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Hello world!
Today is the 31st of December, 2008, New Year Eve. I’m well prepared for celebrations: got all the gifts bought, our New Year Tree is decorated, delicious dishes smell and I’m very impatient to join my relatives :)))

It looks like this article will be the last one in 2008. I hope my devoted readers had a good year in spite of everything (well, I mean the latest events: financial crisis, israeli and palestinian conflicts, terrorist attacks in India, etc). I would like to say Thank you so much for being with us, for sharing your ideas with us and, of course, for your questions.

I would like to say that 2008 year was great for our company Viaden Media: we launched several casino games: such as Age of Discovery, fun money Bingo, Slot-o-Pol, Slot-o-Pol Delux; we developed affiliate program for our casino software, greatly improved both poker and casino administration areas, adding more tools for casino and poker site owners to help them to attract more players. An exclusive real estate search engine has been also developed by Viaden Media specialists. Fizber.com, one of the most popular real estate portals, enjoys using this system and looks forwards to buying the coming upgrades.

In 2008 Viaden Media signed several strategically important contracts on gambling software development with clients around the world. We do our best to see our clients happy with products developed by Viaden Media team and this is the best present for us!

Thank you for your business! We wish you all the best in 2009, stay with us and you won’t be dissapointed!

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Last hours of 2008 online I spent searching for something interesting related to the poker industry impact on world economy. Here is what I found: lately Swedish Lund University is about to start a special reserch programm to learn the way the Internet affects teens’ life in Sweeden.

MySpace, The Pirate Bay and the Svenska Pokerförbundet (swedish poker association) are partners of the University according to this research plan, which consists of in-depth interviews with teens.

Questions regarding students’ attitudes and habits related to such activities as placing images in the internet, playing online poker and data sharing. It is believed by researchers that processes in the internet differs a lot from those in a regular traditioanl society, developing youth people views on virtual ownership rights, money things and privacy protection. The researchers plan to compare results in Sweden and other European countries and to learn how other countries handle regulations in the Internet.

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There is no doubt that 2008 year was very exciting in gambling industry.

In brief:

Jackpots
In August 2008, one lady from Canada won stratospheric platinum when she won the Beach Life Progressive Jackpot at Joyland Casino. When the slots stopped spinning, she was surprised to see that her winning had racked more than 4mln USA dollars.

Business
Casino operators and affiliate programs: people who think up those promotions we constantly seek – have also made some major moves. (more…)

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Viaden Media, game production company, member of ICC, W3C and High Technologies Park in Belarus, has recently upgrated online bingo software and issued a new version of this popular casino game. Now it is available for fun money too!

“Viaden Media bingo has extraordinary realistic old fashion design, which we consider very attractive and appealing for players who prefer to gamble online”, – said one of Viaden client who has recently bought this game for his casino site. -”Before it was only available for real money, now we are happy to offer it on our casino website to appeal new players, who might want to play for real money on our website later”.

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YES!!!
Basic info:
Poker is an enormously popular card game played around the world. Texas Holdem is one of the most popular poker types around the world. Lately, many poker rooms offer fun money Texas Holdem Poker games and tournaments which are aimed to introduce to the beginner player the benefits and fun in playing this poker game, to enable him to join the real money table games in futer. There are explanations on rules, strategies, tips on how to knowledge in starting the games. This option of fun money Texas Holdem Poker is great for those who want to play this game only for fun or to improve their skills. (more…)

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Well, I believe people who read my articles on this casino blog know what is eCogra. Just in a few words for those who is not familiar enough to gambling industry:

*eCOGRA is a non-profit organization, a kind of independent standards authority of the online gaming industry, which is specifically overseeing fair gaming, player protection and responsible operator conduct to protects everybody who is engaged in online gaming where it is lawful.

So, it has become a question on great interest how to obtain an eCogra seal for a software provider. This is what I would like to explain in this article.

