Online Vegas now has a special welcome bonus to offer to new players. This new bonus can not be found on their website. This welcome bonus is for your first 4 deposits and is worth up to $3800. Compare this to their listed welcome bonus which is up to $5000 over your first 10 deposits.

Here’s the way this welcome bonus works:

Your first deposit bonus is the same as the normal welcome bonus, a 100% bonus worth up to $500. This bonus will automatically be credited to your account unless you uncheck the box that agrees to accept the bonus. The minimum deposit to receive this bonuses is $25.

The second deposit bonus is 125% worth up to a maximum of $375 on a deposit of $300. Get the maximum bonus and they will also credit you with an extra $25, making the total bonus $400. In order to claim this bonus, you must use the claim code OV027. You must deposit a minimum of $50 to qualify for this bonus.

The third deposit bonus is a 150% bonus that is worth up to $750 free on a $500 deposit. If you deposit $500, you will also get credited with an extra $50, totaling up to $800 overall. You need to use the claim code OV028 in order to receive this bonus. Minimum deposit is still $50.

The fourth deposit bonus is huge. You can receive a 200% bonus that is worth up to $2000 free on a deposit of $1000. The minimum deposit is again $50. If you deposit $1000, Online Vegas will give you $100 more and make a grand total of $2100 for this bonus. Use the claim code OV029 to claim this code.

In order to claim the last three bonuses, you must contact the cashier and give them the correct claim code.

Bonus Fine Print

When playing this bonus, all forms of Blackjack, Progressive Blackjack, Video Poker, Hold ‘Em, Craps, Tri-Card Poker, Roulette, Let Them Ride, Baccarat, War, Red Dog, Pai-Gow Poker, Mulligan Poker and Caribbean Stud Poker is restricted until you have met the wagering requirement.

This means that this bonus only covers the online slot games as well as parlor games like keno.

The wagering requirement is 10 times the bonus times the deposit. Example: if you deposit $500 and receive $500 bonus money, then you have to wager at least ($500 + $500) * 10 or $10,000. My advise with any bonus that you receive from a casino is that you should bet about 5% more than their minimum wagering requirements before you go to cash out. This will make it look like your not just trying to get the bonus and they will be more inclined to extend future bonuses to you.

If you try to withdraw money before you complete your wagering requirements, the cashier will try to warn you that you have not completed the requirements. If you wish to proceed, the casino will remove the bonus money and any winnings that you acquired with the bonus.

All Bonus money given to you will be in a separate account then your deposit. You cannot withdraw money from the bonus account. When you make a wager, it will be taken from the bonus account. Winnings from this wager will be put into your deposit account and the wager will be put back into the bonus account.

You can not request another bonus until your bonus account has less than $100 left in it. If you have a pending withdrawal, you can not receive another bonus within 48 hours of cashing in.

Reasons I like this Welcome Bonus

You have 30 days from the date of your first deposit to claim all of the welcome bonuses. This goes for their normal welcome bonus as well. I think 4 deposits in a month is a little more realistic then trying to get 10 deposits in that time and get all $5000 in bonuses.

If you are interested in taking advantage of this bonus, please click here or on the banner below.

Bodog is one of my favorite casinos to play at. This is because they offer so many great casino games. They have added a few more games to their list recently and I wanted to briefly go over a couple of these new games.

China MegaWild Slots

This is a new video slot game that has just been released. This game has 5 reels and 20 paylines and has a Chinese animal and cultural theme. The icons displayed are that of animals found in China, such as Pandas, Tigers and Gibbons. The symbols that are worth less are traditional Chinese cultural objects like a Ming vase and Chinese coins, lamps and fans.

Unlike some of the other games that I have highlighted in the past, there are no Bonus Rounds or Free Spins that you can get. To compensate, these style games usually pay out much better on the paylines than the slots with bonus games or free spins. You will rarely have an extended drought on the reels.

Paylines are the paths across the reels from left to right that the symbols have to match in order to win the payline. In this game, you only need to match two of any icons in order to win, starting from the furthest reel to the left. Here are the paths for the 20 different paylines:

There are two features that the China MegaWild slot machine does have: First, there is a multiplier symbol that looks like a Chinese woman. The second is a Wild symbol of a Dragon.

The multiplier symbol is only found on reels 3, 4 and 5. The symbol itself does not pay anything, but if you get it at the end of a payline that you have won, the payout for that win will be doubled.

The Wild dragon can be used to substitute for any other symbol to complete a payline. The dragon on its own does not pay anything itself. If you get the wild symbol anywhere on the 3rd reel, MegaWild is triggered and the Wild Dragon expands to cover the whole reel as seen below.

Face the Ace Video Poker

This is the newest internet video poker game that you can play now at Bodog casino. The basic rules are the exact same as a regular Jacks or Better video poker game. There are no wilds and you need to get a pair of jacks or better in order to win on your bet.

The only thing that makes this game different, besides the new graphics, is the payout for getting a Four of a Kind. Getting Four 2′s through 10′s will get you the normal 25X payout. But getting Four Jack though Kings will get you a 40 times payout and Four Aces will get you 80X payout. The payouts on straights, flushes and full houses are a little lower to compensate for these bonus wins.

