Although there is a huge demand for internet gambling in Canada its legalization has been marred by thousands of illegal internet casinos still operating in the country. The Canadian government is still trying to find a way how to tax these foreign gambling sites. Worth mentioning, US federal enforcement agencies like the Department of Justice (DoJ) the Department of Homeland Security which aims to clamp down on internet gambling due to possible terrorist threats.

A Canadian newspaper the Vancouver Sun published an article recently where it asked the question why the Canadian government has not followed the example of the United States by persecuting foreign based internet gambling sites servicing Canadian punters: “The ongoing crackdown by American authorities against foreign internet casinos begs the question, “Why haven’t Canadian authorities followed suit?”

The newspaper consulted various experts on this issue. To begin with, according to the Canadian Criminal Code only provincial governments are …

US federal Homeland Security officials caused quite a stir after it seized Bodog.com and the charges raised it against its founder, Calvin Ayre. Canadian hosting chief, Mark Jeftovic warned that the United States tends to act outside the ambit of its boundaries of late.

Jeftovic is the founder and CEO of EasyDNS Technologies Inc., a domain hosting and registry services company based in Toronto. He said that the Ayre case should be seen as a warning that the US government is eager to exercise its legal authority over Internet properties based outside America’s jurisdiction– even including those based in Canada.

Jeftovic says that it poses a serious threat to the autonomy of the Internet, since US authorities seized the Bodog.com domain even though it’s owner is a Canadian citizen and the internet casino has offices in various countries. He pointed out: “You could be based outside the U.S. and you could be minding your …

With age comes stability and trust, The Belle Rock group of casinos lives up to this expectation. It’s hailed by many as one of the most successful casinos in operation today. In its latest press release it says that the amount of female players in the United Kingdom has increased significantly the last few years.

The survey was conducted by Hitwise across all UK internet casinos and not just the Belle Rock group. Hitwise is the globe’s premier online consumer search and behavior intelligence.

Study Indicates Women Gamble More

From 2007 to 2010 the results indicate that the amount of women wagering at online casinos in the UK increased four times, and it’s nearly as high as men. The Belle Rock Entertainment press release said that 48.38% of players in 2011 were female and 51.62% were male. The reason for this dramatic increase is mentioned by the report. Internet casinos …

International Gaming Technology (IGT) software (WagerWorks) is the creator of new slots Fire Opals which is very popular at land-based casinos. WagerWorks recently introduced this slot game to internet casinos. Fire Opals internet slots could now be played at Virgin Casino. This internet casino is licensed by the Alderney Gaming Control Commission.

Fire Opals has a South Seas paradise theme, it’s replete with Hula girls and symbols of volcanoes erupting spewing molten lava and burnt red opals. Fire Opals offers players 720 ways to win. There are three spots in the first and last reels, the second and fourth reels have four spots and the middle reel five spots. Payouts ensue in both directions from left to right and right to left. Since there are no fixed paylines they can appear any place on the reels. Creating even more ways to win. The fixed bet in Fire Opals is 50 …

A gaming company from Nevada named Atlantis Intranet Group Corp (ATIG) recently formed an Intranet gaming partnership with two prominent tribal casinos.

ATIG states that is the first legal Internet gaming of its kind in the United States. Two Native American Tribal Casinos already signed agreements with ATIG. They are Coushatta Indian Casino in Louisiana and Coyote Valley Casino in California. Potentially the Intranet network connects Indian Casinos from 28 American States.

Tribal Casinos Want In On Internet Gambling

Established in 2009 this Intranet network is also known as the Tribal Gaming Network, it received the go-ahead from the National Indian Gaming Commission. Since then ATIG forged close-knit partnerships with some of the premier global gaming vendors to offer Class III, Class II and internet casino games on this network. The Tribal Gaming Network offers various products ranging from table games, slot machines, virtual horse racing, nationwide poker, simulated sports …

Internet gambling is here to stay whether most like it or not. According to New technologies internet casino and internet slots reports indicate that online gaming is by far one of the fastest growing sectors of the gambling industry, it yields approximately $30 billion of the estimated $1 trillion value of the global gambling market.

In recent years the internet gaming sector has seen an exponential growth, since 2008 it increased by 42.5% based on recent research conducted by H2 Gambling Capital, the globe’s premier supplier of data and market intelligence.

Why Virtual Gaming Is On The Up

Between 2009 and 2012 the global gaming market in its entirety has seen a 15% rise. That said, within the same period experts anticipate that the internet gaming market will see an even further growth rate of 38%.

As technology becomes more advanced it will fuel the growth of internet and mobile gambling. Internet …

The British Government is busy exploring all avenues to compel foreign based internet casinos to apply for a secondary license in order to pay tax in the UK. It’s estimated that the British government is losing £300 million in potential revenue per year. The Independent newspaper recently interviewed industry leaders to obtain their perspective on matters.

Gala Coral and Bet365 are two of the top internet gambling sites that closed up shop in the UK and moved to greener pastures. Carl Leaver chief executive of Gala Coral said that onshore betting taxes has a severe impact on his business and is not conducive to him in the long run. As it is the decision as to why internet gambling operators are moving offshore and how they’re going to be taxed is under “constant review”. Leaver said onshore and offshore taxation should be taxed the same.

Britain Online Gambling Point Of Consumption Tax …

The question one has to ask is it really worth wagering all you hard earned cash or most of it at least at internet casinos in pursuit of that elusive jackpot? If you have the cash to lose and you’re not a problem gambler and just want to have some “innocent” fun by all means go for it.

Given the nature of internet gambling today and how easy it is to access it many gambling sites have their fair share of players scalps on their virtual walls. It’s in our living rooms, offices, and even in our bed rooms. In this article I’m going to write about the various “tactics” online casinos employ to induce you to wager at their sites.

Why Gambling Online Is Profitable

You decide to sign up at an internet casino, wager a couple of dollars and then decide to stop wagering since you’ve lost more …

Beach Life a progressive internet slot game by Playtech has been a lot in the news of late since its progressive jackpot breached the $8 million mark recently. It made headline news on Sunday 12 February yet again because one lucky player landed five sun symbols in the 20th payline and won the jackpot for an incredible $8,211,488. The jackpot ticker dropped immediately to 50,000 credits. This came as a disappointment to thousands of players just two days before Valentine’s Day.

This massive hit on the Beach Life changed the average figures for the progressive jackpot since its average payout over the last five hits increased to just over 2.6 million credits. The jackpot was hit after 281 days, whilst the average jackpot hits has increased to 163 days. However we don’t think statistics matter much any way, reason being Beach Life is one of the most volatile progressive jackpots. The last …

The huge growth of internet gambling has reached the far corners of the globe the last couple of years. Recent research indicated that there has been a remarkable increase in internet gambling in Australia as well.

Australian punters spend on average $600 million per year at their favourite internet casinos and online sports betting sites. Like the United States of America the Australian government must still find a method to properly regulate this ever-growing industry.

The Australian Market Is Huge

Researchers studied the internet gaming habits of 6,500 Australian respondents who revealed the patterns of their gaming activity in an online questionnaire.  The findings indicated that more males wagered online than females, were ten to one married or living with someone and had a higher income than those punters who wagered at land-based casinos.  Interestingly, the study also revealed that punters who wagered online played a larger variety of casino games …