First of all, for eCogra requirements may be applicable to different products:

All – All products C – Casino P – Poker S – Sportsbook B – Bingo
Minimum software requirements for all types of software:
1. All receipts from and payments to players must be conducted through a formal documented process.
2. Registration, deposit and withdrawal conditions and procedures shall be clearly communicated to players. (more…)

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There are a lot of people drug or alcahol addicted. They know that, but there is nothing they can do to change their lives. Oh, that’s not right as there are a lot of anonymous medical centers where they can come to undergo a course of medical treatment and get psychologic help. The same about people addicted to gambling. There is a high variety of different responsible gambling organization in many countries around the world. (By the way you can check it by your self whether you need such a help using special inquirer available online). Here you are few warning sings which show that gambling is becoming a problem for you:
• Spending longer periods of time gambling.
• Placing larger, more frequent bets.
• Going into debt to support gambling activities.
• Arguing about gambling with friends or family.
• Pinning hope on the “big win.”
• Feelings of guilt or remorse about gambling.
• Participating in illegal activities to obtain money.
• Missing work to gamble.
• Hiding involvement in gambling activities.

In this articles I also would like to suggest possible actions you can undertake to avoid addiction to gambling.

• Remember, the house always has the advantage.
• Before playing, educate yourself on how the game works.
• Always set a limit. Stay within it.
• Do not chase losses; accept them as a cost for the entertainment.
• Take frequent breaks.
• Use only money from your entertainment budget, do not borrow.
• Balance gambling with your other leisure choices.
• Know the warning signs of problem gambling.

Be safe and watch yourself!

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Hello world!
Merry Christmas! Let’s all your dreams come true! I hope you had a wonderful time with your family!

Viaden Media is happy to announce that this week we are having a special event: if you are ready to buy our casino or poker software and sign the contract till January 15th, you get 10% discount! To learn more, please, contact our sales representatives.

*About Beta casino software developed by Viaden Media, game production company: Administration area module is the key part in this Beta online casino upgrade Viaden Media has issued lately. It is closely integrated with other modules such as flash games, affiliate program and website.
The main Beta online casino administration area modules are:
1. Players accounts management
2. Games management
3. Website content management
4. Affiliate program and affiliate partners accounts management
5. Marketing tools and materials
6. Website activity analysis tools.
7. Advanced players support system.

Tis Online casino software, equipped with multifunctional Beta version administration area module, based on website analysis and affiliate partners and players activity reports, along with their winning and losses reports, allows to control how profitable is this casino. An accurate analysis of casino games popularity, helps in making a decision to develop a new game to attract new players. Player support system helps to solve problems in time and improve quality of service. (more…)

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It is not easy to do business these days. But I think that we shouldn’t say crisis! We’d better call this time “TIME OPENED FOR NEW ENHANCED OPPORTUNITIES”. Recent events in Gambling industry life proves that I’m absolutely right.

Global Gaming Expo, held November 18-20th, 2008 , at the Las Vegas Convention Center showed no depression. “While it’s true that the current economic downturn is a challenge the likes of which our industry has not seen before, the positive feedback we have received from our exhibitors and attendees is evidence that G2E 2008 has been a real success story,” said Frank J.Fahrenkopf, Jr., president and CEO of the American Gaming Association. And that’s true: G2E 2008 attracted a total of 724 exhibitors, including 117 exhibitors from countries outside the U.S. A significant increase in international attendance, attracting 3,901 attendees from 89 different countries, an increase of 11 percent over 2007 international attendance numbers, have been seen. This year’s attendees came from Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Ecuador, Finland, Hong Kong, India, Ireland, Latvia, Malaysia, New Zealand, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, the Russian Federation, Singapore, South Africa, Taiwan, Turkey, the United Kingdom, and others.

So, as far as you can see, gambling industry is one of those which are trying to obtain as much as possible from the situation we have. Keep faith!

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Shortly a new beta version of online poker software Texas Holdem developed by Viaden Media, game production company, member of W3C, ICC and High Technologies park in Belarus, will be available for sale.
What is essentional and important when operating a poker website? We think that the key module is administration area. It helps to analize, scrutinize the gambling site activity, reports, generated by administration area shows how effective the marketing compaigns are. It draws the picture of partners activity. This is what we implemented in our new Beta version of online poker software Texas Holdem.

So, here you are the new features:

1) it is possible now to create a subadministrators access for poker administration area: SuperAdministrator is able to add, edit, delete SubAdministrators.
2) SuperAdministrator can perform Transfer in and Transfer out operations on SubAdministrators’ accounts
3) SuperAdministrator can set up and change a rake for every SubAdministrator
4) Server, administration area modules and Database have been redesigned to enable SubAdministrators and SuperAdministrator create, edit or delete players through Administration area tools. It has been never possible in previous versions of Texas Holdem software!

The coming beta version of Online poker software Texas Holdem is available now for the same price! Now you can get more and save at the same time! Please, contact our Sales department to learn more.

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