27/02/2008 by Alex.

FINLAND — (PRESS RELEASE) — Online gambler wins highest ever progressive poker jackpot at Blackjack Ballroom, with a life changing $309,766 prize payout.

Blackjack Ballroom offers all new players 1 hour and $500 free of charge to use at their casino. With more than just online blackjack, Blackjack Ballroom features 15 progressive jackpot games, including table games, slots and card games catering for every player. R.R. from Finland started with the $500 free play, hitting the jackpot on Poker Ride with the best possible hand, a Royal Flush. In the very same month, a UK player at another online casino in the Casino Rewards Group went against all odds with another Royal Flush and a $194,000 jackpot win.

Progressive jackpots increase constantly with every game played, with online casinos such as those showcased by Casino Rewards/Rewards Affiliates able to offer colossal payouts due to numerous players contributing to the jackpot simultaneously. At present, due to its sheer popularity, the total progressive jackpot on offer at Blackjack Ballroom is over $8m.

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27/02/2008 by Alex.

At Worth County District Court in Iowa a guy called Steven Stotts has just been sent to prison for cheating in a game of blackjack at the Diamond Jo Worth Casino in Northwood, Iowa. Stotts, 57 from Mason city was actually caught by the surveliance cameras since the casino was too crowded for the “Casino Spys” to see the action at the blackjack table.

Stotts used a very simple style of cheating which has been around for ages and ages - He was capping and pinching which is when you “pinch” some or all of the bet away when you realise you have lost or alternative “cap” the bet if you realise your blackjack hand will beat the dealers. This sounds simple and something that could easily be noticed but in a busy loud casino it is often not noticed by the dealer or the pit boss.

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