When you enter the video poker section of any online casino you are bound to find a number of variants of the game. When considering number of video poker games across all online casinos, the number of different variants may be well over 70 types. Knowing the rules makes all the difference in ensuring a successful game. Continue

Tomb Raider Secret of the Sword is the excellent sequel to one of the most outstanding software providers, Microgaming slots. It is a 5 reel video slot with an amazing 30 pay lines and a max bet of 10 coins per pay line. The theme obviously is based on the immensely popular Lara Croft adventure, made famous as an Eidos PC and console game and movie. This new video slot is triggered with strikingly designed graphics, revolutionary 3D animation and attractive extra features. Continue

In the restructuring of the James Bond classic film ‘Casino Royale,’ based on writer Ian Fleming’s first James Bond novel, Daniel Craig the new James Bond is seen wagering in a high stakes game of Texas hold’em poker. This was added in response to the present global popularity of Texas hold’em poker, but in the original Bond movie, Bond played another card game, Baccarat. Continue

Casino
Casino features the talented Robert DeNiro, Joe Pesci and Sharon Stone and was released in 1995. It is a brutal gangster movie that is based in Las Vegas. A brilliant film by Martin Scorsese, it is based on the real happenings around the Vegas Strip hotels and casinos during a specific time where the mob owned the casinos. The film is built around the lush Las Vegas casinos such as the Riviera Hotel where the gangaster get up to no good. What makes the movie great is the true drama, the revenge and the deceit, but most of all, the acting. My favorite movie of all time and the best casino movie! Continue

Paul Thomas Anderson’ films are either small and intimate or big and classic. His first production, ‘Hard Eight’, one of his earlier works, was done with a small budget and a much smaller cast. The story is simple yet the movie made profit, and though we normally see a lot of “first-time” director problems, there is enough ability and skill on display to portray what PT Anderson is capable of. Continue

There are two iconic ’60s anniversaries that have just happened… On July 20th, 1969, the first man walked on the Moon and on July 21st, 1964, Goldfinger James Bond movie was released. We have not traveled to the Moon for 37 years (or even gone to Mars once), but we sure can go and see a James Bond blockbuster movie, as quite a few have been released since the Goldfinger days. Continue