Today, casino players around the world can participate in online casino gambling and play any one of hundreds of real money games in a safe playing environment. But things weren’t always like that. There was a time when online casinos were seen as the wild west of the gambling industry. A place where players didn’t know who to trust or where to play. So what happened? Read on as we take a closer look at the rise of online casino gambling, examine the current state of affairs, and speculate about what the future may hold. The first online casinos were…

iGaming Business – Betting exchange, online casino and sportsbook operator Betfair has insisted that it remains on track to meet full-year expectations after reporting a 13% fall in year-on-year revenue to £90.4 million (€107.2 million/$141.5 million) in the three months through to the end of July. The drop has been attributed to Betfair’s decision to pull out of Greece, Germany, Spain and Cyprus, with the company claiming that it is starting to benefit from cost-cutting measures and a focus on well-regulated betting markets such as Britain, Ireland, Denmark, Malta, Gibraltar and the United States. As an indication of Betfair’s improving…

In his second show back from a long summer off, Jon Stewart took on the “Groundhog Deja Clusterf@#k” that is the debate over military action in Syria. Stewart had a particularly good time ribbing Sen. John McCain for his unabashed iPhone poker play during yesterday’s Senate hearings. “Hey, man, is this possible global conflagration interrupting your video poker time?” Stewart asked McCain. “You know what, Senator? Go. There’s a rascal scooter and a bucket of quarters with your name on it over at the Golden Nugget… Instead of playing pretend poker in the actual Senate, go to an actual casino…

Biz Journals – t looks like the immovable law of the land may have finally met its match, up against Bitcoin, the encrypted, nationless, currency that disrupts every industry it touches. And now that Bitcoin casinos have had their first major acquisition, an $11.5 million deal, no industry better embodies the unstoppable nature of Bitcoin than gaming. “The most interesting thing about Bitcoin is how it almost seems tailor made for Internet gaming,” said Stuart Hoegner, managing director of the Gaming Counsel, a law firm representing gaming interests in both the United States and Canada. Specifically he cited low transaction…

Gaming Intelligence – Gibraltar-based gaming operator bwin.party has selected Nevada-licensed geolocation and player ID verification solutions provider Central Account Management System (CAMS) to provide age verification and identification services in the US online gaming market. The partnership will allow bwin.party to benefit from CAMS’ Know Your Customer (KYC) solutions in  a bid to reduce risk, ensure its products are compliant with legislation and increase profitability as it gears up to launch online gaming products for its New Jersey partners Boyd Gaming and MGM Resorts International. bwin.party group director of product and technology Guy Duncan said the deal would allow bwin.party…

iGaming Business – Online gambling operator Bodog has announced that its Canada online casino website is now fully compatible with mobile platforms. Bodog Canada’s Mobile Casino is both iOS and Android-friendly, supporting iPhone 3, 4, 4S and 5 as well as tablets and iPads. The mobile version features 10 popular casino games such as Blackjack, European Roulette and a variety of 3D Slots including Three Wishes, Mr. Vegas, At the Copa, After Night Falls, Lucky 7, Mr. Vegas, Rooks Revenge, Safari Sam and SlotFather. “Having a mobile friendly casino is an obvious step to take and one which we have…