business on the U.K. high street, this is a fantastic environment,” adding, “Units are offered to us today that we would never have seen two years ago.”

On the French front as the market opens up there Mr. Kennedy said, “Large French companies who would have well-known brands and would know their way round the French market would be the sort of companies we would be looking at,” concluding, “We can provide them with the backend and they do the front end.”

We talk a lot about Blackjack here at Online Casino Suite. And rightly so. Considering our mission is to help players safely navigate the world of online gambling and play with the best odds possible, it’s only right that we encourage players to throw down bets at an online blackjack casino.

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OCS takes into account three factors designating an online blackjack casino, assuming first and foremost that the casino is legally licensed and regulated in a reputable online gambling jurisdiction. They are as follows:

1) A blackjack online casino should offer true blackjack bonuses – Don’t be fooled by advertisements offering free casino cash, because the truth of the matter is that it’s not free. Some bonuses are more “free” than others. For example, all online casino bonuses require players to wager a certain amount of money before becoming eligible to cashout any winnings. This “wager-requirement”, also called play-through, generally ranges from 10x to 50x. Furthermore, most of these bonuses only permit wagers at certain games – mainly slots and other games with higher House Edges.Blackjack is usually excluded from the list. And of those that do allow blackjack to meet the play-through, it is often just a small percentage of the wager (2-10%), in essence making the play-through that much larger. A true blackjack bonus, therefore, should be one that allows 100% of Blackjack wagers to meet the play-through requirement, which although will be higher than play-through requirements for slots bonuses, should still be reasonable.

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Rushmore Casino once again comes to mind for blackjack tournaments. Their tournament schedule includes single table tournaments 24/7, both one-on-one and sit n go’s, as well as multi-table tournaments with a dynamic prize purse. The “big daddy” of all the multi-table blackjack tournaments is held here – the Blackjack Bowl. It spans several months and guarantees $50,000 in jackpot winnings. See the OCS news article on the Rushmore Blackjack Bowl for more details.

3) A blackjack online casino should offer multiple blackjack games with favorable rules – Just because an online casino offers Blackjack doesn’t mean it’s a good bet. Some online casinos pull little tricks to raise the Casinos Edge, like pay 6:5 instead of 3:2 for a Blackjack, prohibit doubling down, or allowing the dealer to hit on Soft 17. The key to getting a low House Edge playing Blackjack is all in the rules of the game. While Microgaming casinos offer more Blackjack games than other software platforms, many of these games don’t offer the most favorable rules. It’s almost as if there are more Blackjack games offered in order to confuse you. Just remember to always read the rules. If you are unsure of which game is giving you the best odds, use a Blackjack House Edge Calculator or just stick to playing Vegas Strip rules.

As you might have guessed, Rushmore Casino still comes out as the best online blackjack casino in our opinion. There are five different Blackjack games and all in all, the rules combine to return a Casinos Edge of .49%. That’s good for the Blackjack player, and especially considering the bonuses and Blackjack tournaments.

One of the leading online scratch card sites in business today, not to mention the only scratch card site reviewed here at Online Casino Suite, Scratch2Cash, has announced the launch of another scratch card, The Fairy Tale. Now bringing their portfolio of scratch card games to over forty, The Fairy Tale is another big jackpot scratch card, offering a max prize of $/Ј/Ђ200,000.

If you’re thinking that a jackpot like that would never hit, think again. A player by the name of Lydie A. just won Ђ100,000 on a scratch off card, while the Recent Winner’s feed on Scratch2Cash’s homepage shows a steady stream of jackpot wins totaling over Ђ20,000 for today alone. And that’s today, meaning October 15, 2009, unlike certain other Recent Winner feeds at online casinos where “recent” means two months ago.

Granted, Scratch2Cash is not an online casino. However, judging by the money that flows here, not to mention the bonuses and ongoing promotions, one would think that Scratch2Cash has a bank of online slot machines working behind the scenes. However, the truth of the matter is that Scratch2Cash has developed a large player base by not only paying out lots of money (95% payouts; every one in three cards wins), but moreso by paying attention to their players needs via a loyalty program and 24/7 customer service.

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Shannon Shorr is a student majoring in business at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa. He is also one of the best young players on the no-limit hold’em tournament circuit, with over US$3.3 million in career earnings. After his school ran a public awareness campaign about university students and problem gambling, he said that he recognized the signs of compulsive gambling in many of his classmates.

