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If you’ve followed my blog for any length of time, you’ll know I love Kentucky — except for the gambling laws. Kentucky laws strike me as hypocritical because the state is known for horse racing, which involves gambling. But still manages to maintain that gambling is evil, except when horses are involved.  And the great [...]

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South Africa is known for having some spectacular brick and mortar casinos, including the Sun City Casino and the massive GrandWest Casino and Entertainment World.  Which means that once again we have a location where real world casinos are at odds with online casinos.  Generally brick and mortar casinos put a lot of pressure on [...]

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The online gambling market in Europe isn’t turning out to be as unified as everyone expected.  The European Union Treaty actually had provisions to ensure a uniform online gambling market throughout Europe. But gambling operators in Europe have quickly discovered that what’s real on paper isn’t real in the countries they operate in. Or in [...]

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 I think I’ve been avoiding writing a blog post on this only because I don’t think anyone will be surprised to hear that China has stepped up its regulation of online casinos.  To say that China, a country that regularly regulates what its citizens can search for and simply read using online search engines such [...]

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Online Poker is as bad as crack cocaine according to Republican Spencer Bachus (who is apparently nowhere near as fun loving as the Roman god he’s named after).  But this is the attitude Barney Frank faces as he tries to overturn the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act.  But as I’ve written about in previous posts, [...]

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In an odd move to protect people from the dangers of online gambling, British Columbia is opening its own online gambling site, complete with casino style games.  And an increase in gambling limits from $120 a week to $9,999.  Which begs the question — when governments, any government, says they are regulating or forbidding gambling, [...]

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