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Online casinos and gambling profits Most players gamble online to win money. Sure, gambling can be fun without making money the object of the game, but most people play for the money nonetheless, even players who say they’re only in it for the thrills. Playing casino games for a profit is a longshot though, even for experienced players. The problem is the house edge, or rather the house drop, the source of which is the house edge. In a casino, you’ll never get favorable odds, heck, you won’t even get neutral 50-50 ones. The reason is that the house needs to make money. Setting up the casino, creating the games you play online, providing support and generally keeping the operation on-track costs money. While the operating costs of an online casino only represent a fraction of those of a brick and mortar operation, the object is still the same: the house needs to make money. Don’t you believe that due to the lower operating costs the profit margins are much bigger for online casinos though.

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The operator usually has a revenue-sharing agreement with the software provider, which means that only a set percentage of the profits find their way into his coffers. Contrary to popular belief, the house edge is not the primary reason why players have to deal with an adverse mathematical model when gambling. On second thought it is, but not in a direct way. The primary “enemy” of the player is the house drop. While house edges are usually in the lower single-digit percentages, the house drop is around a massive 30% on the whole. It is the house edge that gives birth to the house drop though, so there’s an entire system at work against the player here. In order to beat this system, players need to be out of their way clever and versed in the intricacies of the online gambling industry, not just of the games themselves.

In poker, there’s rakeback, there are poker prop deals and there are all sorts of sign-up rewards which work the same way rakeback does. There are similar bonuses in online gambling too, and in order to ever stand a fair chance at beating the house edge and the house drop, one needs to become adept at taking advantage of these extra perks. Online casino bonuses are rather tricky to assess correctly though. You can’t just browse around looking for the biggest such bonus and than sign-up for it without any further ado. You need to study the bonus, read up on it and pay attention to the fine-print.

The biggest available online casino bonuses are rarely the best. Unlike online poker bonuses which cannot be taken to the table before the redemption requirements are met, online casino bonuses can be used at the tables straight away. The trick is though that until the player fulfills his play-through requirements he will not be allowed to cash out. Some casinos only restrict cash-outs for the bonus amount, other won’t let players cash out their deposits either. Pay attention to these details and make sure you know what you’re getting yourself into. The actual turn-over requirements can differ quite a lot from one online casino to another.

Add to that that fact that each and every casino has its own set of conditions for bonus redemption and you’ll understand why no two casinos offer the exact same deal bonus-wise. Bonus redemption is restricted to certain games in pretty much every casino, the question is: which games qualify for bonus redemption? If you sign up looking to play the roulette, and your bonus cannot be unlocked at the roulette table, you’re obviously in a less than ideal setup.

Just read that an investigation has been completed by the EU, on the US banning online gambling, and if it breaches the World Trade Organization (WTO) agreements .

The problem that they find is that it allows local online gambling activities, like gambling on the horse races, but bans the international ones.

This does not hold well for the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA). They say this goes against International trade agreements.

This was filed with the EU, by the Remote Gambling Association (RGA)

The US recently had to pay Antigua $21 million (but have not as yet, paid this)

Source : http://www.onlinecasinoreports.com/news/theheadlines/2009/6/21/eu-criticizes-us-online-gambling-ban.php

Paddy Power’s entry into lucrative US market moves a step closer

By Geoff Percival

Tuesday, July 07, 2009

BOOKMAKER Paddy Power could be in a position to enter the potentially lucrative US market sooner than expected, with hopes rising that proposals for the legalisation of online gambling could be passed by the US government within the next 12 months.

The Massachusetts-based Democratic congressman, Barney Frank, has been an advocate of legalising online gaming websites and has been pushing for legislation since the US government passed the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act in 2006.
The act stops companies based online from accepting payments via credit card or other electronic means to settle online bets.
Mr Frank even put in an appearance at last week’s World Series of Poker event in Las Vegas to drum up support for his drive.
He said he was confident of getting a bill passed by sometime next year.
At Paddy Power’s annual general meeting, earlier this summer, the company announced the latest leg of its international expansion by entering the Australian market, via the €27.2 million purchase of a 51% stake in leading Australian online betting company, Sportsbet – with the option to buy it outright in the next couple of years.
Then, Patrick Kennedy – Paddy Power’s chief executive – remarked that the company would be very interested in entering the online gaming market in the US, if the laws there were changed.
Paddy Power opened a book on the issue of legalisation in the US, at the beginning of this year after receiving requests from certain punters to do so. A spokesperson for the company said yesterday that while stakes punted began at an average of €10-€20; last week they suddenly shot up in value to around €500.
The company began offering odds of 6/4 in favour of Mr Frank being successful in lifting the ban before 2011, but has since cut them to 4/5, as a result of the sudden upsurge in interest.
Power’s has also opened a book on which US state will be the first to drop the ban, should legislation be passed. Currently, the company has Utah as the 2/1 favourite, followed by Nevada, New Jersey, Texas, Louisiana and Tennessee.
California is priced at 20/1 with Florida at 25/1 and New York and Massachussets both at 33/1.

