During last year, one particular topic that got a lot of attention was the idea that the introduction of real time gaming and live dealers. Now as we approach the end of 2009, these developments have not materialized to the extent that most people thought they would. What are the reasons behind this and why [...]

After a much livelier week in terms of the volume of business that was done in share in the online casino sector we had a somewhat mixed conclusion to trading at t he end of the week for many of the main operations in the sector. The share price of William Hill took a hit [...]

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 [...]

In terms of a general and overall outlook, the online casino sector was struggling again by the midweek point in trading on the international markets this week. Let’s take a look at some of the numbers for some of the big brand names that illustrate this. The share price of William Hill decreased on Wednesday [...]

We have seen quite a bit of lethargy in the online casino sector recently but one company that hass been doing reasonably steady business over the last few days in 888. 888 Holdings PLC shares gained some ground on Tuesday October 27th 2009. At the start of the day the value of shares was 93.75 [...]

It was a slow start to the week for the online casino industry on the markets with a lot of major players experiencing dips in share prices on the back of a fairly lethargic market. William Hill shares lost ground on Monday October 26th 2009. At the beginning of the day 176.80 was the valuation [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

The end of the trading week was far less volatile than the beginning but there were still some gains and losses that are certainly worth taking note of. The share price of William Hill gained ground on Friday October 23rd 2009. The share price stood at 177.50 at the start of the day and by [...]

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 [...]