January 25, 2012
In our insulated world we hear Georgia and we think the state of Georgia with peaches and pecans and peanuts. However, the online casino industry hears the word Georgia and they start salivating at the money that the country is possibly going to bring in over the next decade. Georgia is a smaller country that is located where Western Asia and Eastern Europe meet, and is has roughly 4.7 million people living there. It is not a huge country, but they are doing well enough on their own where they feel that it is jus a matter of time before they are – and adding online gambling to the mix is simply going to make that happen sooner.
They are quickly becoming a nation of online gambling patrons, which means that there is a lot of money coming out of this country in the form of the Internet. What is happening is that there are many people who like the idea of gambling, but they do not have the money to travel to a land based casino so they are turning to the online gambling casinos instead. In fact, they have found that even among those that can afford to go to the live locations are choosing not to because they like the convenience that the online sites give them.
But there is also a recklessness about their gambling that has many concerned about their styles. There are those that are concerned that a place like gamcare.org.uk needs to be set up for them for due to the nature of their gambling they feel that they are going to become addicts. Experts say that the amount of increase in the number of people playing online gambling should continue to grow until 2016 when they might see it starting to level off, or possibly drop some.
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December 14, 2011
Searching for a great online casino you might go to www.google.com or you might head over to Yahoo! or perhaps Bing, but the fact of the matter is that you won’t get a great online gaming site unless you know what you are looking for. Most people assume that online gambling sites are either one of two things – they are a site that is looking to take your money and run, or they are a site that is offering some gaming options for you to choose from. They assume that you will get some poker, or maybe some slot machines, but that is really about all there is to offer there.
Needless to say you would be mistaken. The internet gambling industry is constantly being thought of as the red headed stepchild of the gaming industry – but the fact of the matter is that many of them offer games that you have probably never seen at your local casino. They have variations on games that you can’t see, and they give it all to you from the comfort of your living room. It is tough to compete with that, and when people started gambling online the land based casinos thought it would never last. Yet, here were are more than a decade later and the industry keeps growing.
Now when you go to an online gambling casino you get sic bo, or craps, or slots, or bingo, or poker, or roulette, or blackjack, or Tripoley, the list goes on and on. There is no limit to what they can dream up, so for those that thought this was a passing fad, you have drastically underestimated what they are capable of.
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November 30, 2011
There has been a lot of support lately for an equal set of rules for the member states of the European Union. There are many that feel that everyone needs to be subjected to the same rules and regulations as they pertain to internet wagering and that if they are not then no one needs to do what the EU says. The push is coming from those countries that have not created a monopoly within their borders as it pertains to online gambling, and obviously most of those that are against it have. It has come down to whoever has the best casino and the most people wins, and for some countries that is just not fair considering their resources.
For the smaller countries that have allowed the larger countries to take their players, and have not given them anything in return, it is difficult to swallow. These larger countries like Germany will not allow the smaller countries to offer their online gaming services within their borders unless they have a license to do so. Oh, and the country is not big on handing out licenses to those that are located outside their country. So if you want to offer services to their citizens you have to live there. But they have no problem allowing the citizens of these other countries to use their online betting sites.
They say that they do it to protect their citizens but the EU says that this is not the case. They argue that they are simply trying to keep the money in their own coffers. The EU is working with these member states to see if they can get some sort of an agreement in place so that everyone is happy and everyone gets the ability to play, and make money.
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November 13, 2011
Unless you have been completely out of contact with the world, you probably have heard about the United States Department of Justice shutting down the poker sites that have been offering their services to US citizens. You can read a great article about it here: http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2011/04/online-gaming-forfeiture/ but suffice it to say that they focused on three of the big ones this time around, but there are many grumblings within the online poker industry that this is just the start of the battle between the Department and the online gambling community. There are many problems that can be solved in this country by making online casino gambling legal, but according to the US government we would be allowing terrorists to run their money through our country.