You have the option of betting from 1 to 5 coins. These coins can be valued between 0.10 and 5.00 each. In order to be eligible to win the Dragon prize (the jackpot in this game), you must have a Max Bet or all 5 coins in play. When you do, the dragon will breath fire, signifying that you can win the jackpot.

Once you make a bet, you will have to choose which cards to keep. If you don’t know which cards to keep, check out this video poker strategy guide. Once you do this, press the Draw button to receive your cards.

At this point, you will see whether you have won or loss. If you have won, you will be offered a double or nothing bet that you can either choose to ignore and collect you money or risk your winnings and go double or nothing on a bonus game.

The game is very simple: 5 new cards are dealt and the first card is flipped over. Whatever that card’s rank is, you have to get a higher ranking card by choosing one of the other four cards. You don’t want to see an Ace when playing this game. The best that you can do is tie by picking an another ace. If you tie, you don’t win but get a chance to play again or collect.

Bodog Casino

You can play both of these new casino games at Bodog Casino. If you are a new player to Bodog, you can collect a 10% deposit match bonus on your first deposit. There are very little restrictions with this casino bonus and it allows you to play just about every game with the bonus, unlike many other online casinos that restrict the games that you can play.

The roulette is the best known casino game. It is the centerpiece of most brick & mortar casinos and it is one of the more popular games in online casinos too. Invented in the 18th century by French mathematician Blaise Pascal, who used it as a random number generator, the roulette wheel fulfills that very same task to this day.

In its original state, the roulette would be a game in which both the house and the player would start with the same odds. Because it’s a player vs house game though, the roulette wheel has been modified to offer the house an edge over the player.

In European roulette wheels, a “0” slot has been added. Because the player can either bet on black or white (or odds and even) to approximate a 50-50 bet, the “0” slot will be instrumental in inducing the house edge. There’s an equal number of red and black pockets on the roulette wheel, but because of the presence of the 0 pocket (with which the house wins), the player’s odds are slightly lower that that of the house.

American roulette wheels take the concept further: they add another 0-like pocket, the 00. This way, the house edge is increased further.

Roulette wheels have pockets numbered between 1-36. This means European roulette wheels have 37 pockets, while US roulette wheels have 38.

The rules roulette plays by are pretty simple. The roulette wheel is situated on a fancy table which has a layout on it. Player bets are placed on that layout. Depending on where players stack their chips, they can place an inside bet (which means that they bet on a single number or on a smaller selection of numbers) or an outside one (which means they’ll bet on red/black, odd/even or on a larger number selection (a line, a column etc).

The payout which various roulette bets offer is based on probability. If you win a red/black bet you’ll get almost even money, but if you win a single number bet you get almost 37-1 on your bet.

The interesting thing about roulette is that not all bets carry the same house edge. In some of the bets, the odds are stacked higher against the player than in others. Experienced roulette players know this and they always make sure they bet on the lowest house-edge combinations. Players may place chips onto the layout even after the dealer launches the ball. At a certain point, the dealer will call out “no more bets”. After that, bets are not allowed.

When the balls stops in a pocket, the winners are revealed and the dealer places a “dolly” on the layout to mark the winning spot.

While the “dolly” is on the table, nobody may place another bet or collect any winnings. The dealer will proceed to collect all the losing bets off of the table, and he will then pay out all the winners. Only after the marker has been removed may the winners collect their chips off the table.

In order to further diminish the house edge, you need to sign up to an online casino which offers rakeback-like loyalty deals. Land based casinos offer such comp point schemes as well. Although, kind of like the poker rakeback and the poker prop deals, the apparent impact of these comp point rewards is small, in the long-run their effects pile up.

As far as roulette strategy is concerned: there isn’t really any. Don’t be fooled by various “smooth operators” who offer to sell you roulette systems for small change. There are no working roulette systems. Just try to enjoy yourself at the roulette table and keep an eye on the house drop.

Here is a great site to check out if you would like more information on how play roulette games online. This site has a lot of good roulette tips and the rules to both the American and European versions of roulette. You can even play the games for fun.

Roulette can be a very fun game to play online, although not many internet casinos allow roulette to be played with their bonuses anymore. This is because there was widespread cheating by placing bets on both red and black to try to win the bonus without really betting anything. I have found a website that shows all the casinos that still offer an online roulette bonus.

Slotland is offering a special promotion for Valentine’s Day. This promotion takes starts the day before Valentine’s, Feb 13 and runs through the end of the day on the 14th.

Anyone who makes a deposit at Slotland on this Saturday or Sunday will instantly receive a match of 20% of the amount that they deposit.

This deposit is in addition to Slotland’s normal welcome bonus. This bonus is a 100% welcome bonus that will match you on your deposit between $10 and $100. That should make playing your online slots more enjoyable.

Don’t forget! Play at Slotland on your mobile phone. Click on the banner at the top to find out more.

Don’t miss your chance to get your 20% bonus this Saturday or Sunday! Have fun everybody!

Starting January 14, Betsson Casino has a 40% deposit bonus for all players.

For those of you who have not heard of Betsson Casino before, they do not accept USA players. They do however have a cool flash casino suite of games, and do not need to download any software to play. You can even play for free.

Here’s a nice screenshot I got from pontooncasinos.com.

The software there is pretty quick.  Betsson also has a sportsbook, poker, bingo, and many other games that you can play with all from the same account.  If I could play there I would (no usa players allowed).