The US has been in an ongoing dispute with the Caribbean nation of Antigua over online gambling. The long running dispute was rekindled by the recent seizure of four online poker sites by the FBI and the US Department of Justice. Antigua says that the US violated world trade laws by shutting down the four [...]

Since ‘black Friday’ a couple of weeks ago there has been a major shakeup in the online gambling industry. While the raids and site seizures were confined to online poker many online casino operators have gotten skittish and have withdrawn from the UK market for now. Many of the top online gaming sites have blocked [...]

In 2007 the British government imposed a national smoking ban that caused chaos in the bingo, pub and entertainment industry. Surveys taken at the time showed at over 60% of all bingo players were smokers and the results of the effect on the bingo industry was predictable. At many bingo halls attendance dropped more than [...]

From very humble beginnings in 1996 the internet bingo industry has grown into a $2 billion dollar a year business with its own industry and trade associations. It takes people adept in many specialties to operate an internet bingo site. Computer technicians, game and software developers, traditional and internet marketers, chat room leaders, business specialists, [...]

Today about three million people play online bingo regularly. About 90% of all players are under the age of 50 and 85% of all online bingo players are female. According to gaming company St. Minver the top three bingo markets are the UK, the United States and, surprisingly, Japan. The internet bingo industry is always [...]

Online bingo has not been associated with criminality or scams. Unfortunately there are some things beyond the control of site operators. Phishing is one of these scams. Basically phishing is the act of sending a fake email purporting to be from a website familiar to the user with the purpose of deceiving a person into [...]

Last week’s seizure of four major poker sites is still sending ripples through the online gaming industry. Since then American players have been turned away by many online casinos. On Tuesday American players started to report that several gaming sites had blocked American players. Some players received emails stating “As you may be aware, certain [...]

After last week’s seizure of four major online poker sites many are wondering if internet bingo sites will be spared the wrath of the US ‘Justice’ Department. The government’s sneak attack against the online gaming industries left many players and industry observers stunned by the heavy handed actions of the US government. Since the passage [...]

There has been speculation in the online bingo industry that this year may be the year when the US re enters the online gaming market but recent actions by the FBI would indicate otherwise. On Friday the Full Tilt Poker, PokerStars and Absolute Poker, were shut down by federal authorities charging them with ‘money laundering,’ [...]

  If anyone had any doubts that internet bingo has been the driving force behind the online gaming industry recently posted first quarter figures by several major internet and land based bingo operators should remove all doubts. Last year several sources reported that internet bingo was responsible for the rapid growth of the online gaming [...]