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Hi,
I am planning to setup a casino portal / guide website where i also want to put affiliate ads for online casinos. So my biggest concern now is will there be a problem if my website is physically located ( server of my webhost provider ) in Texas United States? I will only have ads for OTHER online casinos and my website will only be a gameguide for a couple of casinosgames and i will also have a casinoguide for a couple of online casinos on my website. I heard of that bill that the US Government wants to pass to not allow Online Gambling but i dont think that this will affect us and we dont need to move our websites to an another webhost? Or am i making something wrong?
IF this is the case, what options do we have of choosing other webhosting providers? Does someone know a good webhost located offshore for example that is not affected by the US Law? Or is it ok to go to a webhost in Europe?
Thanks in advance
George
i dont know the answer to your original question,
but
it is best to have your website hosted in the same area as the people you targetMy main point is:
Will it be illegal for a website hosted in the United States to have casino ads on their website? That is what i am afraid of. Me myself i am located in Greece, my webhost provider is located in the UK and i am paying him in British pounds… BUT i have asked my webhsot provider where HIS server is physically located and he answered to me that his server is located in Texas United States. So that means even if i am located in Greece and even if my webhost provider is located in the UK… the fact that his server is located in Texas means that my website is also located in Texas. Is this making me illegal?
Thanks in advance
George
George,
I was in the web site hosting business for 7 years, all US based companies. Usually web hosting companies will not look for a gaming site to scrub from their servers however if they are alerted to that site by the FBI or some other US govt ageancy (usually it is the FBI) they pay attention & will delete those accounts from their servers. A good host will at least keep a backup of your files so that you can grab them & move to another provider.
As far as geo location of the server relative to your target audience, I do not think that matters too much as I was the affiliate & reseller manager for a couple large hosts & we had clients all over the world. If you are concerned with this server geo location problem you can pick up a web hosting account from Canada & still be close to the US audience which is the most lucrative for the gaming industry.
I know of a few Canadian web hosts including LFChosting (a little expensive), Vistapages.com, netfirms.com, superb.net. Also there is a new web host that is starting up called Hostpapa.ca which looks very promising and less expensive.
Your main insurance is to make sure that you always have a copy of your backed up files so that if you are at a host that shuts you down that you can easily move to another host.
I hope this helps.
Try 1stChoiceInternational.com at $99 a yr. and if you are ok with redirect code, you can add multiple sites via pointers. Tell them VTC sent you.
Has anyone ever had a US (or other for that matter) hosting company shut down your site because it’s gambling related?
I understand that hosting companies will shut a site down for OBVIOUS illegal websites, such as scam sites, fishing sites who clone legitimate sites, child porn, etc, etc… but these are real illegal activities. I don’t see why a US based hosting company would even care if your site is gambling related.
I know hostforweb doesn’t care
If it’s on US soil, it’s illegal. The government shut down a big hosting company in Florida a few months ago (I forget which one, but you can find it on this forum).
I don’t suggest Canada since they will usually follow the US. Also, look what Ontario has done.
I might suggest that you go with a British host that has their servers in Britain. If you need help finding one, just PM me.bleuze wrote:If it’s on US soil, it’s illegal. The government shut down a big hosting company in Florida a few months ago (I forget which one, but you can find it on this forum).
I don’t suggest Canada since they will usually follow the US. Also, look what Ontario has done.
I might suggest that you go with a British host that has their servers in Britain. If you need help finding one, just PM me.What did Ontario do? Since alot of casinos are resident in kanawake which is in Canada, I do not think Canada cares at this time as long as it is not directly related as kanawake is.
The government shut down a big hosting company in Florida a few months ago (I forget which one, but you can find it on this forum).
was it hosting aff portals or actual gambling? thanks in advance for any replies
BB it was with the arrest of the “Agents” I forgot the name of the website, but it wasnt a Affiliate. It was for actual gambling.
We host with Canadian Host with servers in US, email is ok as long as you do not get too carried away with alot of complaints.
@gmantakis 88754 wrote:
Hi,
I am planning to setup a casino portal / guide website where i also want to put affiliate ads for online casinos. So my biggest concern now is will there be a problem if my website is physically located ( server of my webhost provider ) in Texas United States? I will only have ads for OTHER online casinos and my website will only be a gameguide for a couple of casinosgames and i will also have a casinoguide for a couple of online casinos on my website. I heard of that bill that the US Government wants to pass to not allow Online Gambling but i dont think that this will affect us and we dont need to move our websites to an another webhost? Or am i making something wrong?
IF this is the case, what options do we have of choosing other webhosting providers? Does someone know a good webhost located offshore for example that is not affected by the US Law? Or is it ok to go to a webhost in Europe?
Thanks in advance
George
Host it in Canada
