Intertops.com, one of the world’s oldest online casinos, is giving away a total of $80,000 in bonus money as part of a special Christmas-themed promotion called Surfing Santa.

The promotion is running from now until 11 January 2011 and this US-friendly site will be awarding players with points each time they place a wager, whether they win or lose.  Players are required to work their way up the Surfer Scoreboard in order to claim their share of the prizes that Intertops.com will be giving away this month.  Competitors are able to keep track of their position on the leader-board via the popular online casino’s special Surfboard Scoreboard until 9th January 2011.

On 11th January 2011, bonuses from $200 - $500 each will be awarded to the top 20 players on the leader-board for a total of $7,000.

Intertops is already giving away lots of Christmas presents by awarding bonuses to a further 200 players every week.  Bonuses of $20 to $250 will be awarded to 150 players every Monday who have been selected based on their game-play performances from Thursday through Sunday.  Every Thursday another 50 players who have been selected based on their Monday through Wednesday game-play performances will be awarded with bonus cash valued from $20 to $250 into their account.  The bonuses are subject to the general Intertops Casino Terms & Conditions that is posted on the site.  

Intertops Casino features over 300 instant-play and download games.  This month’s slots tournament are being played on the Christmas-themed Naughty or Nice slot machine and should prove to be very popular amongst players.

Those players following American major league sports are able to use their Intertops account in order to place games and one Intertops lucky Sportsbook player will win a trip to the Super Bowl XLV in Texas.

The Casino was founded in London in 1983 with a UK Bookmakers License.  It relocated to Austria in 1992 and accepted the world’s first online bet in 1996.  The online business moved to Antigua during 1997 while the sports betting business remained in Austria.  In 2001 the company developed the first mobile betting application that allowed customers to bet with mobile phones at any time or place and by 2003 Intertops.com began online poker operations.  Less than a year after that the company progressed to online skill-based gaming.