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If you have been gambling online for a couple of years, chances are you have heard of eCOGRA, or the eCOGRA “Safe and Fair” Seal.

But not everyone is clear on what this is, or why it is a good thing. In a nutshell, the eCOGRA Seal is an award given to an online gambling casino, poker, or bingo site that lets players know the site is 100% safe to play at, which is very important in this age of identity theft and other forms of electronic fraud.

eCOGRA (which stands for e-Commerce and Online Gaming Regulation and Assurance) is an non-profit and independent player protection organization that conducts in-depth studies of online gambling sites.

They have been around for about five years now, and have awarded 126 eCOGRA Seals to different online gambling sites so far. Here is a break-down of the main things that the eCOGRA examiners look for in an internet gambling site:

• Prompt payments
• Safe storage of information
• Random games
• Honest advertising
• Responsible behaviour

In addition to assessing sites, eCOGRA offers a fast and completely free player dispute mediation service that can be used in the unlikely event of a problem arising with one of their approved gambling sites. As usual, the team at Blackjack Champ has done all the tough work for you, and we clearly mark all sites that have been awarded an eCOGRA seal.

It is important to remember, however, that all casinos we recommend to are safe. We have personally played at every one of them, and we feel completely comfortable recommending them to our readers. Sites with the eCOGRA seal are the ones that go just a little bit further to provide a safe and fair playing environment for all their members.

The recent heist at the Bellagio in Las Vegas has casino owners on their toes, and they have come up with a clever way to prevent the robber from cashing in.

On December 14, a bandit in a motorcycle helmet forgot his casino table manners and held up a Bellagio craps table at gunpoint, walking away with $1.5 million worth of casino chips. Fortunately for the casino, the chips are not cash, and the thief will have to bring the chips back to the casino if they want to get any use out of them.

The stolen chips ranged in denomination from $100 to $25,000. To cut their losses in case the thief tries to cash in the stolen chips, the casino has announced that they are doing away with their $25,000 denomination chip. High rollers who won these high denomination chips playing casino games at the Bellagio have until April 22 to redeem them – after that, they will be worthless.

All the chips in the casino were switched out within an hour of the robbery, but players holding on to the old chips are still coming in to cash out. But anyone walking in with the high-value $25,000 chips will be forced to undergo questioning.

“Obviously, anyone walking with one of the old series is going to be subject to a certain amount of questioning as to how they obtained them — assuming it isn’t someone we know,” said MGM Resorts spokesman Alan Feldman. “It’s pretty unusual for someone we don’t know to come strolling up with a handful of $25,000 chips.”

If anyone has information about the robbery, should get in touch with the famous “Robin Hood 702” blackjack player who is offering a $50,000 reward for $1,500,000 Bellagio gunman.

Blackjack Champ is an internet gambling directory that was established to help blackjack players make the most of their time spent gambling online.

The site is filled with blackjack game rules and blackjack casino reviews, blackjack strategy guides, up-to-date blackjack news, and other resources that blackjack players find invaluable.

Now, Blackjack Champ has a new service to offer. The site has just expanded to include a comprehensive section on mobile casino gambling. Mobile gambling is the fastest growing sector of the global gambling industry. A recent report from Juniper Research estimated that at the current rate of growth, the mobile gambling industry will be worth $48 billion by 2015. As mobile phone technology continues to develop and smartphones become ever smarter, mobile gambling grows along with it.

There are several factors responsible for the immense popularity of mobile gambling. Gambling in general has been a prominent pastime in many cultures, so the ability for players to bring their favorite casino games along with them is a tremendous advancement. Modern mobile phones not only make gambling portable, but they also enhance the experience of playing casino games by letting players control the games with touch sensitive displays, adding a unique interactive element to the games.

The mobile casino gambling section at Blackjack Champ gives players access to essential information about the world mobile gambling, and lets gamblers browse through the information from several angles. Because mobile casino games are tied to mobile phones, and because not all mobile phones are the same, it is important for players to be able to easily find mobile casinos and mobile casino games that are compatible with their devices. At Blackjack Champ, players can find information specific to several of the most popular mobile devices, including Apple’s iPhone and iPad, Google Android smartphones, Windows Mobile and Windows Phone 7 devices, and Blackberry mobiles.

