Online Casino Blog - Latest online casino and gambling news every day ! » Gambling News http://online-casino-blog.org Latest online casino & gambling news every day ! Tue, 16 Mar 2010 14:33:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Will Online Gambling Market Change in France http://online-casino-blog.org/2010/03/16/will-online-gambling-market-change-in-france/ http://online-casino-blog.org/2010/03/16/will-online-gambling-market-change-in-france/#comments Tue, 16 Mar 2010 14:33:17 +0000 Jesika Stoun http://online-casino-blog.org/?p=1777 As a result of French gaming companies teaming up and a ban from the French courts, fourteen foreign online casinos including Bwin and Unibet are forced out of the French market.

Despite the government’s agreement to alter the regulations, France is still violating EU policies by not allowing foreign online casino sites to legally operate in the market, as the alterations to regulations have neither been passed nor taken effect. So, if the French courts attempt to ban these companies, they will be forced to stay out of the French market for two years.

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However, filtering plan didn’t work out and the government in China is considering the idea of forming a team that will cut down on the activity through all of the avenues the online casinos use to access Chinese players.

Gaming sites are to be investigated within half a year starting from February till August, and the clean out is promised to be quite thorough.

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]]> http://online-casino-blog.org/2010/03/15/online-gambling-sites-undergoing-investigations-in-china/feed/ 0 Who to Get Revenue in California? http://online-casino-blog.org/2010/03/14/who-to-get-revenue-in-california/ http://online-casino-blog.org/2010/03/14/who-to-get-revenue-in-california/#comments Sun, 14 Mar 2010 14:30:22 +0000 Christopher Cozzone http://online-casino-blog.org/?p=1773 California has become one of the first states in the USA to consider online casinos and online poker in particular as a source of money for the state budget. At the moment the majority of the gambling activity in the state is processed through the tribes, and the prospect of losing some business to the internet poker sites seems to be rising much argument and caution.

Actually, some tribes are supporting legalization of online casinos in the state, while others are against. Of course, they are protecting their own assets and are expecting deep analysis to be done by unbiased outsiders to assess the potential of a Californian online casino gambling industry.

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At the moment Spain is hot on the list of the countries breaking EU gambling laws. The disagreement has risen as a result of tax breaks given only to the players winning from Spanish gambling companies, whereas players who gamble and win at offshore online casino sites are to pay taxes on their winnings.

In spite of the fact that Spain is working with relatively open gambling laws now, it still giving clear preference to Spanish based companies. The taxation policy in Spain is, by no means, protective, however, it is not in compliance with the EU laws.

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]]> http://online-casino-blog.org/2010/03/10/spain-remains-protective/feed/ 0 Protect Gamblers or Protect State Revenues? http://online-casino-blog.org/2010/03/09/protect-gamblers-or-protect-state-revenues/ http://online-casino-blog.org/2010/03/09/protect-gamblers-or-protect-state-revenues/#comments Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:22:12 +0000 Paul Greefin http://online-casino-blog.org/?p=1763 Greece is still refusing to comply with the European Commission’s request to readjust policies and regulations and end the existing online gambling state monopoly. The Greek government explains it as a necessary measure to protect Greek citizens from addiction. In reality, it is all about the money. By blocking foreign online casinos and land betting companies, Greece keeps state control over the gambling money in the country.

It is obvious that the state monopoly is not less dangerous than the foreign gambling companies, but state monopoly works for the state budget only, while foreign online casinos site benefit the whole of the EU Economy.

Of course, there are some countries where the state monopoly can be justified, but how to define the country’s genuine interest?

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The reason why the 2006 UIGEA as not worked yet is because there ave been no enforcement policies in place to stop the US gamblers from using their US bank accounts to fund their player accounts.

Mastercard’s approach to the situation doesn’t seem to be positive at all what makes internet gambling industry a frontline issue in the US now.

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Thus, Spin3 which developed very solid products for the growing mobile online casino gambling industry, has made a firm commitment to move into Eastern Europe. Now, having partnered with Rocketspin, the company can launch new and specifically centered Eastern European centered games.

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It is known that at the moment Ladbrokes is working with police to investigate the situation and prevent similar situations in future.

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It needs to be mentioned that scratch card games are rather popular in land gambling venues, and the UK online gambling market is already interested in scratch cards. NeoGames, the leading name in the scratch card gaming sector, expressed a desire to partner with an existing scratch card gaming company to make NeoGames’ scratch card games market wider. No doubt, it will be hard for  NeoGames to compete with online casinos, and the company will need a very strong implementation strategy while working with the UK scratch card market through Scratch.co.uk.

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The company’s UK branch will serve dual purposes now: it will focus on the land slots and will be running a large-scale WMS online casino. The Current CEO of WMS has got enough experience and knowledge in the international gambling industry to prepare the group for the launch into the competitive market of online casinos.

Launching the online gaming site, WMS, for sure, will change the company’s image.

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