The world of gambling has always been one that many associate with millions of dollars passing from the public into the hands of the casino operators but just 24 hours after they completed a deal which saw the company become the largest casino operator. Rank Group announced that they were predicting that the company were going to see a shortfall of profits based on previous figures.

According to the reports, Rank announced that they believe that freezing weather conditions and a spell of good luck for a number of London based ‘highrollers’ contributed to the potential shortfall of profits that the group expected to be able to announce at the close of the financial quarter.

Rank Group are owners of a number of large name gambling operators, with Grosvenor Casinos and Mecca Bingo just two of the flagship properties owned within the group but it seems that the lucky streak that the punters were recording was not confined to just the casino arm of the brand, a fall of 7% customers compared to 18 weeks prior.

Revenues that were finally submitted revealed that the group make a profit of £65.5 million from a total of over £600 million in revenue.

Although the reduced income was not as predicted, chief executive Ian Burke said “Unsurprisingly, our venues were affected by the persistent freezing weather conditions” continuing to say that although the profits were down for the quarter, the group “feel our businesses have performed reasonably well.”

With lower profits seeming to be a common report for this quarter, gamblers have grown wary of potential gambling operators that might not be able to honour their losses, so to make sure that you can avoid that in the best way possible, we once again remind you to take the time to read reviews about the possible gambling sites that you may wish to use.

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The online bingo market has become a lucrative one to say the least thanks to the increase in popularity throughout Europe, especially the UK and it seems that whenever you try to watch anything on television on an evening, there will always be some form of bingo site offering up their promotional offers within the ad breaks but there will be one company advert that you won’t be seeing any time soon.

According to news sources this week, the Advertising Standards Agency has once again stepped in to protect consumers from misleading promotions following the decision to ban an advert that was created by Vernon’s Bingo due to the misleading nature towards the free bingo offer that they were hoping would be able to increase their potential flow of new members to the site.

The reports show that the advert was considered to be confusing for consumers due to the frequent alterations surrounding the terms and conditions of the free bingo offer that they were looking to promote, pointing out that the offer terms and conditions were altered three times during the advertisement, forcing the ASA to ban the ad from being televised.

With so many online bingo sites offering lucrative free bingo offers to potential new members, Vernon’s Bingo will have felt that they needed to share their £30 free play offer with the public, however the inability to share that the bonus is given once a real money minimum deposit of £10 is made on the site.

The ASA are an independent regulator that oversee advertising on all media and are responsible for ensuring that any advertising is truthful and not misleading, protecting consumers from potential issues that could arise following the lack of understanding caused by the advertising campaign.

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Online gambling seems to be on the up again as a report regarding the revenue that online gambling generates within the industry and on a focus based within Spain, figures show that the number of participants over the last quarter have increased by over 40 percent, taking the number of online gamblers to one million within the country.

According to a report conducted by the Spanish online regulator, La Direccion General de Ordenacion del Juego, the Spanish market generated €61.4 million during the reported quarter and that figure showed that the revenue had seen an increase against the previous stats of 40 percent.

Accreditation to the increase has been given to the La Liga related betting that had incurred during that period but the report also showed that despite there being an increase in the revenue created, the figures showing the number of new sign ups to gambling sites had decreased significantly, dropping an estimated 25 percent to previous statistics.

Although there has been an increase within the earnings of the industry during the quarter, predictions show that there could still be further growth still to be applied to the sector due to many gambling operators within the country awaiting the notification that online slots are open business within the sector, which is expected to have a large scale uptake and will be sure to generate further income within the initial quarter in which they are openly offered to gamblers.

A breakdown of the figures shown within the report show that online poker revenue rose by 17 percent, online casino revenues made up 12.4 percent of the figures and online bingo accounted for 3.6 percent of the money earned.

With a strong sign of growth happening within the country, residents should expect to see a number of gambling operators increasing their outreach to them in a bid to convince them to gamble on their respective sites, so sites like http://www.jackpotcity.co.uk which targets the UK market could soon be set to push into the market in a bid to compete for some of the predicted uptake within the online slots boom that is still to come.

Although the prospect of being able to gamble on long distance flights is not a new concept due to being suggested before, it seems that two French designers are working to bring the idea to the forefront of their agenda as they look to develop the latest attempt to incorporate gambling tables into a new plane based lounge.

According to news sources around the world, the two aviation designers have seen a break through within their design concept and they believe that they now have a way in which travellers would be able to indulge in casino games while flying without the need to stay seated in cramped seating areas.

Frederique Houssard, founder of design company Designesence revealed that his plan is to “bring back the glamour of the 50’s and 60’s”, adding that he believes that the concept would be “The kind you see in James Bond movies.”

Reports show that Houssard has joined forces with Jean-Pierre Alfano from AirJet Designs and that the pair are still to speak with airline providers about the implementation of their design, however the concept is being developed with the idea to have something solid to show to potentially interest before they begin to pitch the idea to the operators.

Thoughts are that online gambling will have increased the possible interest that could be shown in the offering, many believing that providing the chance to gamble on long haul flights would be a popular service.

