The advancement of technology in the duration between the two slot games is apparent. The crafting of the symbols in The Back Nine is much more attractive. Gone is the flat lifeless look. The symbols are bigger and have been given some depth. When the reels spin the background of the symbols become transparent and reveal a sand dune in the golf course. The holes in the bonus game are depicted in a 3D view in The Back Nine. A Game Map has been included that shows the layout of the nine holes in the golf course.

The symbols are all from the field of golf. Some are repeated from Hole in Won and some are new. They include the lady golfer, the golf bag, golf clubs, the golf cart, holes and The Back Nine logo. The introductory clip of a golfer hitting a hole in one introduces many of the symbols. All symbols show appropriate animations. The jackpot symbol is the trophy. It pays out 750 coins when five of them are aligned on an activated payline. The flag used to locate the hole is the wild symbol. It appears only on reels 2, 3 and 4 and expands to fill the entire reel. After expanding it depicts a golfer driving the ball to the fairway.

The male golfer is the bonus symbol. When three or more of these symbols appear scattered on the reels the skill based bonus game is triggered. This bonus game is the highlight of the i-slot. The first time the bonus game is triggered the player is taken to Hole 1. Thereafter the Rival Gaming software automatically takes the player to the next hole till all nine are completed. A continuous score sheet is displayed each time for the holes completed. In the usual golf format, this sheet shows the hole number, the par for that hole, the number of strokes taken and the above or below par score. At each hole the player receives bonus credits. These depend on the number of strokes taken to complete the hole. A hole in one receives top payout. Also payouts increase with the number of scatter symbols obtained in the spin.

The Back Nine is a 15 payline slot game and players can wager up to 5 coins per payline. The coin size ranges from $0.01 to $1.00. The Back Nine is live at all Rival Gaming online casinos. CasinoAdvisor recommends Sloto’ Cash and Ruby Royal.

The first 250 players to register before the scheduled time of the tournament will be allowed to participate. Thereafter the entries will close and hence Jackpot City online casino players should register as soon as possible for this blackjack tournament. However, if a minimum of 14 players do not enroll then the event will be scrapped. Because the Survivor tournament is very popular, this rarely happens. The event will be played on six deck European Blackjack, which is a popular blackjack variant at Jackpot City online casino. The entry fee is $20 and the guaranteed prize pool offered is $280. Though the prize pool is small, it will be shared only by the top three players. The player in the top place will take home $130, the player in the second place will take home $90 and the player in the third place will take home $60.

The Survivor blackjack tournament at jackpot City online casino is played over three rounds. Only the top ten players survive the first round. In the first round each player starts with 2,500 chips. The minimum wager is 10 chips and the maximum wager is 250 chips. The first round is played over eight hands. The competition gets less intense but more critical in the second round. The top six out of the ten players will go to the next round. In the second round each player starts with 3,500 chips. The minimum wager is 50 chips and the maximum wager is 500 chips. The second round is played over eight hands. The third round is the fiercest and requires aggressive wagering. It is played over only six hands and therefore there is no time to make amends. Players start with 5,000 chips and the minimum and maximum wagers are hiked up to 100 chips and 1,000 chips respectively. The top three players in this final round share the prize pool.

Blackjack players at Jackpot city online casino who do not like tournaments can select from a wide range of blackjack variants. Double Exposure is a game fancied by newcomers because both the dealer’s cards are dealt face up. Therefore the decision making is relatively easier. On the flip side blackjack pays only even money. Those blackjack players who like a challenge can go for Pontoon. In this blackjack variant both the dealer’s cards are dealt face down. To compensate for the lack of information blackjack pays 2 to 1.

The new venture will operate across the Vision Media network of Internet gambling sites, which includes BetMotion.com, CopacabanaPoker.com, ApostoGano.com, and ApostouGanhou.com, offering a mix of poker, casino and bingo across all services.

The white label will be up and running in good time to generate football World Cup action in mid-2010, and the betting service will be integrated into the Vision Media platform so that players will be able to use existing accounts to wager on sports events.

Stefan Sluijter, manager of business relations at Vision Media, said: Sports betting is an important component of Vision Medias future growth strategy and we were looking for the right partner to help us deliver this content. We will offer a sports betting service with competitive odds across a comprehensive range of events and markets.”

Stian Hornsletten, CEO of EveryMatrix, parent group of OddsMatrix, said, Our partnership with Vision Media will enable them to enhance their overall product offering, and will give EveryMatrix access to Latin America. Were confident that sports betting will very quickly start to contribute to the growth of the Vision Media business.

OddsMatrix growing list of white label sports book clients includes Tell Gaming, Chili Gaming, Tower Gaming, Setanta Bet, NoiQ, BetFriends, Best Games, Pepe Games, BeteXpress, Mr123, EuroPoker, Vision Media, BetWize, JuegosLucky, Mermaid Poker, Sun Poker, GUTS.com, Danbook, BetClick, Centrebet, Globet, Oxygen, Zedbet and IASbet.

FullTiltPoker.com referred to the New Jersey native as ‘one of the most influential and successful players in online poker history’ and he now joins other successful pros sponsored by the site including Phil Ivey, Chris Ferguson, Howard Lederer, John Juanda, Jennifer Harman, Phil Gordon, Erick Lindgren, Erik Seidel, Andy Bloch, Mike Matusow, Gus Hansen, Allen Cunningham and Patrik Antonius.

“Team Full Tilt doesn’t take adding a team member lightly,” said Lederer.

“But, Tom Dwan has proven, through skill and dynamic play, that he will be a force to be reckoned with for many years to come. We are proud to count Tom as one of our own.”

Dwan is a former Boston University English major and took over $5.4 million playing virtual poker last year. In addition, he took the $1.1 million top prize in September at FullTiltPoker.com’s Million Dollar Cash Game in London after dominating last season’s High Stakes Poker programme on GSN.

It seems that the man, who wishes to remain anonymous, drove around for five months with a lottery ticket worth Rands 20 million (about GBP1.6 million or US$2.5 million) lying in the pocket of his car’s door panel.

A spokeswoman for the lottery operator, Gidani, said the man had more than 50 tickets in his car at the time.

“I went to pick up my children from school and I happened to be early. That’s when I decided to check my tickets,” the winner told Gidani.

Gidani spokeswoman Thembi Tulwana takes up the tale: “Tucked into a pocket in the driver door panel for the past five months was a R20 million winning lotto jackpot ticket with the six correct numbers for a draw that took place on 28 March 2009.”

She said the man took the tickets to a retailer to check the numbers as he had time to kill. Several of his fifty old tickets had winnings of between R30 and R100, but the last ticket to be checked came up with the big-win reading “Not authorised to pay.”

The man subsequently took the ticket to the Gidani headquarters, where it was confirmed that he was now worth R20 million.

Tulwana says the stunned punter had prioritised settling his debts, after which he planned to renovate his home and ensure his children’s future.

His R20 million bonanza cost him just R40 on a ‘quick pick’ randomly chosen numbers ticket.