Individuals and businesses around the globe are either buying Bitcoin, handling some of their payments in it, or simply treating it as an investment. But despite all this, what Bitcoin is most of all, is an unknown. No one really knows where Bitcoin is going, but there are still some interesting points of view we…
[caption id="attachment_37387" align="alignright" width="200" caption="Challenges abound in the Spanish igaming market."][/caption] Are excessive taxes hurting the Spain's online gambling market? That's the conclusion drawn by a new Deloitte report titled, Report on the Taxation of Online Gambling. According to Deloitte, Spain's sky high internet gambling taxes could be costing the country as much as €72.5…
Google's privacy policies are under fire from European privacy regulators who aren't happy with the company's one-size-fits-all privacy policy. The move was sparked by Google's decision to implement a European-wide privacy policy, rather than having different policies for each country. Last October the Europeans gave Google three-four months to fix issues with the policy, specifically…
The Romanian online gambling market is coming out of the dark after years of legal limbo. That news comes as the Romanian Government announced the formation of a new National Gambling Office to oversee the regulation of legal gambling both online and at land-based operations. Online gambling has flourished in the former Communist country but…
Bet-at-Home's bid to be removed from the Belgian blacklist for gambling sites came to end this week when in a sharply worded rebuke from the Belgian Court of First Interest. The company had been fighting the decision that's kept it out of the newly liberalized Belgian Gambling market. Unfortunately, companies that served Belgian players in…
[caption id="attachment_32099" align="alignright" width="224" caption="Jeremy Johnson"][/caption] Did Full Tilt Poker offer Nevada Senator Harry Reid $1 million to change his position on online gambling? That's the allegation disgraced banker and Black Friday figure Jeremy Johnson made last spring to Utah chief deputy attorney General John Swallow. Johnson had hoped to somehow pay off the Senator…
[caption id="attachment_31802" align="alignright" width="156" caption="Anti-social gaming advocate Nick Xenophon"][/caption] The union between social gaming and real-money gambling is iGaming's final frontier, but it may be hitting a serious roadblock as it travels down under to Australia. This week Nick Xenophon, a South Australian Senator, announced his intention to move that real-money social games be banned…
New Jersey took one step closer to becoming the Silicon Valley of Internet Gambling when the State Senate approved a bill allowing casinos to offer online gambling. Under the terms of the Jersey bill, Atlantic City casinos will be able to offer online versions of any game they offer in their land-based casinos. That's a…
Google can pretty much claim victory in their fight to avoid serious anti-trust prosecution after striking a deal with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). Though no official announcements have been made from any of the parties involved, credible sources including the Politico.com and SearchEngineLand.com are reporting various details of the deal. Under the terms of…
Are you wondering is online gambling legal in Portugal? Indeed, figuring out which online gambling sites are legal in which countries can be a tricky mess. We're here to clear the air a bit regarding the online gambling websites servicing players from Portugal and the legality behind their operations. Portugal Gambling Law All forms of…
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