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Casino Articles

The fictional character known as “Casper the Friendly Ghost” was first developed for a children’s book in 1939 by writer Seymour Reit and illustrator Joe Oriolo. By 1945, the personable...
The popular tile-matching puzzle video game called “Tetris” was originally designed and programmed by Alexey Pajitnov in the Soviet Union for release in 1984. The game’s name is a combi...
Among fixed odds games, the ones that are often the most fun and most lucrative are frequently quite simple, such as the wide variety of Hi-Lo games available now on the Internet. Wager...
Although they may resemble traditional slots, U.K. fruit machines have several significant differences, such as “hold” and “nudge” options that allow the player some degree of control o...
Developed by Endemol Gaming in 2008, “Alien Supernova” is a fixed odds game, combining aspects of traditional slots with those of spinning wheel arcade games. The game features outer sp...
The Middle Eastern folk tale of Aladdin, his magical lamp and its resident genie that brings the lad wealth, was incorporated into “The Book of One Thousand and One Nights” (Arabian Nig...
Known far and wide for his stand-up persona and quick repartee, British comedian Alastair James Belshaw Hay “Al” Murray is the creator of one of the U.K.’s most endearingly irritating a...
U.K. fruit machines may resemble classic slot machines, but there are several; significant differences. For example, most provide players with an option to “hold” selected symbols in pl...
In pubs across the United Kingdom, stand-up machine-type games like “5ive Liner” are familiar sights. They represent a genre of slot games called “fruit machines,” so named because they...
Blackjack is one of the most popular casino table games in the world. In the early days of online casinos, it was only possible to play a single hand against the House, but software has...
Created for online casinos by software developer Ash Gaming in conjunction with Orbis OpenBet, the fixed-odds game called “Virtual Horses” is based upon thoroughbred flat racing. It rec...
Developed by software specialist Ash Gaming for online casinos, the fixed-odds game called “Virtual Dogs” is based on greyhound racing. It offers all the excitement of being at the trac...