Last months were rather efficient for U.S. online gambling industry, though the shifts, which have happened, still are not enough to tell about positive outcome for sure. In spite of rapidly developing events in Summer, now it seems, that progress of online casino legalization is in the doldrums again. Let’s see what the developments for US online casinos are. Read the rest of this entry »

The future of online gambling in the USA is now under a big question. The matter is that the UIGEA, which stands for the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act, comes into full force in June, 1, 2010. In fact, this legislative bill was passed by the Congress back in 2006, but its action was partly suspended until everything is settled. Has anything changed today? And whats is waiting online casinos and poker rooms in the future? These questions bother the minds of many people. Read the rest of this entry »

U.S. gamblers should know perfectly well what online casinos they can choose today, as not all of them are ready to accept Americans. The acceptance of UIGEA bill led to the fact that major software developing companies closed the doors for USA players. The first of them were Cryptologic and Playtech and two years later Microgaming followed the example. They had to make such a decision in order to avoid all possible risks such as a fee or even imprisonment up to 5 years per every gambler. However, there are online casino software developers in the USA which are happy to welcome American gamblers. Read the rest of this entry »

Recent news were not so pleasant for American gamblers, who are restricted in their choice of online casinos. The restrictions are conditioned by the fact that the Congress in the USA passed the bill UIGEA in 2006. This is well known to everyone, and in spite of this legislative act, people still have good ways out. But let’s return to the news which concern the deposit methods in online casinos. Read the rest of this entry »

Everyone knows about the existence of a special legislative act in the sphere of online gambling in the USA. This act is called UIGEA, which is an abbreviation for the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act. It was definitely not the first effort of American government aimed at the prohibition of online casinos activity in this country. However, the adoption of this bill didn’t make gambling illegal, it just restricted the ways of money transfers. So let’s see what are the consequences of UIGEA passed by U.S. authorities. Read the rest of this entry »

Online casino gambling started its way in the USA in the mid-1990s, when two large companies, Microgaming and Cryptologic, united their forces. It was really a revolution in the sphere of gambling for people around the world. However, American market was always considered to be the biggest and the largest one, as the USA was the first country, where people got an opportunity to enjoy playing poker, slot machines, blackjack and so on without leaving a comfort of your home. This branch was developing with really fast tempos, but the situation changed in 2006, when American authorities passed the law UIGEA. It was a strong blow to this industry and it resulted in significant decreasing of online casinos, accepting U.S. players. Read the rest of this entry »

Today there is a common belief that online casino gambling is extremely popular. It is so in fact, but there are countries where everything is not so easy as it sounds. And one of such countries is the USA, which has some pecularities in legislative system in this sphere. At the same time The USA was the first country where people got an opportunity to play online casino games and it has become the first which made several attempts to prohibit US casino gambling at all. Read the rest of this entry »