If you live in Australia, the recent news headlines may have you thinking that you’re out of luck when it comes to Australian Online Casinos. The truth is, however, that there is nothing to stop Aussies from visiting real money online casinos. The law wasn’t written to prevent them from playing! The recent legal changes target the people who are operating online casino sites within Australia. Players who live there are still free to enjoy games at online casinos operated legally from outside of Aussie jurisdiction. And the best news is there are quite a few sites that cater specially…

TEN Casino, the former Revel, has been closed since September 2014, but property owner Glenn Straub has managed to keep it in the headlines. Straub is locked in a heated fight over licensing that has kept the property’s doors locked far longer than he would have liked. No resolution is in sight, but TEN did launch a social casino website, Play.TenACNJ.com. This could very well be the precursor to a real-money New Jersey online gambling site … if TEN ever reopens. New Jersey officials have rejected Straub’s requests to forego the licensing process. A bitter fight has ensued, complete with…

There are reasons to play slots in brick and mortar casinos as well as online casinos. In this article we’re going to look at the reasons why you should play slots online in the UK rather than traditional brick and mortar establishments. Game Selection The majority of casinos have no shortage of slot machines on the premises, but there aren’t a ton of unique titles. This makes sense because developing a slot machine is a much larger investment than developing an online slot. You can find every type of slot machine in online casinos. Want to enjoy 3-reel classics? Want…

Yesterday the UK Gambling Commission called on ,ore parental control, and for parents to be aware of the risk of underage and unlicensed gambling relating to video games and esports. The warning follows the issue of the UKGC paper on virtual currencies, esports and social gaming which ESI will provide further comment on at a later date. The paper touches on the unregulated skin-betting industry which allows anyone to wager their in-game items on the outcome of their favourite teams. The Narus Advisors report suggests the industry would have taken $7.4bn (£6bn) of wagers in 2016 had Valve not issued…

The Colombian Gaming Control Board (Coljuegos) is currently waiting for the Ministry of Information Technologies and Communications and the police to enforce the blocking of around 300 gaming websites which currently offer their services locally. Among the sites which the government plans to block are PokerStars, bwin, Bet365, Playbet, Foxfoxbet, Betmotion and Casinobet365. According to the board online gaming laws will be toughened after legislation was passed in 2015 and 2016. Operators offering their services locally will now have to meet with a number of requirements including the obligation to pay a licensing fee of $600m pesos and must meet…

This week West Virginia became the seventh state to introduce legislation seeking to legalize and regulate online gambling in 2017. This is West Virginia’s first online gaming bill. The legislation is surprising, but not wholly unexpected. West Virginia was selected as one of Online Poker Report’s “dark horse” states to pass an online gambling bill this year. The bill, H 3067, sponsored by Delegate Shawn Fluharty, would “authorize Internet gambling through managed and licensed through existing authorized gaming facilities in West Virginia.” Per the bill: “Developments in technology and recent legal decisions have created an opportunity to legalize interactive poker…