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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

The online gambling ban in the United States is a very well publicized problem for the online casino industry. One of the difficulties that the sector has suffered with but that is not publicized in the wider media is the fact that many of the most used advertising routes online are also not available for [...]

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 [...]