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As it was expected, the online poker cheating scandals evoked much doubt around the whole industry. More and more become aware of the fact that the regulation of the online casinos and internet gambling sites in the US simply doesn’t work. And who is the victim of the unregulated environment if not the players themselves? This particular issue was described in the five page Post article by Gaul, who expressed his criticism concerning the current lack of regulatory framework and legislation. Read the rest of this entry »

Sometimes a downfall may turn into a true rebirth. That is at least the case if we look at Neovia, formerly Neteller. After total failure, having destroyed reputation, the company decided to change its name. As it turns out, that was the best step that could have been taken in order to start again, as a stronger business. Neovia Financial announced a finalized deal with the European Prepaid Payment Services Divisions of IDT Corporation. Neovia took as its aim to become one of the top payment processing and independent prepaid debit card services in the world. Functioning under the previous name, Neteller, the company’s strategy was mainly focused within the online casino gambling industry. On the basis of Neovia’s new business plan, the company is going to extend its field of performance. Read the rest of this entry »

The online casino gambling industry should expect no mercy and arm itself with patience. There are still fresh consequences of the Sixty Minutes special on the internet poker cheating scandals aired just a couple ago. What is more, the Washington Post has written a couple of articles on issues related to the scandals. It released a background piece on the owner of Tokwiro and the latest article focuses deeply on the security of the online casinos and internet gambling sites. Read the rest of this entry »

It was not until the late 90’s when online casino gambling achieved really wide use and popularity. More and more companies began to realize that this industry is really worth investing. Once the industry launched, Absolute Poker was not far behind those initial sites servicing the industry. Yet, the difference is that AP operates out of Costa Rica. In practice, this means that the company is entirely out of the reach and jurisdiction of the G8. Interestingly, looks like it doesn’t bother the thousands of gamblers at all, since they are placing their bets through Absolute Poker and sister site Ultimate Bet. This is how the forgiving nature of the online casino industry is displayed. Read the rest of this entry »

With no doubt, the online casino gambling industry makes it difficult to function for the smaller niche gambling sites. It is obvious that bigger sites are on the stronger position in the larger market. However that doesn’t mean that smaller companies gave up. Inversely, many of them ( from local lotteries to small bookies and even newspaper agencies) are signing up for white label software. In this manner, the white labeling industry has grown significantly in the past several years. St Minver is one of the top companies in the industry offering white label software. It has a really good reputation and is strongly recommended when opening a new small online casino site. Read the rest of this entry »

The Sixty Minutes program did not have such a devastating impact on Tokwiro enterprises and the online poker gambling industry as it was suspected. The program actually had only a few radical comments about the industry as a whole. The most striking was definitely the way in which the program described how Tokwiro Enterprises has handled the prosecution and bringing justice to those who stole the millions from unsuspecting online casino poker gamblers. Read the rest of this entry »

The US investigative news program Sixty Minutes in cooperation with the Washington Post were supposed to really disgrace the online casino gambling industry and particularly the Tokwiro’s two poker gambling sites that were involved in the cheating scandals. There has been a careful examination of the issue as well as the whole industry and many from the poker gambling industry were expecting that the program would damage the reputation of Tokwiro’s poker sites involved in the issue and consequently, the whole industry will suffer. The program aired last Sunday and as it turned out, it was not that bad as most expected. Read the rest of this entry »

Seems like the tension decreased a bit if we consider the current situation of the online casino and poker gambling industries. They were only waiting for the public reaction after the airing of the Sixty Minutes Program, uncovering two cheating scandals which have rocked the world over the past year. Tokwiro Enterprises and many other online poker gambling companies felt a small relief when it turned out that the program didn’t bring such a great damage to the industry as it was expected- that’s at least the opinion of the industry analysts. No wonder that they were waiting for the worst, since the scandals were the largest in the history of the industry- more money was fraudulently taken than ever before at online casinos and internet poker gambling sites. Read the rest of this entry »

With the development of online poker rooms, the idea that land poker gamblers create an elite when it comes to this fascinating game seems to be a thing of a past. Last several years have brought many changes regarding this issue and at the moment, it’s not important whether poker professionals started at the online casinos or in the land poker tables. What really matters is skill. And this could have been easily tested thanks to the Premier League III, game launched and hosted by Party Poker. Party Poker is a top regarded online casino poker gambling site. It organizes huge tourneys and ensures unforgettable atmosphere creating exciting competition between the best players. Although The Premier League III is new in the industry, it already became widely popular with the poker pros from the land and online poker gambling industries. The most recent event which ended over the weekend was particularly successful for JC Tran, the winner who took home the $300,000 top prize. He had to face really strong competition playing against such outstanding names like: Annette Obrestad, David Ulliott, Phil Hellmuth, Andy Black, and several other pros.