Utah Officials Say Internet Gambling Laws Should Remain a State’s Decision

by Hillary LaClair, Senior Editor December 28, 2008                  In response to current negotiations between U.S. trade representatives and the World Trade Organization, Utah officials are calling for Congress to uphold the rights of individual states to form their own online gambling laws.  Should this power remain with state legislatives, Utah would maintain a zero … Read more

OGGS.com Releases 2008 Global Online Casino Award Nominations

by Hillary LaClair, Senior Editor December 26, 2008                Oggs.com, a leading online casino review website with laudation from eCOGRA, has announced a shortlist of nominees for the website’s annual Global Online Casino Awards. OGGS founder is most renowned for his work with Casinomeister, an organization dedicated to ensuring online casino users a safe gaming … Read more

Online Casinos More Popular than Prostitution

by Hillary LaClair, Senior Editor December 20, 2008                 The public is astonished by the growing success of online casino gambling during an economic crisis, calling it a recession-proof industry. While many land casinos are on the brink of bankruptcy, recent internet marketing surveys show a dramatic increase of in the number of visitors to … Read more

Microgaming Releases Holiday Slots and More

by Hillary LaClair, Senior Editor December 19, 2009                  Microgaming has launched a new online slots game in the spirit of the holidays, which will provide its users with a generous amount of cash prizes. Of the four December releases, Deck The Halls features Wilds, Stacked Wilds, Scatters, Multipliers, Free Spins and Free Games in … Read more

Ron Kirk Named Obama’s U.S. Trade Representative

by Hillary LaClair, Senior Editor December 18, 2008                  Many industry officials are hopeful that the upcoming U.S. administration will reconsider the regulation of online casinos. With the escalation of international trade disputes between the U.S. and overseas gambling operators, the issue of internet gaming is quickly developing into a serious quandary.                 The failure … Read more

All Slots Offers First Mobile Casino to Apple Users

by Hillary LaClair, Senior Editor December 17, 2008                 Microgaming continues to raise the bar for online casino operators, now offering a mobile online casino through Spin3, a leading mobile gambling provider. Spin3 will supply All Slots Casino and Wild Jack Mobile Casino with award-winning GameWire software, and their mobile customers with the ultimate gaming … Read more

iMEGA’s Arguments Heard

by Hillary LaClair, Senior Editor December 16, 2008                 An early decision is anticipated in iMEGA’s lawsuit recently brought before the Kentucky Court of Appeals. A panel of three judges was said to be well prepared for the oral arguments on Friday against the seizure order of 141 internet casino gambling domains. The panel has … Read more

Kentucky Hearing Scheduled for Today

by Hillary LaClair, Senior Editor December 12, 2008                  Today is a monumental day for the online casino industry, as the forfeiture hearing in the Kentucky domain seizure case will finally be held. A panel of three judges will deliberate on an appeal filed by several net neutrality groups and internet gambling activists.                 The … Read more

Opposition to Australian Internet Censorship

by Hillary LaClair, Senior Editor December 11, 2008                 The move by a group of Australian politicians to censor internet content, including online casinos, was not well received this week. Government officials had requested that a two-tier filtering system be implemented by Internet Service Providers during a trial period, to determine whether Internet censorship would … Read more

WMS Gaming Introduces Star Trek Slot

by Hillary LaClair, Senior Editor December 10, 2008                  Avid Star Trek fans, or “Trekkies,” will certainly appreciate the new themed slot game released by WMS Gaming, Inc. that will appear in Harrah’s Entertainment venues. In an effort to attract a younger audience to slots machines, many land establishments have gone the way of online … Read more