Leading online poker room PartyPoker.com has announced that it will be running a special three-in-one promotion next month offering players the chance to take home a share of a total prize pot of $350,000 in cash.

Beginning on August 1 and running throughout the month, Gibraltar-licensed PartyPoker.com is offering seats into weekly $10,000 freeroll competitions for those that have picked up at least one player point on three separate days. The site is also running a $100,000 grand final on August 30 for those that have racked up at least two appearances in the preceding freerolls.

“You can play in as many weekly freerolls as you want, just pick up those three points in the week before,” read a statement from PartyPoker.com.

“For those that want to guarantee their place in the grand final as soon as possible, you can buy in direct for 1,000 points.”

For bronze, silver and gold level loyalty members, PartyPoker.com is running a special cash game race from August 2 to 22 promising a total of $50,000 in cash. The domain revealed that the top 500 finishers at the end of this special competition will earn prizes ranging from ten dollars to $3,000 while the top seven on the leaderboard are guaranteed at least $1,000.

“The more points you earn at our tables, the higher you’ll climb our leaderboard and the more cash you could win at the end of the month,” read the statement from PartyPoker.com.

The final promotion begins on the first day of the month before ending on August 31 and is offering to award players good enough to win five sit-and-go single table tournaments in a row with a share of $160,000. There is one $50,000 jackpot up for grabs for players in $55 buy-in tournaments alongside three prizes worth $20,000 for tournaments with a buy-in of twelve dollars to $54 and five worth $10,000 for those playing the three to eleven dollar buy-in games.

“Prove your poker skills are razor-sharp by winning five single-table tournaments in a row and you’ll win a jackpot worth $10,000 to $50,000, depending on the buy-in level you were playing at,” read the statement from PartyPoker.com.

“August’s full house of promotions has something for everyone. For those who like to multi-table, there are weekly tournaments leading to a $100,000 grand final and for the single table sit-and-go specialist there are juicy rewards for success. If that wasn’t enough, the cash game race completes the exciting full house of promotions.”  

One of the most exciting promotions is Spinner Winner, where 200 roulette players have the chance to win a share of a whopping $10,000 in July. Blackjack players need not feel left out, because Bet365 Casino is also running its Blackjack Bonanza promotion, a monthly extravaganza in which the winner will bag the $1000 top prize.

If you prefer video slots to table games, you are spoilt for choice at Bet365 Casino. Players can win some great cash prizes just by playing their favourite slot games throughout July at the Slots Club at Bet365.

Every Monday, Bet365 Casino is offering special personalised bonuses, as a goodwill gesture, depending on the level of your activity at the online casino during the previous week. Another Monday special is Bet365’s ‘I Do Like Mondays’ promotion, in which you could be eligible for a 100% bonus on your deposit on a Monday.

The reel race is another Bet365 tournament taking place throughout the month of July in which there is $10,000 up for grabs. Another special promotion is On the House which offers 10% cash back of up to $500 on specific days throughout July. 

Bet365 also provides a realistic casino experience with its live casino, complete with live dealers. There are 200 great prizes to be won at the live casino, to add yet another winning option available to online casino fans at Bet365.

VIP members at Bet365 Casino are also in for a treat during July as they can claim an exclusive 50% bonus up to $1000 on specific days.

Bet365 Casino always offers its players a great deal with its prize giveaways and promotions – and July looks to be an especially good month. There are also some cool new games available, such as Premium European Roulette, Lucky Blackjack and a whole host of new slot games, including From Russia with Love, Elektra, Fantastic Four, Cute & Fluffy, Daredevil, Blade, Happy Bugs and X-Men.

June was Atlantic City’s last chance to post a good financial performance from its 11 casinos while offering something its main competitor didn’t: table games. But that chance went by the boards.

Revenue for the nation’s second-largest gambling market fell more than 11% in June, to $286.8 million.

And now Atlantic City is virtually surrounded by table games: Pennsylvania started offering them on Thursday, a few weeks after Delaware did likewise.

Analysts say the stepped-up competition could cost Atlantic City about a quarter of its annual table games revenue, or about $300 million a year.

It was the Pennsylvania slots parlors that began Atlantic City’s revenue plunge in late 2006.

Soon, Pennsylvania will have nine casinos offering the same gambling options as Atlantic City – but much closer to home for Pennsylvania players, who have been a big part of Atlantic City’s clientele.

Table games revenue for Atlantic City fell 16.2% last month to $79.9 million. Slot revenue fell 9% to $206.9 million.

Only one of the city’s 11 casinos posted a revenue increase, and it was minuscule. Trump Marina Hotel Casino, one of the city’s most struggling casinos, edged up 1.3%.

Resorts Atlantic City, which turned itself over to its lenders in December when it could no longer pay its mortgage, posted the biggest drop, nearly 20%. Caesars Atlantic City’s revenue sank 17.8%, the Trump Taj Mahal Casino Resort dropped 13.5%, Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino fell 13.2%, and Harrah’s Resort Atlantic City fell 13%.

The Showboat Casino Hotel skidded 12.4%, the Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa, usually the city’s dominant casino, fell 11.7%, and the Atlantic City Hilton Casino Resort, which hasn’t paid its own mortgage in a year and is trying to work out a deal with its lenders, slid 7.7%.

The Tropicana Casino and Resort, rebounding after its purchase by billionaire Carl Icahn, fell 5.9% and Bally’s Atlantic City slipped 3.2%.

The betting exchange peer-to-peer business model, pioneered in the UK years ago by online gambling giant Betfair, could find new application in the state of New Jersey, reports the Thoroughbred Times.

The New Jersey General Assembly this week unanimously approved a bill that would allow this form of betting, which could open up new revenues for the struggling horse racing industry in the state. Online wagering on horse races enjoys a legislative exemption from the Wire Act and the UIGEA, positioning it strongly to exploit a betting exchange model to the full.

The bill calls for the New Jersey Racing Commission to oversee and regulate exchange wagering, which will be initially restricted to one licensee, and following its approval in the Assembly is now on its way to the New Jersey state Senate’s Wagering, Tourism, and Historic Preservation Committee.

If exchange wagering is approved, only New Jersey residents would be allowed to participate, reports the Thoroughbred Times. Under the current bill, those residents would be allowed to wager on in-state or out-of-state racing.

With casino and pari-mutuel wagering slumping in the state, the bill aims to promote horse racing in New Jersey by adding the new form of wagering.

The betting form typically relies on advanced real-time technology offered on Internet sites, but the bill has provisions that permit gamblers to bet on the exchange in person or by phone. The intent of the bill is to generate cash for state tracks and horse owners, and proposes an arrangement whereby the first licence would come up for review in 2014, at which time interested parties could propose changes.

Betfair, which has acquired extensive interests in US racing through its $50 million TVG deal, could be a front-runner for any licence due to its advanced technology and wide experience in this type of business model.