As the debate in the United States over the regulation (and full legalization) of online gambling and Internet poker moves into the summer months, the media are covering the issue like never before. Features like this video on CNBC have become typical. But the media frenzy isn’t restricted to U.S. media. If the U.S. regulated…
Lately there’s been talk that Internet poker’s star is fading. True, it’s still the most popular form of online gaming, but it’s slipped a bit in popularity from its mid-2000s heyday, when the game was enjoying an unprecedented comeback and saturating ESPN (even more so than today, that is). Now, the perception is that online…
As the World Series of Poker (WSOP) prepares to deal the first hand of its 42nd annual tournament in May, some leading online poker rooms are ramping up their online qualifier marketing drives. And, as we’ve mentioned before here at CasinoAffiliatePrograms.com, those WSOP qualifiers remain an excellent tool for poker and gaming affiliates to rake…
In the European Union, a new movement designed to overhaul the network of online gambling laws and regulations is underway. Some leading European-based online gambling companies — Austria’s bwin and Sweden’s Unibet among them — are demanding that the EU implement Internet gambling laws that cover all of the EU, and scrap the nation-by-nation regulatory…
Leading online gaming player protection and auditing group eCOGRA is now more independent, after undergoing a shift in ownership. The gambling software testing and player protection group was originally founded back in 2003 by online gaming heavyweights Microgaming and 888 (then called Virtual Holdings). Bwin was among the owners. “Though over the years eCOGRA has…
Actually, betting on the 2011 season of Major League Baseball (MLB) began long ago — right around the time last year’s World Series wrapped up, as a matter of fact. But now, as we wait for the 2011 regular season to kick off in less than 48 hours, MLB betting odds are once again the…
With the biggest online gambling company in the world set to launch this week with the implementation of bwin.party, industry observers continue to anticipate further industry consolidation and mergers. Betting rivals may join Last year, Sportingbet made some preliminary moves to acquire Sweden-based Unibet, an online sports betting rival in the European market. That bid…
One of Europe’s most popular online poker rooms, Titan Poker, has announced that it’s staging an “Irish Open 2011 Mega Super Satellite tournament” this weekend. Scheduled for April 3, the Irish Open 2011 Mega Super Satellite tournament will award 30 guaranteed packages to the Irish Open 2011 Main Event. The Irish Open will take place…
As we recently discussed in a CAP special report on the Latin American betting market, there are some pretty wide differences between online gambling in South America than North America. Geography Of course, strictly speaking, Latin America includes large parts of North America, too. Latin America is generally considered to be the general geographic chunk…
The latest European country to embrace regulated online gambling as a vital revenue source looks to be the Netherlands as the Dutch government approves a plan to regulate and license Internet gambling, lottery gaming, sports betting, and poker and bingo gaming. Strict online gambling ban to be overturned Currently, the state-owned Holland Casino enjoys a…
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