Online Casinos in Europe to Face New Laws
Online gambling and betting across the European continent has been a thriving industry for almost two decades. The global industry has grown tremendously as a result of the European developers having significantly contributed to the improvement of games, graphics, safety and overall innovation of the industry. However, new laws could see online casinos in Europe being faced with a tougher time ahead.
Michael Barnier, the head of the European Commission, has once again sent out a stern warning to European gambling regulators. Barnier’s commission is charged with enforcing European Union laws, and gambling regulators could be faced with time in court if they fail to comply with the rules that have been set out for them with regard to the conduct of casinos – including online casinos – in Europe.
These warnings hold a lot of weight as Barnier has even been before the European parliament with these warnings. The latest statements surrounding his warning to European online casino operators took place on The Rock. He strongly stated that come autumn his commission would put forward stringent new plans to properly oversee the online betting and gambling industry all across Europe.
However, this should not come as a surprise for online casino operators. Aside from the repeated warnings dished out by Barnier and other members of his commission, members of the online casino community have been included in the discussions surrounding laws and regulations. The latest invitation to participate in the discussions attracted 250 stakeholders, which according to Barnier, was a huge success.
Captain Nemo Online Slot Released by Cryptologic
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Players get to see some wonderful animations of an underwater journey when the submarine appears in winning combinations.
The wild symbol is the sunken ships logo which offers the highest line payouts. Five symbols in an active pay-line results in a payout of 4,000 coins. The wild symbol pays out each time that it appears on the first reel as well.
The scatter symbol is the Captain Nemo logo that awards the usual scatter payouts. The bonus game on the second screen is triggered when three or more scatter symbols appear.
Players get taken to the jackpot round with three jackpot tokens and during this round, should the inner wheel stop on a jackpot symbol, it will result in the entire amount standing in the progressive jackpot being awarded to the player.
Captain Nemo is already live at all Cryptologic online casinos.
Dark Knight Slot Arrives at Ladbrokes Casino
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To qualify for The Dark Knight bonus special, new players are required to register with the casino now, or existing players can go straight to the special deal and opt in to the promotion.
The idea is to deposit £100 or more between now and 5 July, 2012, and play on the new slot game. Other slots are also in on the competition, namely Tomb Raider: Secret of the Sword video slot, Break da Bank Again video slot and Gold Factory video slot. Each game is an exceptional example of the powerful slot games that are created by the online casino software provider, Microgaming.
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