This story appeared in the printed version of the Irish Examiner Tuesday, July 07, 2009

Read more: http://www.irishexaminer.com/business/paddy-powers-entry-into-lucrative-us-market-moves-a-step-closer-95747.html#ixzz0KYGaHnRz&C

Published: Thursday, June 25, 2009

International Game Technology (IGT) plans on restructuring its UK part of it company, in order to intergrate the online gambling and mobile operations.

This will involve the company Million-2-1 which they recently acquired.

If you would like to read more, head off to

http://www.online-casinos.com/news/news8677.asp

or

http://www.igamingbusiness.com/article-detail.php?articleID=21281

Im not a fan of Leonardo DiCaprio, but will be good to see a movie regarding Online Casino and i may start to like Leonardo… lets hope so!!

Leonardo DiCaprio is bringing his love of poker to the big screen as he explores the murky world of online gambling in a new movie.

The star has earned the respect of the world’s top players after participating in high-stakes poker tournaments with friend and fellow actor Tobey Maguire over the years.

And now the Hollywood card shark has landed a new script about Costa Rica-based Internet casinos, written by Ocean’s Thirteen screenwriters Brian Koppelman and David Levien, according to the Hollywood Reporter.

The duo behind the as-yet-unnamed film also penned the script for 1998′s Rounders, which saw Edward Norton and Matt Damon star as underground poker players

Source:: http://uk.news.yahoo.com/1/20090617/ten-dicaprio-takes-a-gamble-on-poker-mov-c60bd6d.html

Goldman Sachs Financial Firm Predicts Good News for US Gambling

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., also known as Goldman Sachs (established 1869), a company advising the wealthy where to invest there money.

Goldman Sachs stated, “We believe it is logical to assume that the US market will eventually regulate—given the potential implications for US tax take, if nothing else. Were the market to be legalized, we believe that the size of the revenue opportunity could increase materially.”

The opening of the market would bring in possibly $12 billion.

They say that the legislation could change quicker on the state level, as this would bring in much needed money from the taxes.

Read more on this at http://www.slotsgeek.com/news/gambling/goldman-sachs-financial-firm-predicts-good-news-gambling/960

Paddy Power’s entry into lucrative US market moves a step closer

By Geoff Percival

Tuesday, July 07, 2009

BOOKMAKER Paddy Power could be in a position to enter the potentially lucrative US market sooner than expected, with hopes rising that proposals for the legalisation of online gambling could be passed by the US government within the next 12 months.

The Massachusetts-based Democratic congressman, Barney Frank, has been an advocate of legalising online gaming websites and has been pushing for legislation since the US government passed the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act in 2006.
The act stops companies based online from accepting payments via credit card or other electronic means to settle online bets.
Mr Frank even put in an appearance at last week’s World Series of Poker event in Las Vegas to drum up support for his drive.
He said he was confident of getting a bill passed by sometime next year.
At Paddy Power’s annual general meeting, earlier this summer, the company announced the latest leg of its international expansion by entering the Australian market, via the €27.2 million purchase of a 51% stake in leading Australian online betting company, Sportsbet – with the option to buy it outright in the next couple of years.
Then, Patrick Kennedy – Paddy Power’s chief executive – remarked that the company would be very interested in entering the online gaming market in the US, if the laws there were changed.
Paddy Power opened a book on the issue of legalisation in the US, at the beginning of this year after receiving requests from certain punters to do so. A spokesperson for the company said yesterday that while stakes punted began at an average of €10-€20; last week they suddenly shot up in value to around €500.
The company began offering odds of 6/4 in favour of Mr Frank being successful in lifting the ban before 2011, but has since cut them to 4/5, as a result of the sudden upsurge in interest.
Power’s has also opened a book on which US state will be the first to drop the ban, should legislation be passed. Currently, the company has Utah as the 2/1 favourite, followed by Nevada, New Jersey, Texas, Louisiana and Tennessee.
California is priced at 20/1 with Florida at 25/1 and New York and Massachussets both at 33/1.

This story appeared in the printed version of the Irish Examiner Tuesday, July 07, 2009

Read more: http://www.irishexaminer.com/business/paddy-powers-entry-into-lucrative-us-market-moves-a-step-closer-95747.html#ixzz0KYGaHnRz&C