Breaking news is coming through from Casinoaffiliateprograms forum that Inetbet has allegedly been stealing home page content from online gambling sites and using it for the much maligned technique of blog spam. Inetbet is based in Costa Rica which is a jurisdiction that allows casino owners to operate without the gambling licence which so many [...]

Despite not having a firmed up agreement with city officials as to how to pump water in the proposed casino facility as well as how to dispose and treat sewage from that same facility, Penn National Gaming Inc. is moving ahead with its plans to break ground on the proposed $400 million Columbus, Ohio casino. [...]

The industry as a whole is so keen to get back into The United States market. The goal itself seems to have become such a focus that some people within the industry seem to have lost sight of the reality of the situation. A repeal of the UIGEA and the introduction of a regulatory environment [...]

Despite all of the optimism that currently surrounds the full implementation of UIGEA, the pressure is still very much on for the small number of online casinos that are still prepared to accept US players. This situation was brought very much into sharp focus again with the decision by Golden Casino to stop accepting US [...]

So here we are on the first day of the new year. One of the big trends among bookmakers in 2009 was the growth in betting on celebrity culture. While some people may find the idea of betting on the events in the lives, personal or otherwise, of celebrities distasteful, the massive growth in the [...]

The story of UIGEA is such a large one for the online casino industry that it is quite easy to forget that it is not the only regulatory battle in town. There is no doubt that the coming year will be a very interesting one for the online casino industry and that regulatory conditions will [...]

The business of predicting future events is both dangerous and seductive. Dangerous in the regard that it is virtually impossible not to look a bit silly when one’s predictions are looked at with the benefit of hindsight, and seductive in the regard that it is a basic part of human nature to have a tilt [...]

There has certainly no shortage of optimism surrounding the online casino industry in the last few months. One of the main driving factors in this equation is the possibility of a full repeal of UIGEA in the United States and the introduction of a regulated market there. The optimism from the possibility seems to have [...]

For people within the industry, the daily cut and thrust of what is happening with regulations in different jurisdictions or following company news can be all consuming. When this kind of perspective is combined with the somewhat claustrophobic atmosphere created by the industry, it is easy to forget that in the greater scheme of things [...]

It would be fair to suggest that of all the problems that the online casino industry has experienced over the last couple of years that the shifting sands of the regulatory environment in various different jurisdictions has been the largest. There is no doubt that it has been a massive problem. The coming year certainly [...]