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Taking The Casino Outside Vegas
For gambling aficionados, the best possible way of life would be a life in Vegas. Sadly, this is not always possible – primarily thanks to jobs, which require one’s presence in a particular place at a particular time.
With everything going mobile and online, it could not be long before the casino did the same. Sure enough, we now have online casinos that allow you to gamble away to your heart’s satisfaction, without having to spend on airfare each time.
Online poker – even played with real money – has been around for a long time. With online casinos, mobile gambling has been taken to a whole new level. Now, you can play with cards, dice, the reel or slot machine – whatever tickles your fancy when you log in.
Some of the games available at the mobile casinos are:
Table games: Poker, Blackjack, Baccarat, Roulette
Slot games
Tomb Raider(slots)
Scratch cards
Royal Derby
Bonus slots, progressive slots, 3-reel, 5-reel and 7-reel slots
Bingo
Dice
Keno
Each game requires you to sign in to the casino’s website, and to download the game software. Once downloaded, you can play the game as often as you want, just by launching the app and logging in. Any phone which has a basic Internet connection and web interface can use a mobile casino – you don’t have to have an iPhone or an Android for that.
Mobile casinos can be accessed from anywhere – computer or even mobile phone – and will give you everything a casino would have provided… except the alcohol. The user interfaces are clean and intuitive, payment can be transferred instantly and safely, and the software has been designed to Las Vegas standards.
Just like Vegas casinos, these mobile casinos also treat their regulars well. There are a lot of bonuses to be taken advantage of. Some mobile casinos offer a fixed sum to all new entrants, while others add a certain percentage to the first few deposits made. The casinos may also offer bonuses in the form of extra deposits on certain days of the week, month or on holidays.
These casinos are completely wireless, especially after the proliferation of wireless Internet connectivity. Whether you sit at the beach sipping beer and cocktails, lie in bed on a sick day or grab a coffee at Starbucks, you can make wagers just by pressing a few buttons on your cellphone. No matter where you are in the world, you can take advantage of this.
Money transfers are handled by a variety of safe and secure online services. VISA and MasterCard are the most prominent among these, while Neteller, Ukash, Click2Pay and certain debit cards are also accepted.
All said and done, however, there is one catch. Mobile casinos are unlikely to satisfy a seasoned gambler’s craving for the hustling, bustling atmosphere in the casino. If you want the seductive women, the hard drinks and the table surface as well as the bet, you will have to make a visit to the casino. Gambling in itself, though, has successfully transcended Vegas.
Mobile Lottery Options
Mobile Lottery Options
Playing the lottery can involve a trip to the lottery terminal, standing in long lines to purchase lottery tickets when the jackpots are big and dealing with traffic. Now some lotteries are giving lottery players the chance to purchase lottery tickets with mobile devices and cell phones. Many lotteries also allow internet access and the ability to create a lottery account online. Social networking websites such as Twitter allow lottery players to check lottery results instantly using cell phones and other mobile devices.
In the UK lottery players can create an account with the UK National Lottery and players can enter and purchase lottery tickets using text messages. Users of this service report that it is quick and efficient. In South Africa ATM access and SMS banking have been combined to allow lottery players the opportunity to use cell phones to play the South African lottery. There are now mobile applications available in the UK that allows players to receive lottery results via text message. The service is available on all phone networks in the UK and the charge is 25p per message.
There are mobile phone applications that allow lottery players access to services that will help the player pick lottery numbers. Statistics have shown that most big lottery winners have had their ‘lucky’ numbers picked by some sort of random number generator. There are many services available that provide access to lottery number generators and these can easily be found online. Many of these services offer free accounts and also provide lottery results.
Lottery players who find themselves in another city or town can use mobile maps to find the nearest lottery retailer. Simply go to the mobile web and scan the maps to find the nearest lottery retailer. Mobile banking is becoming popular in many parts of the world and those who have this service can purchase lottery tickets at the terminal using a cell phone. This service is expected to be widely available in the very near future.
In the US some states have now established websites and some allow players to make an online lottery purchase. Although there have been some problems with online ticket sales due to anti online gambling legislation in the US the problems are swiftly being resolved. States that allow players to purchase lottery tickets online hope to boost lottery related revenue to help with rising budget deficits. It is only a matter of time before US lotteries catch up with their European counterparts.