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 [...]

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 [...]

One of the main topics that keeps the minds of people in the online casino industry well exercised is online gambling ban in the United States. Currently, we have a delay in the introduction of the full force of the ban and it might appear to some outside the industry that there is nothing else [...]

The entire online casino industry is buzzing about one story today. The Obama Administration has delayed the full enforcement of UIGEA for a 6 month period. Before this announcement there had been a tricky situation developing where the momentum behind Barney Frank’s proposed bill to regulate online gambling had been growing and at the same [...]

History has a terrible habit of repeating itself. We have at this stage, a comprehensive list of examples from history that should show clearly how and why prohibition never works. The history of the modern world is lettered with perfect examples of where the concept of prohibition intersects with the reality of human nature and [...]

While the online casino industry has suffered from all manner of difficulties related related to online gambling bans in different jurisdictions, one of the things it has always had in its favor is the fact that for the most part online casinos are extremely profitable. This has always been the case but it has not [...]

Legislation and regulation are always areas in the online casino industry that tend to generate quite a bit of discussion. There is an ongoing narrative in many countries where the arguments for and against online casinos are generally quite well developed. Each time the subject of regulation versus prohibition comes up for any kind of [...]

The markets have tended to treat the online casino sector with some disdain in recent times. We have seen quite a bit of a mess with regards to the type of trading that has been experienced across many of the major brands and names for the sector. Ultimately, a lot of this uncertainty comes down [...]

The global economic downturn has focused the minds of many in politics on the potential taxation revenue stream that could be generated from  a repealing of the current online gambling ban and the introduction of a tightly controlled regulatory environment in its place. This has meant growing support for Barney Frank’s bill that would usher [...]

One of the things that we have seen quite a bit of recently in the online casino industry is different countries reexamining their legislative stance on the issue. Not so long ago prohibition was very much the order of the day and that trend seems to have been reversed to a large degree. Both in [...]