Rage Against The Machine beating out Joe McElderry did not turn out to be as sore for the bookmakers as it could have been. In the last few days of the race there was a massive surge of betting on the band beating the X Factor winner to the Christmas number 1 spot. This surge [...]

The television program The X Factor has had a very dramatic effect on the Christmas music charts over the last couple of years. The program, which is consistently one of the most watched programs on British television, had produced so many Christmas number 1.’s that betting on what would be Number 1. in the singles [...]

Of all the issues the people in the online casino industry are hoping will be cleared up this year, the situation with the online gambling ban in the United States is probably the biggest one. The possibility of the clearing up of regulatory difficulties in other jurisdictions will also be very much on the agenda [...]

One area of online betting that has scene huge growth over the last couple years is betting on the outcome of reality television shows. Apart from viewers phoning in to vote for particular contestants, these types of shows have seen a massive growth in online betting as well. Some of this is taken up with [...]

It was a quiet rather than a disastrous day for the online casino sector. Most of the major players did lose ground in terms of their share price but the numbers were not disastrous overall. Here is how some of the major brand names preformed for the opening day of the week. The share price [...]

There is no doubt the traditional casino industry has been suffering very badly at the hands of the global economic downturn. Bulgaria is one of the countries in which the traditional casino industry has suffered the most recent times due to the recession. The falloff in business is very much in line with other types [...]

To many people, the online gambling ban might appear to quite a curious situation. In a country with such freedom of expression, dealing with the activity of gambling with a prohibition approach may seem to be out of keeping with the spirit and ethos of the country. In fact, what might appear to be an [...]

Quite a lot of the news that has been happening in the online casino industry lately has been focused on the area of legislation and regulation. This is not unusual in the regard that the industry is very dependent on the regulatory conditions in different markets. What is unusual is the softer line being taken [...]

There really are two very distinct ends to the current situation with regard to online gambling in The United States. One the one hand we have all the positive talk about the possible lifting of the band and on the other we have sporadic jumps by law enforcement to deal with the situation as it [...]

Schleswig-Holstein, a state in northern Germany is not a  place that one would normally expect to be at the forefront of an industry legislation push but that is exactly what is happening right at the moment. Officials from the state have told the German government that the current scenario with regard to the national ban [...]