Blackjack Champ’s new mobile gambling offerings include comprehensive reviews of the top mobile casinos and mobile casino bonuses. The site provides information about individual mobile casino games, and overviews of the companies that produce mobile casino software. Some categories are already proving to be very popular, including sections on iPhone casinos, mobile slots, iPad gambling, mobile betting, and Android mobile gambling.

A further service offered by Blackjack Champ is their daily casino news posts, which now cover both the world of blackjack as well as the latest happenings in the mobile gambling industry. Every day new posts are created to help visitors keep up with the latest games and technology. The site’s news feed is syndicated by Google News, and is made available to millions of viewers every day.

The growth of mobile gambling shows no signs of slowing down. New mobile technology promises to bring ever faster devices, and new possibilities like 3D mobile displays are just around the corner. If there was ever a time to embrace mobile gambling, it is now; and Blackjack Champ is there to help.

Semyon Dukach made a name for himself by winning at blackjack, but now he directs a company called Terrafugia that builds flying cars.

Dukach was a member of the MIT Blackjack Team that used advanced card counting strategies to take Las Vegas casinos for tens of thousands of dollars in the mid-1980s. Dokach’s blackjack career went on to include participation in other blackjack card counting schemes, working with teams like Strategic Investments and later the Amphibians. He used his advanced blackjack strategy to win money in Vegas until the late 1990s.

Dukach still enjoys playing blackjack card games, but he is focusing his energies in other pursuits these days. Since setting aside his blackjack career, he has dabbled in virtual reality with IBM and has been involved in a number of software and internet products.

Now, it seems Dukach has a new passion – flying cars. In federal documents concerning millions of dollars in equity financing, Dukach is listed as one of three directors of aviation company Terrafugia, which focuses developing hybrid flying machines; basically, flying cars.

Earlier this year Terrafugia signed as a subcontractor on a $65-million Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) project to develop a four-person flying car, but the company is best known for their smaller flying vehicle called The Transition. It is a personal airplane with foldable wings that is just as comfortable driving down the road as it is flying through the clouds. The Transition went into small-scale production in September, and with a $10,000 reservation deposit, anyone can take a step towards owing a flying car of their very own.

Sony Ericsson has yet to confirm or deny the existence of the elusive Playstation Phone, but new videos popping up on YouTube make it pretty clear that the device is real.

The videos show a prototype that looks a lot like the PSP Go, with gaming controls that slide out from underneath the large touch screen. The video doesn’t show the device running any games, but it does reveal one very exciting fact: the PlayStation Phone will run on Android OS.

This brings up a very important question about this new phone, officially called the Sony Ericsson Zeus Z1: will it run PSP games, or will Sony publish an entirely separate library of games through the Android Market? Sony gave up on the UMD system with the PSP Go, and offers downloadable content via the PlayStation Store as the only method of game distribution for the device. The PlayStation Phone may use the same system, but this could impact PSP 2 sales. It seems more likely that Sony will instead develop Android games for the device.

Either way, if the Zeus Z1 runs on Android OS, this means users will have access to a full range of Android games. This includes all content available for download through the Android Market, as well as real money gambling games provided by Android casinos.

The PSP Phone combines mobile gaming with mobile gambling in unique ways. As an Android powered smartphone it offers tremendous flexibility in terms of games and apps, but it also promises to give players access to classic PlayStation titles, making it a strong competitor to the upcoming Nintendo 3DS as a top handheld console device. The upcoming release of the Sony Zeus Z1 will definitely be a big event for the worlds of mobile gaming and mobile phone gambling.

Casino gambling along the Gulf Coast has seen a dramatic decline in the wake of this year’s British Petrol oil spill, but dealers are not getting restitution.

Casino dealers at casinos along the Gulf have taken a hit this year. Croupiers who work craps tables and blackjack card games rely heavily on tips, but since the British Petrol oil disaster scared away many of area’s regular gamblers, dealers are suffering.

Brad McDonald, who works for the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Biloxi, Mississippi, is one such dealer who has seen a drop in blackjack tips since the spill. He applied for compensation through the Gulf Coast Claims Facility, which has been set up to distribute $20 million of BP’s compensation funds to victims of the disaster. His application was turned down, along with those of hundreds of other casino workers from the region, including dealers, bartenders, waitresses, bellhops.

“Everybody who had the word ‘casino’ in their claims had their claims denied,” says McDonald. “It’s been extremely frustrating.”

Beverly Martin, executive director of the Mississippi Casino Operators Association, says that of the 11,000 casino workers along the Mississippi coast, about a third of them work for tips. She says that she has already received 500 e-mails from casino employees who have been denied compensation.

