Posts From October, 2014
Step Forward Or Backward?
Added: October 27, 2014
As you know, online gambling is spreading throughout the world. Countries from diverse locations around the globe are amending or even eliminating antiquated laws prohibiting so called Internet Gambling. So you may be shocked to learn that in modern day Europe there is one hold out you may not have even suspected.
Oddly, Germany is beginning to look like it is taking a step backwards in terms of online casinos at least. Here is what is going on: there is new attention on actually prohibiting banking institutions from processing payments to online wagering sites or even accepting withdrawal requests related ...
A Race To The Top
Added: October 20, 2014
Things are heating up in the online gambling world, at least in the U.K. Here’s what is going on: a new report only just now released from Gambling Compliance Research Services (GCRS) points to a growing online gambling market.
Take a look at the numbers reported. GCRS states that the net gaming revenue of Europe’s largest online market rose by 12.2 percent. According to GCRS, the U.K. is Europe’s largest online casino market. Moreover, the metric referred to as “net gaming revenue (NGR)” rose by a startling 12.2 percent. That percentage increase translates ...
Wynn Calls Adelson A Pirate
Added: October 13, 2014
Yes, that is exactly just went down at the recent Global Gaming Expo when Steve Wynn used his scheduled key note address to state his case. You know the name Steve Wynn of course. Steve Wynn was a key player in the revival of the Las Vegas Strip back in the 1990s. He and his companies refurbished existing name brand casinos as well as building new casinos. Yet all of that aside, here is the point to pay close attention to: Wynn’s casinos are in fact all land-based casinos.
Hmm, isn’t that interesting? Doesn’t that sound just ...
1st To Fall
Added: October 6, 2014
Did you see the news coming to us from the state of New Jersey recently? As you know, New Jersey has been at the forefront of pushing the envelope for online casinos and online gambling in the United States. Along the way there have been a few hiccups and mishaps as might be expected from such an undertaking. Now the efforts of online casino proponents and Governor Chris Christie in particular are only just now beginning to become apparent.
However, this time the news is of a pullout, a retreat from the New Jersey online gambling marketplace if you will ...