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Casino and gambling information sites

The gambling guide Il Dado offers rules, strategies and advice on all kinds of gambling games.

The Urbino site carries information about casinos and gambling from the point of view of the casino operator.

eCOGRA ("eCommerce and Online Gaming Regulation and Assurance") has set itself up as an independent standards authority for the online gaming industry, specifically overseeing fair gaming, player protection and responsible operator conduct.

Casino Life is a magazine distributed free to owners, operators and managers of European casinos and gaming equipment manufacturers, providing news and reviews of casinos and gaming equipment, and covering a range of service, security, legal and marketing issues.

The Smartgambler site aims to provide information about all aspects of gambling.

The UK Gambling Law web site published by Sprecher Grier Halberstam LLP provides information on the 2007 UK gambling legislation and offers a free initial assessment of the legality of your proposed gambling venture.

cruzino.com includes directories of hotels and casinos, books, casino supplies, casino game rules and betting systems.

The Italian language Scomesse sicure online site gives advice on various forms of betting, including betting on poker and popular casino games.

Land based casinos

The World Casino Directory provides a worldwide directory of land based directory of casinos, organised geographically, plus reginal gambing news, forums and other resources.

Established in 1940, the Normandie Casino, Los Angeles is California's oldest casino. They offer Texas Holdem Poker, Paigow and Blackjack games 24 hours a day.

The Atlantic City Hotels site provides information on casinos in Atlantic City, USA with hotel information and booking facilities.

Sky City Casino Resort is a casino and hotel complex at Acoma Pueblo, about 100km west of Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA.

The Gaming Guide has information on Casino games, links to online casinos, a worldwide directory of land-based casinos and other resources.

The Guide to London Casinos and Guide to UK Casinos provide useful listings of land based casinos in London and elsewhere in the UK.

Which Casino is a directory of land-based casinos in the UK.

LasVegas.me provides a directory of casinos, hotels and shows in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.

Kevin Wriedt's kwcardgames.com has rules for several casino games and home poker variants, as well as some tips for casinos and places to stay in Las Vegas and a gambling glossary.

The Schweizer Casino-Verzeichnis lists information about casinos in Switzerland and other countries.

The Swiss Casino Guide is another site giving news and information about Swiss casinos.

Macauecasinos.com has information about casinos and other entertainment in Macau.

Casino Hire

In the UK there are now several companies that provide casino tables and equipment and professional dealers and croupiers for hire for corporate events and private parties where guests play for fun.

Online Casino Portals

There are numerous online magazines, newsletters and portals with gambling and casino information. Readers should be aware that most of these are financed by commissions from the online casinos that they list. Despite this, some of these portals provide useful information and casino reviews.

The Casino Affiliate Programs web site offers reviews of affiliate schemes - schemes by which casinos will pay a commission to whoever introduces new players who deposit money there. Some of these programs have a tiered structure, so that affiliates receive a commission for signing up new affiliates.

The gambling.com website is essentially a directory listing other websites on gambling and related activities.

On line casinos

Established in 1999, TigerGaming.com belongs to the Action Poker Network. In addition to the usual poker games Texas Hold’em, Omaha and 7 Card Stud they offer several less well-known gambling games: Chinese Poker, Panguingue, Guts and Big 2.

Noxwin Casino offers Blackjack, Baccarat, Caribbean Stud Poker, Let It Ride, Casino Hold'em, Red Dog and other casino games for fun or real money.

At Planet 23 you can play a selection of casino games for fun or real money.

Play Internet Casino Games for Real Money: Tower Gaming
Tower Gaming features online casino games like blackjack, slots, craps, bingo, roulette.

The Mah Jong Luck web site offers an on line Mah Jong game against live opponents for fun or real money. Free registration and download.

Casinostates.com was launched in July 2008 uses Top Game software. They offer Blackjack and a variety of Video Poker games; also Roulette and a ranche of slot machine games.

At UK-based Ladbrokes Instant Play Casino you can play Blackjack and other popular casino games.

Casino Tropez Mobile offers online Blackjack, Baccarat and Video Pokers game that can be played for money using a mobile phone.

Mobile Casino Now offers online casino games over a mobile phone, using software from Mobile Gaming Now. Currently only play for fun is supported, but the platform has the potential to allow money play in future.

At City Club Casino you can play for fun or for real money. Windows users can download the software; a Flash option requiring no download is also available. The card games offered include Blackjack (in various versions) and Pontoon, Baccarat, Casino War and Caribbean Stud. Video Poker and various casino table games can also be played. City Club Casino uses PlayTech software, is owned by Unimaster Ltd Cyprus, and is regulated by the Government of Curaçao.

Unibet offers an online casino with a range of popular games including Blackjack, Caribbean Poker, 3-Card Poker, Pai-Gow Poker, Baccarat, Let it Ride and others.

Affiliate Lounge provides an affiliate program through which webmasters can obtain commission on players introduced to a number of casinos including

Casino Software India are specialist developers and providers of software for a full range of online casino games. They are located in Bombay (Mumbai), India.

Thomas Beckett's Casino Business Now offers a turnkey casino that you can operate yourself under your own brand name. Examples can be seen at windowscasino.com and Lucky 777s Casino.

Grand Virtual also offers a range of turnkey casino products. An example can be seen in operation at Samba Cassino.

Some more on-line casinos:

GetaCut Personal Casinos allows you to set up your own branded turnkey casino. The back end game hosting, payment processing and customer service is provided for you. You create the casino entrance and graphics and collect a proportion of the profits.

Play United is another casino that offers branded turnkey copies of itself for a share of profits, in this case though Turnkey Gaming. Boulder Creek Casino is an example.

Poker Partner Systems provides free Flash-based casino games - poker, blackjack and others - which can be added to your own web site.

Live casinos and portals

These are casinos with live dealers and croupiers which use streamed video to allow the players to see and take part in the action. Compared to the usual software based online casinos with computer dealers using random number generators, "live" casinos offer the online player an experience closer to that of a land casino, playing with real cards and real dealers, albeit at a distance over a video link.

Livedealer.org provides reviews and information about live online casinos.

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