Attorneys for the Claims Facility insist that no applicants are being turned down just because they work at a casino, but instead he says that workers are simply not documenting their claims well enough. Applicants must supply proof of lost revenue to be accepted. But one dealer from the Beau Rivage turned in paycheck stubs and tax records to show he’d lost $7,000 in revenue this summer, and even his claim was denied.

The deadline to apply for emergency payments was last month, but blackjack dealers and other casino workers who were turned down may be able to reapply for interim payments.

When it comes to mobile casinos, players in the United States are dealt a losing hand.

American gambling laws are complex at the moment, and while there are a number of internet casinos where US players can real money enjoy casino games, there simply aren’t any mobile gambling options available at the moment.

Fortunately, this is starting to change. The Nevada Gaming Control Board has just approved a mobile phone gambling app that lets people bet on sports using their mobile phones. There is only one catch – the app can only be used in the state of Nevada, the only place in the United States where sports betting is completely legal.

The app is developed by American Wagering, and associated with Nevada bookmaker Leroy’s. So far it has just been released for Blackberry and Android mobile phones, but its device coverage may expand in the future. The mobile betting app was put through extremely rigorous testing by the Gaming Control Board, and was found to be safe, fair, and reliable.

In other parts of the world, Android casinos and Blackberry casinos provide smartphone users with access to a variety of mobile gambling options.

Las Vegas has a new casino, the Cosmopolitan. Rumors about bad blackjack games put a dent in their reputation, but they are quickly bouncing back.

The Cosmopolitan is the first new casino to open on the Las Vegas strip in many years. The Nevada Gaming Commission gave the casino its license just months ago after a long investigation. Construction began on the $3.9 billion casino several years ago, but the recent economic recession slowed progress down so much that it only just opened its doors last week.

For many weeks prior to opening, however, the new casino started receiving bad PR as rumors spread about its blackjack card games. The online blogsphere and gambling forms were buzzing with news that the casino’s blackjack games would offer 6:5 payouts on all natural blackjacks – much less than the Vegas standard of 3:2. The rumors left a lot of blackjack fans feeling shortchanged, and wondering what the casino operators were up to.

As opening night came and went, however, these rumors proved to be untrue. There are 6:5 blackjack payouts at the new Cosmopolitan Casino, but on the single deck games. Standard blackjack rules apply to all multi-deck games, including Blackjack, Blackjack Switch, and Spanish 21. The high limit room also features double-deck blackjack. Table minimums in the main hall hover around $10 to $15, on par with other top casinos on the Strip.

The Cosmopolitan is off to a good start. They took a hit early on with these bad blackjack rumors, but they made up for it by buying out the best dealers from Wynn Las Vegas and other popular casinos to help them start things off on the right foot.

Interestingly, the casino has also put together a comps program, not unlike the point-based loyalty programs found at online blackjack casinos. Players earn comp points not only by placing wagers on casino games, but also by making regular purchases throughout the resort. Points are collected on a card, and can used when checking out for added savings.

Sharp has just released the Galapagos 3D Android smartphone to the Japanese market, starting what many hope to be a new trend in 3D mobile gaming.

Users who buy the new Galapagos 3D mobile phone will find a 3D game preinstalled. It’s called Mobile Powerful Pro Baseball 3D, and it was developed by gaming gurus Konami. It will be the company’s first official 3D release.

Sharp, who produces the autostereoscopic display that will be used in the upcoming Nintendo handheld gaming device 3DS, has put a similar display into their new Android 3D gaming phone. The 3D effect is natural, and no special glasses are required. The 3.8 inch 3D touch screen sports a resolution of 800×480. The phone also features a 1GHz Snapdragon processor and a 9.6 megapixel camera capable of shooting HD video. The Galapagos 3D runs on Android 2.2 Froyo.

The world of mobile gaming is growing at an astonishing rate. Apple is currently dominating the market, with their Apps Store filled with titles for the iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. Android is close behind, but if they get a jump on the 3D gaming market, they could catch up fast.

Games are developing along with hardware. More advanced phones with features like touch screen displays, cameras, and movement sensors add unique abilities for game developers to build from. Other game producers are focusing more on real money casino games, and the number of Android casinos and iPhone casinos grows every month.

A recent study on 3D mobile gaming suggests 3D phones could be readily available by 2014. The future of mobile gaming certainly looks bright.