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Political Change to Aid Online Casino Industry?
With the United States’ election behind us, both the Senate and the Congress are now under Democrats control. The question is “Will political change benefit the online casino industry?” There are many different calls in the online gambling community, and … Read More
Costa Rica is Looking to Regulate its Online Casino Industry
In a recently published research made in the UK, Costa Rica came second only to Antigua in the number of online casino sites operating in its territory. Eduardo Agami, president of the Costa Rican Electronic Gambling Association is calling now … Read More
Online Casino Executive Predicts Bright Future for the Industry
“The online casino industry has many reasons to be optimistic about its future, now that we have seen some political changes” said Frank Fahrenkopf, CEO and President of the American Gaming Association, in a recent interview with Reuters news agency. … Read More
Vietnamese Police Raid Online Casino Operation
Online casino operators in Vietnam were expecting a more favoring approach from their government, in light of recent moves towards online casino regulation, however such approach is not the one taken. One online casino operator in the northern city of … Read More
Online Casino Self Regulating Body Offers Help
The eCommerce and Online Gaming Regulation and Assurance group, or eCOGRA, has been self regulating the online casino industry for sometime. By imposing strict rules and standards for online gambling operators, online casino sites that feature eCOGRA’s seal of approval … Read More
Online casino law propels mergers
The repercussions of the recent law which was passed in the United States under the Port Security Act, the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA), have been felt and noticed around the online casino industry. As soon as the online … Read More
The World Trade Organization Challenges US Online Casino Ban
The legal ban on the online casino industry in the US has drawn fire from an unexpected direction – the international community. The legality of the law which protects American land casinos from offshore online casino competition is under dispute … Read More
Poker and the online casino law
Laws against online casino gambling do not necessarily apply to poker. You may ask how come. Well, those who play the game and who are minimally familiar with poker know that poker is a skill game, unlike sport betting or … Read More
UK Lawmaker criticizes online casino ban
Speaking on the issue of Internet gambling, the United Kingdom’s Culture Secretary Tessa Jowell said regulating online casino sites would work better than an online casino law that would ban them, or attempt to do so. Unlike the American approach, … Read More
EU examines online casino law
The European Commission is an active player in the online casino business in Europe and its actions will determine the future of the industry. Such is the case with all that regards the laws in some countries, which protects their … Read More
