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The Ukraine is considering the opportunity of legalization of online casinos in the country. The talks regarding the matter were scheduled on October 4, 2010. Lifting of the existing ban in the Ukraine will be a substantial financial aid for the country and will bring millions of dollar of tax money.

There are strong indications that the gambling ban will be lifted by 2011.

In the past few months a number of Canadian provinces, including Quebec, pulled out from online casino companies.  And it feels like internet gambling won’t be legalized in Canada, as new regulations remain unclear and questions – unanswered.

Thus Bwin’s players from Canada received an email notification that Bwin’s service is no longer available in their area as a result of new regulations (details were not provided). However, the players could still access Bwin’s online casinos through Instant Play.

Paddy Power is another company pulling out Boss Media download casino from the Canadian market. Club Casino’s gamblers also received emails informing them of new regulations by Atlantic Lottery Corporation, Lotto Quebec and British Columbia Lottery Corporation which means that online casino gambling is prohibited in Canada. So, starting September 24, 2010, Canadians are no longer able to play at Casino Club.

Bingo Royale is ready to introduce a Jackpot Joy’s Queen of Bingo. Barbara Windsor’s voice will call the numbers in the new Bingo Royale game. The new bingo game players will have a chance to win huge jackpots and additional prizes after the main game is over.

The game is supposed to be played like other online casino bingo games, but it is expected to give players more exciting gaming experience and bigger prizes in comparisons to what other online gambling sites offer. Additional characters like Clickety Click and Legs Eleven (Queen’s dogs), will make their decisions regarding the number of additional balls for the players, which automatically means that there will be more jackpot winners.

The growth of online gambling industry in Europe is very fast. Thus Italy, the country which has recently undergone liberalization of its laws regarding internet gambling, has gladly welcomed internet poker.

Media Live Casino.com  is going to provide an assortment of live dealer games to Italy Poker, an internet poker operator. The company has already received the license from the Italian Regulator AAMS, and the internet games are to be provided between October 2010 and January  2011.

Lots of attention has been drawn this time to the Party Poker World Open VI. Lots of major poker pros have taken part in the tournaments, as well as amateur and budding poker players. However, this time’s winner is a British online casino poker player who is fairly new in the field, but who already managed to impress professional poker players with his persistence and the skills, aggressive and bold style of play.

Definitely, it is just the beginning, but very exciting one for this player. And poker team contract offered to him will for sure change his life forever.

With the constantly growing interest of players to online gambling, the online gambling market is growing too. Gaming companies try to satisfy the growing demands. They offer new products, develop technologies and sign new licensing agreements.

Inspired Gaming is the company with niche interest in virtual racing products (speedway racing, horse and greyhound racing and motor racing). Recently the company has signed two new major licensing agreements with Paddy Power, a growing force for betting in the UK market, and Victor Chandler – one of the best known names in betting. Both companies believe that the racing software of Inspired Gaming  will become a great compliment to the products they already offer.

German laws regarding online casino gambling industry were not consistent and systematic. The country had a monopoly  and would have run it for two more years had it not been for the High Court’s ruling on Germany which means that online casino gambling and betting reform are a must for the country at the moment.

Now EU countries know the boundaries lines of their control when passing new internet gambling laws. Besides, the ECJ is supposed to rule in favor of more inclusive regulation what means that countries have to prove that monopolies and bans do really help to keep their citizens in safety.

So, the present ruling in Germany gives betting companies a good chance to access German players.

The online casino gambling industry has been banned in Israel for years already, however, at the moment the Israeli government are taking new and serious steps to keep the internet gambling sites away from the country.

The new implemented ISP blocks are of little danger for the global internet community. The fear is that these blocks may soon turn into a form of internet censorship in the country. The brightest example of how the country can keep everything under control is China, the country with the longstanding history of news and political information censorship.

Another side of the implementation of these blocks is that they create more savvy internet gambling companies who always find other ways to access the players.

Amendments in the law regarding online casinos are expected to take place soon in Belgium. They are supposed to limit and restrict certain online casino activities from some operators in the country. Officials claim that they don’t  have any intentions to monopolize the industry, but only to protect the main interest of the public.

The amendments are supposed to get serious inquiry and evaluation if they are legal and comply with EU laws first, however, the EU Commission has already received numerous complaints from opposing bodies.