Mr. Shorr also saw some of the signs of addiction in himself when he first started playing as a college freshman. He would spend almost forty hours a week playing online poker and lost thousands of dollars before he backed off, studied the game, and went on to his current successful run. He understands how college students, with lots of pressure and little money, can be lured into such compulsive behavior.

With the growth in land-based casinos, state lotteries, and online gaming, many students are tempted by the idea of ignoring the schoolbooks in favor of quick cash at the blackjack table, the online slot machine or the local bookie. A new task force formed by the National Center for Responsible Gaming has compiled a list of recommendations for college officials to stem the rising tide of illicit gambling on their campuses.

The Task Force on College Gambling Policies was formed last year in cooperation with the Cambridge Health Alliance, a department of the world-famous Harvard Medical School. According to one report, up to half of American university students have placed a bet and more than ten percent show signs of compulsive gambling. Moreover, unlike drug and alcohol addictions, schools are not providing adequate support to students who are gambling addicts.

Another reason that students with gambling addictions do not get the help they need is that compulsive gambling often does not carry many of the physical scars that frequently accompany drug and alcohol abuse. A major effort of this new task force is to help addicts and their peers recognize the signs of a gambling addiction. An aggressive program is already underway in Missouri to educate students about such dangers

Something is amiss in Poland’s gambling industry, but this time around it’s politicians, not players, that are trying to cheat the system. With the next Polish presidential election only one year away, Prime Minister Tusk (a presidential hopeful) is doing everything in his power to distance himself from this latest gambling scandal; so far, he’s given four high ranking officials the ax, and with a new probe in place more are expected to go on the chopping block.

Blackjack-Gate began as an anti-corruption investigation spearheaded by a group of Tusk’s political opponents. The group has alleged that a number of high ranking officials have taken lobbyist bribes in exchange for padding the approaching gambling tax hikes. While no officials have been charged yet, the Sports Minister, Justice Minister, Deputy Prime Minister and a member of the Economy Ministry voluntarily resigned this week. Tusk readily accepted and even encouraged their resignation as he struggled to uphold his “public trust” platform.

While world leaders have lauded Tusk’s efforts to clean house, the Prime Minister’s approval rating has dropped 6% since the first Blackjack-Gate allegations were made last week. In an effort to rally support, Tusk has promised to seek out and remove anyone and everyone involved and has also promised that the new gambling tax legislation will pass, unaltered, later this month.

Many high-stakes gamblers expect and get large lines of credit from the casinos they visit. The casinos extend loans to these “whales” in order to provide them with the ready cash they need to play (and lose) at their tables. What about online casinos? Can a gaming floor that only extends as far as a player’s computer screen extend large lines of credit to their high rollers?

Since most players at online casinos make deposits to their bankrolls through credit card transactions, they often use their own existing credit or cash from their bank accounts as their primary bankroll source. Also, in order to prevent online gaming addiction, many sites have limits on how much a player can deposit into their account during a given time span. These players get their lines of credit from other sources.

However, most online casinos offer numerous other bonuses to high-stakes players. The main source of extra money the casinos provide for these gamblers is the “deposit bonus”. For players who make a sizable deposit into their online casino bankroll, either when creating their accounts or replenishing their funds, the casino will match a portion of the deposit amount immediately.

Other incentives for “whales” to sign up include “match play” bonuses. These programs will give the high roller free deposits into their account after they play a certain number of hands at a card table, pulls on a slot machine, or spins of a roulette wheel. The longer they play and the higher they bet, the faster the free money moves from their “bonus” account to their real-money account.

High rollers also earn frequent player points based on the level of their bets and the length of their play. While online casinos may not be able to offer luxury suites and fine dining, they can offer the player a chance to redeem his points for apparel, luggage, electronics and other items. The points system allows the online casino to show its appreciation to their most valued customers.

These special players will also often receive invitations to special tables, events and tournaments. Online casinos frequently offer games that have higher betting limits for their “whales” than are available to the typical player. Also, high rollers can qualify for special blackjack, slot machine and poker tournaments that offer huge jackpots without the need for an entry fee.

Big spenders at the virtual table also earn more privileges at major online casinos. In a land-based casino, a casino host takes care of the whale’s needs, wants and desires. With an online casino, high rollers can expect the highest level of service. Many high-stakes online players can access round-the-clock technical support by email or telephone. Also, they can contact their VIP hostess for questions on comps, games or other information.

In rare cases, with established players who have a history with the site, an online casino will extend a line of credit to a high roller. However, due to the nature of the online site as opposed to the live casino setting, players should not expect a sizable credit offering. High rollers in the virtual world still often have to come up with “real” money to play.