Pitfalls for South Africans

April 26, 2009

Online Casino gaming is plenty of entertainment if you love to be at home and tour the world’s casinos online. There is so much to AMUSE yourself with and so many to pick and choose from. The only snag in this is that, as a South African, I am rejected at many many casinos because of my SA nationality! At first I thought it is just a small problem with one casino, but as I went through my list of casinos, I was rejected at almost 95% of them.

True to my style, I did not succumb to their rejection and started sending e-mails to the administrators/customer service departments. This was my e-mail to them:

“Hi there, I came across your casino site via internet, and was interested to play as you opening bonus is really attractive. Upon registration, my account could not be activated due to the fact that I live in South Africa. I do not understand this, as we have no Laws outlawing gambling! Can you please tell me what the problem is, as I do not accept rejection with regards to this matter! Hoping to hear from you soon!”

And so the replies started pouring in:

“Thank you for your email and interest that you have in …… but due to the following reasons we do not accept any players based in South Africa. Firstly our software cannot be supported if you are based in South Africa as it is not setup for IP addresses registered in S.A. Also our Gaming provider which is Micro Gaming will not be able to provide you with the support required once a casino account is registered. We do appreciate your feedback and hope that we will be able to make the casino available in South Africa soon.”

Now I ask…is this discrimination or just bad luck? Why have an internet casino on the www and exclude SA? So, in the end I had no choice to only play with online casinos that are South African friendly! Even if the writers of the response email do decide to allow SA to play in a few years from now, I will not join them. Their loss in my opinion!

The purpose of posting this you think? To inform you of the pitfalls out there in the online gaming world and what you can expect. Now, as I went through the time of downloading the software, and provided them with all my details, do I receive a refund on my MB used to download useless software? No, this is what you loose! And to make matters worse, now I receive spam from them as they are now in possession of my e-mail address and details! Sounds like complaining, but this is the reality and I want you to be aware of what is going on out there!

On AMUSE, we will post SA friendly casino sites for you to visit and that you can trust. This will save you time and software downloads in MB, as it is costing you to install it.

Go and amuse yourself and have loads of fun - http://www.thegameoftheirlives.com/

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R300 Million Jackpot Winner

April 15, 2009

A 38 old mom of four has won an unbelievable 330 Million Rand ($33 Million) at a casino in Reno on Easter Sunday. This is one of this amazing stories. A friend of her has convinced her to go to the casino. She actually wanted to enjoy Eater Monday with her four kids. Her husband offered her to have some play time with them and she decided to join her friend.

She started playing and not even after 15 minutes he hit the Megabucks Jackpot at Sparks Casino. This is the second biggest Jackpot ever won in a Casino $39 Million in March 2003 in Las Vegas at the Excalibur Casino.

She will definitely have enough money to put her kids through University, buy a nice house, go on an extended holiday and can still live comfortably from the interest. How one spin at a progressive slot can change your life.

Not online B&M casinos offer big jackpots. You can also win millions playing in an online casino. The bigges online Jackpot you can win at the moment at Spin Palace Casino. The Mega Moolah progressive jackpot slot is at over 6 Million. Make sure you play in UK Pounds or Euro, but not in Rand. The winner will receive the money in the currency he or she plays.

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Forecasted 4% Decline in Asia’s Gaming Revenue

November 15, 2008

The dazzling lights that decorate the tiny Chinese territory of Macau are threatening to dim during 2009.

Since the opening of the Sands Macau in 2006, Asia’s Las Vegas, as it is popularly referred to, has enjoyed one of the biggest gambling booms in history. Macau alone has taken in billions of dollars in gambling revenue surpassing the revenues of both the Las Vegas Strip and Atlantic City combined. Wages nation-wide rose by two-thirds and the unemployment rate fell by half. This was due mostly in part to gambling taxes, which accounted for three-quarters of the government’s revenues. By 2007 the economy had skyrocketed 27% bringing the employment numbers in the gaming sectors to 69,000.

Things were looking up for China as a whole nation until the faltering global economy stepped in and took over. The trickle down effect of the economic downturn forced Edmund Ho, Macau’s CEO, to halt the issuance of new gambling licenses to prospective Operators and existing Operators were banned from applying for new gambling tables and slot machines. This meant that construction will be greatly affected. At the end of 2006 Macau’s land-based casinos had doubled to 31 but this number may be reduced by 2009. The Las Vegas Sands, which also owns the Sands Macau, has already announced that it will layoff up to 11,000 construction workers in Macau alone. This decision came on the heels of another decision to suspend work on one of their multi-billion dollar expansion projects in Singapore. The Galaxy Entertainment Group, which is building the Cotai Mega Resorts in Macau may also be forced to layoff workers.

Beijing, also feeling the effects of the economic crisis, began imposing stricter Visa requirements to prevent their tourists and mainland Chinese from traveling to Macau to gamble. As a result, gaming revenues dropped by 10% in the third quarter compared to the previous quarter in 2008. And as factories in southern China collapse and thousands of jobs are lost in the region, even fewer mainlanders will be heading for Macau’s tables. What this means for China as a whole is a decrease in gaming revenues by possibly 4%.

While some think that this is the beginning of China’s demise, others are hopeful that it will give the industry breathing room and time to rethink policies and strategies. The gambling industry expansion in China forced many small and medium sized business to either close or reduce their work force even more. Ho used this opportunity wisely and, in his annual policy address on November 11th, announced a $1.3 billion stimulus package of infrastructure improvements, income tax cuts, and cash handouts of roughly $640 per citizen.

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