Property Name: JackpotCity.com Online Casino

Registration and Setup: JackpotCity.com Online Casino automatically gives you a single-page registration screen while its casino software is downloading, nicely allowing you to kill two dull-but-necessary birds with one quickly thrown stone. Or, if you prefer, you can mouse over to the instant Flash casino and practice your play while you're waiting for the three-four minute software download. No registration is necessary for phony money action in the Flash casino, but you obviously have to register and open an account to gamble for real.

Total Registration/Setup Time: Three minutes to register and make your first real-money bet in the Flash casino, about six minutes to download and get to a main room table.

Credit Cards Accepted: Visa, MasterCard, Diners Club

Other Forms of Deposit: eCheck, Netteller, Netteller InstaCash, Click2Pay, Firepay, Money Transfer, InstaDebit, Citadel, UseMyBank, Pay Spark Internet, Pay Spark ATM, ECO Moneybrookers, Delta (Some deposit methods are not available in all countries.)

Games Offered: I'm so glad you asked. JackpotCity.com Online Casino offers more games (142!) in its instant Flash casino than many online gambling houses offer in all their gaming rooms combined. (The Flash games are divided into four categories: Progressives, table games, video pokers and slot machines.) Since I like casinos that are constantly adding to their gaming menu (it shows a pro-active attitude even if you never play anything but old standard), I was happy to discover six games I'd never seen before when I finally left the Flash casino and entered the big room. Wow, they have a lot of games available. I tried to count 'em, but kept getting lost when I hit 140 or so. I especially liked the fact that progressive action (with more than $1.4 million on the top machine when I visited) wasn't limited to slots - there are also progressive table games and video pokers. There are also more Blackjack variations than I've ever seen before and a tremendous slate of really-good-but-hard-to-find games like Aces & Eights and Aces & Faces video poker and French (as opposed to European, which JackpotCity.com Online Casino also has) roulette.

Games I Played: Let's start with European Gold Multi-hand Blackjack. Please let's with European Gold Multi-hand Blackjack. I had a transcendental moment while playing this game: I beat the dealer on five simultaneous hands. There I was with my chips covering every square on the felt and each and every one a winner. Now that's what I call a high. Maybe it's the legacy of too many early mornings slumped in various Las Vegas Keno Lounge chairs trying to figure out what had gone wrong in the poker room, but, whatever the reason, I don't much like Keno. But JackpotCity.com Online Casino's keno layout is just so beautiful - the balls shoot out the side of the screen and rotate gracefully around a 'bull's-eye' tally board - I couldn't resist giving it a whirl. I also enjoyed Poker Pursuit in the Flash casino and a number of the excellent, rare video pokers in the main casino.

Bonus and Incentive Programs: 100% match up to €500 - Offer available in multiple currencies.

Customer Service/Tech Support Experience: Two thumbs up and a deep bow to JackpotCity.com Online Casino for providing live online support that works with non-Internet Explorer browsers. Usually I have to leave Firefox and go to IE to test a casino's live help, not so here … I clicked 'live help' from Firefox, a message window opened instantly and I was 'chatting' with a rep within 90 seconds. JackpotCity.com Online Casino also has a unique casino-mail system that allows you to send and receive questions and answers from inside the casino without having to access your e-mail program. And finally, there are toll-free phone numbers from much of the world.

Final Thoughts: JackpotCity.com Online Casino is one of the most exciting and inventive casinos in cyberspace. So innovative that you don't even enter through a typical casino lobby, you're welcomed aboard with a total-immersion music-video-type event instead. (If you're not an MTV fan, you can permanently disable the welcoming flourishes and make your entrance in a more sedate manner.) JackpotCity.com Online Casino also does a great job of living up to its motto: Great gaming made easy. The Bonus System of organizing your account is one example of what I mean. What it does is divide your account into two parts - cash balance and bonus balance. From that point, it continuously tracks your play and totes up your accumulating bonuses as you move from game to game and - here's the best part - transfers you bonus credits to your cash balance in real time so you can withdraw them immediately after you earn them. Here's another great feature not available in most houses, strategic options. Thanks to JackpotCity.com Online Casino's advanced Viper software, you can set up betting strategies for table games, analyze your playing statistics in video poker and do several other fun things. Add perks like that to JackpotCity.com Online Casino's incredible range of over 250 combined Flash and casino games, and you've got a wonderful place to park your virtual Winnebago for an extended stay.