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Land based casinos have always held an edge over online casinos in terms of the customer experience. However, online casinos have tried their best over the past decade to close this gap. Millions of dollars have been invested in the creation of live dealers, realistic dice rolls and online chat to insert the human interaction many believe is lacking. However, online casinos have finally received the foot hold that was never much of a factor in the past.

The movie houses are at present filled with people rushing to see the film, “Coco Before Chanel”, which celebrates the life of the French fashion designer Coco Chanel.

GTECH, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Lottomatica which is one of the world’s biggest commercial lottery operators, has been selected as the exclusive technology provider for LottoTech Limited.

After stiff competition, LottoTech was chosen to implement and operate the national online and instant-ticket lottery for Mauritius for a period of ten years and will hold the license until April 2019.

Any online gambler who has ever dreamed of a magical holiday will now have a wonderful opportunity to win four days and three nights lodging and a buy-in to a land-based poker tournament in Las Vegas with instructions from top poker professionals with airfare and food included.

Following an Agreement signed by FremantleMedia in terms of which it will develop a variety of online casino games for MGM Interactive Incorporated, the media company’s subsidiary will create games that are based on many of MGM’s most popular film and television brands. Players in most countries, excluding the US, will now have the opportunity of playing these exciting games.

Online gambling is generally associated with traditional casino games such as poker, slots and blackjack. However, there is one sector of online gambling which is not often reported on. Sports betting – especially in the UK, India and US – is a huge crowd puller.

After a very slow start, bingo side games are becoming very popular in the gaming industry as players realize what an excellent form of entertainment it provides within bingo rooms during the period that players wait for balls to be drawn.

It is for this reason that the leading online gaming software provider, Microgaming, has launched eight new bingo side games. These new games cover a large range of video slots, casual and UK pub-style slot titles as well as scratchcards.

In times of economic recession, many online gamblers turn to simpler games as a means of wanting to control their fortunes more. There has already been a massive increase in online bingo and online backgammon players over the past 6 months and this number is set to grow well into the next year.