Now anyone that thinks that by allowing the casino online industry to be legalized we would end up a nation of addicts, well, you just can’t reason with some people. However, there are more people playing out there than you are aware of and they are not addicts. However, this is not to say that they do not exist, for surely there are addicts in every industry, but study after study has shown that this is not a determining factor among those that play internet gambling. In fact, they have proved that those that are addicted started with land based gambling first. So if you follow their logic, all land based gambling should be gone as well.
But the important thing to remember is that as citizens we have certain rights. We have the right to make money and to spend that money pretty much however we see fit. Unless you are actually causing danger to someone else or yourself, the government should not be involved in these decisions. If you agree, you should contact your representatives to see how they feel about the subject.
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October 31, 2011
The fact of the matter is that many of these online gambling sites that give recommendations are simply telling you about the ones that they think you will like. Many of them follow the same formula in determining which sites they like best. They look at player reviews, pay outs, bonuses, years in business, etc. and then they put together a list that tries to encompass all of that. However, you might not like the sites that they recommend, and you might have a different set of criteria that you are looking for. Many times it is simply seeing a site to know whether or not it is the right one for you. It can be a gut feeling that this site is the best one for you as opposed to another one.
There are some sites that will offer you a very comprehensive listing of internet wagering sites that is broken down by poker, casino, sportsbook, bingo, etc. – or by the amount of money that they have paid out. They might break it down by popularity or by consumer reviews, and you might look for them by customer service reviews as well.
Some of the best online gambling sites out there break it down several different ways so that you can pick and choose how you want to play and where you want to play. They will also give you information on the industry itself so that you can find out where they are with legalization and regulation. They will also tell you tips and tricks to improve your game, which will give you the confidence that you need to improve your playing and bring in more money for yourself.
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April 18, 2008
Embattled poker player Brandi Hawbaker committed suicide earlier this week at just 26 years old, as reported by PokerOwnge.com. Brandi’s personal life was apart of much public scrutiny, and it never seemed like the young poker prospect would ever be able to rebound from her own media-spun scandal. For more, visit the following link.
Poker Player Brandi Hawbaker Commits Suicide at Age 26
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April 12, 2008
ePassporte will be reportedly shutting it’s doors to U.S. Online Poker players according to a recent 2+2 thread that appeared today. An unconfirmed source has made mention that as of 1:00 PM PDT, ePassporte will no longer be available to U.S. citizens.
Read the entire Poker News article about this here.
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April 10, 2008
From PokerOwnage.com:
Erik Seidel, one of the most feared tournament poker players in the world - and owner of a handful of WSOP bracelets, can FINALLY add a World Poker Tour title to his impressive resume.
Seidel entered the television final table with a decent chip lead ($3.2m in chips) over heavy favorite and high stakes pro Ted Forrest (who had $2.3m in chips himself), and was hoping to use his stack to push around his other competitors. However, it would be Forrest who would actually be the first to get knocked out, with his pocket Jacks falling to amateur Robert Richardson’s pocket Aces!
Going out soon after that would be Adam Katz and Frank Cieri, who would earn $151k and $200k, respectively, for their hard work. After those eliminations, the WPT would entertain the longest 3-handed battle in the tour’s history.
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March 18, 2008
Famed online poker player -Sheets- took down the 2008 WSOP Circuit Event at Caesars Atlantic City this past weekend.
-Sheets-, who’s real name is Eric Haber, battled out 277 other people en route to the victory and $431k. The $5k buyin tournament generated over a million dollars in the prize pool, and of course a stellar field as well.
He battled out Dan Hicks heads-up and eventually won the big prize, as well as a WSOP Circuit gold ring, and an entry into the 2008 WSOP Main Event.
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March 17, 2008
The former e-wallet, once the best option for online poker players and their deposit needs, just posted huge losses for the fiscal year in 2007. How much to be exact?
Well, try $185.7 million.
Yikes! The payment processor’s executives blamed the large decline primarily on their withdrawal from the U.S. market. However, they also spent nearly $40 million on restructure efforts that included moving their base operations from Canada to the Isle of Man.
In January 2007, Neteller seized millions of dollars of United States’ citizens’ cash after the national government investigated the company and their involvement with helping poker players fund their accounts on their favorite poker sites. It is unclear whether Neteller will rebound from such huge losses….
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