Problems Not The Only Thing Driving Consolidation
Thursday, December 10th, 2009 at 3:07 pm EST/EDT
While it would not be safe to assume that the current delay on the full effects of the online gambling ban in the Untied States will lead directly to new legislation, it would be fair to say that over the longer term, the handling of the subject of online casinos in most developed countries is [...]
Champions League Betting Remains Healthy
Wednesday, December 9th, 2009 at 5:46 pm EST/EDT
As we come to the end of the group stage of this year’s UEFA Champions League, sources in the online bookmaking sector of the industry are suggesting that soccer’s premier club competition has been seeing stronger than expected batting action this year. Because of the global economic downturn, it was expected that numbers would be [...]
The Need To Keep Things In Perspective
Tuesday, December 8th, 2009 at 5:37 pm EST/EDT
It would seem that recession has hit everything to varying degrees. A while back we had the third quarter numbers from the publicly quoted online casino companies. As one would expect the numbers were down and with a few notable exceptions the markets reacted fairly negatively. This is perfectly normal but what was perhaps overblown [...]
Online Casino – Where Will 2010 Take Us?
Monday, December 7th, 2009 at 5:08 pm EST/EDT
One of the things that all business sectors have in common is a desire to guess where trends might be going in the immediate future. The online casino industry is no different in this regard and we have now entered a time where the industry as a whole is trying to do this on two [...]
Prohibition – History Doomed To Repeat?
Sunday, December 6th, 2009 at 5:57 pm EST/EDT
The tactic of prohibition has something very profound in common with the tactic of military occupation. Throughout history circumstances have arisen at one stage or another where both seemed to be a god idea to deal with a very particular scenario. There was never any shortage of examples of why and how either of these [...]
Mixed End To The Week For Online Casinos
Saturday, December 5th, 2009 at 4:45 pm EST/EDT
It was a a somewhat mixed end to the week’s trading for the main players in the online casino industry which was very much in spirit with the type of trading we had been seeing during the course of the week William Hill finished the week with a lift 187.70 was the valuation of the [...]
World Cup Draw Attracts The Punters
Friday, December 4th, 2009 at 3:49 pm EST/EDT
While there is no doubt that the World Cup will attract very heavy betting when it actually come closer to the time of getting underway next year, the level of betting on today’s draw for the group stage did take quite a few people by surprise. Traditionally, there has always been a relatively modest amount [...]
The Holidays And The Real Rush
Thursday, December 3rd, 2009 at 6:21 pm EST/EDT
The old refrain goes that ”’tis the season to be jolly” but for anyone in business it is more than likely the season to be busy and if you’re lucky, really busy! For any business that is in any way connected with the Christmas season, the global economic downturn has put even more pressure than [...]
Old Traditional Games Still Going Strong
Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009 at 5:09 pm EST/EDT
One thing that has expanded immensely over the last few years in the online casino industry is the number of games available. There has been a massive explosion in the number of different games that people can play. Granted, a lot of these games are either variations on traditional games or simply rebranded versions but [...]
Limted Processors Limiting Conversion
Tuesday, December 1st, 2009 at 4:43 pm EST/EDT
There is no doubt that the uncertain regulatory conditions for the online casino industry have caused many problems in many countries. When commentators talk about this they usually tend to focus on the direct problems that this has caused. One of the the larger problems that this has created is something that does not get [...]