Speaking to reporters about their announcement, the designers revealed that they believed that the lounge space that would be created as part of the offering would be more than a bar and entertainment space, pointing out that they believed that it would be better suited being referred to as a “social space”.

Although it seems that the idea has been welcomed by many, others are asking whether travellers would be interested in paying a premium to travel business class in order to gain access to the offer, especially with the development of mobile based casino games such as the casino app created by operators like Mansion Casino, 888 and other brands.

Concerns remain about the amount of space that the planned lounges would absorb from  the size of the planes are still in the back of the mind of operators that have spoken about the prospect but the designing duo have revealed that carefully planned design would eliminate those fears, saying that they would create a space saving design that wouldn’t force the removal of a large amount of seating.

One lucky gambler saw his luck come in last week as he took to the Mega Fortune slots game hosted on Mr Green Casino, scooping a huge €3.1 million jackpot from a £2.50 spin.

The UK based father of two won the life changing sum of money on 13^th February and told interviewers that he was struggling to be able to believe his luck, joking that he had just delivered the best Valentines present that he could possibly imagined, saying “It will be a hard one to top. I’m completely overwhelmed and can’t even believe it, it hasn’t really sunk in yet.”

Mike Leys, the UK spokesman for Mr Green Casino commented on the win, saying “We don’t know what strategy he used but it sure was a successful one. This guy has now been properly rewarded for his casino skills. So far this is the largest single win paid out by Mr Green.”

The 31 year old winner saw the jackpot fall into place while playing on the Mega Fortune slots title, the same gaming title that recorded the biggest slots game jackpot amount being paid out, which was deemed to be a world record breaking amount of €17.8 million.

Following the news of the biggest slots jackpot ever being paid out on the Mega Fortunes slots game, the title quickly became a popular feature amongst online slots players all over the world and once again the title has come good as yet another punter watches his life change before his eyes.

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A local Plymouth man who was regarded as a career criminal died during a betting shop hold up attempt that went wrong after the 50 year old died following his failed attempt to extract money from the Ladbrokes betting shop that he entered on Friday night.

According to news sources, Alan Levers entered into the betting shop wearing a gasmask and brandishing a firearm, walking up to the counter in an effort to demand money from the cashiers on duty, however his efforts feel flat as customers within the store managed to disarm him and four men held him to the ground until police arrived at the scene.

As police arrived at the Plymouth based betting establishment, they realised that Levers was laid unconscious, however proceeded to arrest the man and transported him to the police station, Levers died 20 minutes after he was arrested.

Calls for an investigation into the matter were issued and the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) began a full inquiry surrounding the events of the robbery, leading up until his death and their investigation lead to the IPCC ruling that Devon and Cornwall Police service do not have a case to answer for.

A statement that was issued by the IPCC read “The IPCC has contacted Devon and Cornwall Police to say that having made an assessment, this matter should be subject to a local investigation.”

A spokesperson for Devon and Cornwall Police then confirmed that the statement signalled the end of the IPCC’s involvement with the matter and expressed that they would now continue with their own investigations into the happenings of the event as normal.

According to the BBC, Peter Levers; the nephew of Alan Levers, revealed that the family “do not hold anyone responsible”.

The incident is not thought to be related to gambling related addiction or debts, however the family have revealed that Alan Levers was looking to recover from a past of criminal activity and drug use, police continue to look into the matter and are appealing for any potential witnesses to make contact with them.

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888 Holdings, considered one of the UK’s most successful online gambling companies, revealed details of a deal which it has signed with the social networking giant, Facebook, to launch a range of real money bingo and casino games on the platform.  The games will only be available to players in the United Kingdom who use Facebook.

888 already has a deal with Facebook to offer its Bingo Island game for fun, and this app now boasts over 630,000 followers.  888 and Facebook will built on this customer base in order to expand ts offering to include real money games as well.  The first plan is to launch a real money bingo app, after which time a real money casino games app will launch.

“888 has long recognized the potential for social gaming,” said Itai Frieberger, the Chief Operations Officer of 888 Holdings. “Our Facebook freemium (play for fun) offerings have found a significant audience, and we are very excited by the opportunity that real-money gaming on Facebook provides. We are working closely with Facebook on this launch, ensuring we introduce the best of both worlds of real-money and social gaming.”

Also commenting on the deal was Julien Codorniou, Head of Games Partnerships for Facebook in Europe, who said: “Facebook is a great platform for playing games with your friends and we are really pleased to be working with 888, who have a strong reputation on both the quality and safety of their games.”

Frieberger also said that “this product doesn’t target hardcore gaming.”

“It expands Facebook entertainment into new segments, but it will have to remain on an entertainment level,” he said.

While Frieberger said that 888 Holdings has plans to expand the real money Facebook casino games app to other regulated markets eventually, such as Italy or Spain, Facebook has ruled out that option for now. “We launched in the UK as it has a mature and very well-regulated gambling market and have no plans to launch elsewhere at present,” said the group.