The Rise of Bitcoin
For some, the idea of a virtual currency is laughable. After all, how could a virtual item be exchanged for something physical? Logically, it doesn’t make sense, but that’s the world we live in.
For some, the idea of a virtual currency is laughable. After all, how could a virtual item be exchanged for something physical? Logically, it doesn’t make sense, but that’s the world we live in.
Citizens of Pennsylvania should be rejoicing this morning, as it’s been revealed that the state is likely to approve online gambling. The announcement came during a one-on-one interview with Pennsylvania House Gaming Oversight Committee Executive William Thomas.
While we bicker back and forth, state by state, on whether to allow online gambling, the rest of the world – most of it, anyway – is going forward with their plan to legalize it. [...]
September 10th, 2013: Cash-o-lot Casino is a new USA-friendly Rival site that launched this month. It's a sister site to Tropica Casino, and accepts players from around the world. The most notable exception is that neither Cash-o-lot or Tropica accept players from Canada.
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: another state, noticing the benefits that online gambling can bring, are mulling over the option to legalize it. This time, that state is West Virginia.
Though we’ve talked in great length about the legalization of online gambling, how no deposit bonuses help drive traffic to site and tempts players to play at home versus going to a casino, and the opposition of online gambling, one thing that we really haven’t talked about is sports betting.
When you think about taking a break of that mundane 9-5 job, what do you think of? Do you think of napping on the couch with Netflix running in the background?
Lines are being drawn. Politicians are choosing their sides. The issue is coming to the front of everyone's minds, even going so far as to land a (poorly written, severely one-sided) feature story in Newsweek this week. Internet gambling is becoming a hot issue.
As we approach the end of 2014, it may feel like we've made little to no progress in regards to the expansion of legalized online gambling. There's a lot of things going on behind the scenes, but there's very little to show for it. According to one expert, that'll all change in 2015.
By this point, we know the whole song and dance. We know that while other countries are making sweeping changes to their stance on online gambling, we're going state by state. Three states have legalized it, and many more are considering it. We can now throw another state into that pile.
In the past few weeks, we’ve talked a bit about Rick Perry, the Republican Governor from Texas. The reason we’ve been talking about him is because he suddenly joined the war against online gambling.
A couple of months ago, we reported about one group in California taking online gaming into its own hands. Now, we’ve got a bit more information on the issue.[...]