The Casinomeister 2009 Awards

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Casinomeister has been the first of the block in announcing the awards for performances of online casinos in 2009. The Casinomeister awards are unique because while they celebrate what is the best they also censure what is the worst.

Casinomeister has entered its second decade and has therefore announced a special award this year, which is Casino of the Decade. This was easily won by the Microgaming powered 32Red Casino, which has been winning the Best Casino award since 2003 without a break. The best American facing casino for 2009 was Club USA. Club USA had won this award last year as well. The Club World Group, of which Club USA is a brand, won the Best Casino Group award, toppling two time winners Jackpot Factory Group from the top spot. The other brands in this group are Club Euro, Club UK, Aladdin’s Gold and Lucky Red Casino. The citation read "Managed by a clued in crew - their customer service and operations are on top of their game in this overly competitive industry. They are committed in providing players with a level playing field." The Best New Casino award went to All Star Slots, which switched from Wizard Gaming to Realtime Gaming early in 2009. Casinomeister has lauded its responsiveness to player needs and suggestions.

Casinomeister also offers awards for the separate online casino functionalities. The Best Customer Service award went to 3Dice Casino for the second time in a row. The best Software award went to WagerWorks. Two reasons were given for this choice. One was bringing online some of the best land based slot games like Dungeons and Dragons, Rainbow Riches, and Transformers and the other was specifying the payout percentage for each slot game separately. Referback won the Best Affiliate Award. The citation read "Referback’s affiliate management system is probably one of the best available to webmasters. Its reports, campaigns, and media library are comprehensive and navigation is a cinch." Referback promotes the Microgaming powered Belle Rock group of online casinos with brands like The Gaming Club, Jackpot City, Lucky Nugget and Riverbelle Casino. The Best Promotions award was won by Buzzluck for innovative promotions like Buzzluck T-shirt Contest. Incidentally Buzzluck also won the award for the Best Named Casino.

There were a lot of awards on the worst side as well. One of the functions of Casinomeister is to ferret out the worst in online casino gambling so that it can be preferably corrected or otherwise avoided. One of the awards in the Worst category is the Head in the Sand award given to persons or entities that refuse to see the reality. In 2008 it was given to US politicians for their obstinate stand against online gambling. This year it went to affiliates and affiliate managers who still support Casino Affiliate Program, which stabbed their own members in the back and were caught doing so.

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