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Recent reports indicate that Silicon Valley is betting on online gambling for the next billion dollar boom, as gaming firms increasingly move to set up shop in the world's dominant hi-tech region. Silicon gaming Silicon Valley-based gaming developers in Silicon Valley - from Facebook and Zynga to hundreds of smaller start-ups - are increasingly turning their social games into real-money gambling games, as we have reported here a number of times. But now existing online gaming firms are also moving into the Valley, in the hope of a changing US regulatory environment. Betable, a London online gambling start-up that focuses on back-end support and gaming licenses, is the latest firm to open an office in San Francisco. As CEO Chris Griffin recently told the New York Times, Silicon Valley is :A kind of ground zero for the developer community," and is the place to be with the potential for American legalization. Even as legislative efforts stall, Silicon Valley tech companies are not being discouraged, the Times report said. It pointed out that there is a belief within the valley that online gambling will soon become as simple as buying an e-book or streaming a movie. As this grows in popularity around the world, they believe, US legislation will have no choice but to keep up. State of play As these developments take place, things are changing in the US. Since a ruling last year by the US Department of Justice that gave states more autonomy on online gaming legislation, a number of states - led by Nevada and Delaware - have been laying the groundwork for intra-state gaming. The global online gambling market is estimated to generate $32 billion a year, and some reports even see mobile betting alone reaching $100 billion worldwide by 2017. With incredible data like this, it is no wonder that Silicon Valley and the US hi-tech community seem to be betting on real-money gaming as the next big business.
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We're inching closer to the Cheltenham Festival, now its 153rd year and still one of the most important fixtures in the UK horse-racing calendar; its prize value only second to the Grand National.This year like all others, the four-day racing event will attract millions of pounds worth of sports bets. Here is the Online Casino Report's brief preview:Starting with the biggest and the best Cheltenham Gold Cup, Friday15th March 2013William Hill has Irish thoroughbred Bob's Worth Irish in first place with odds of 3/1. Trainer Nicky Henderson describes the RSA Chase 2012 winner as inexperienced but full of potential. Sir Des Champs is in second place with 4/1 at William Hill with Silvianico Conti right behind him.Champion Hurdle, Thursday 12th March 2013A well-established hurdle jumper, Irish thoroughbred Hurricane Fly has been attributed 6/4 chances of winning the Champion Hurdle, or the Stan James Champion Hurdle as it is also known. Claim Your Free £25 Horse Racing Bet at William HillNow is the time to open an account with world-renowned bookies William Hill: Register yourself quoting bonus code F25, and when you place a bet worth between £5-£25, you will be awarded another free bet at the same value. That's up to £25 to spend on the horses, be it Cheltenham Festival, the Grand National or the King George. Please note you are required to make a bet with odds of 1/5 or higher.
Legalization of online poker in the United States will help, rather than hurt, existing land-based casino and gaming establishments, an article published by the US Gaming Survey in the current of iGaming Business North America confirms. Online gaming boosts land-based gaming Based on a 2012 poll of more than 8,000 diverse people from around the United States who currently play online, the article states that: more respondents indicated they would increase their state lottery or land-based casino play than those who would decrease it, in the event that online poker is fully legalized. Surprisingly, younger people who currently don't buy lottery tickets indicated that they would consider buying them online if they were made available with online poker. Most respondents said that legal and regulated online gambling would have "no effect," negative or otherwise, on their land-based gaming habits. US Gaming Survey US Gaming Survey, a top polling company, is the author of the 2012 US Online Poker Survey, an in-depth look into the habits and behavior of online gamblers in the United States - where, as all Americans and other readers of OCR know, Internet gaming is yet to receive proper federal recognition. "Cannibalization" - meaning the takeover of land-based gaming revenues by online gambling operators - has one of the biggest arguments used by opponents of the efforts to legalize online poker at the federal level. Now that the argument has been blown out of the water, we wait to hear what excuse they'll come up with next.
Last week Sony put the rumors to rest and gave word about the upcoming PlayStation 4, planned for release this holiday season. Although the 2 hour event didn't answer all of the questions that gamers have about the new system, the interest is building from minute to minute. The future of gaming is upon usSony made it very clear that they have created a gaming platform that will have a lot of focus on Social but you will not need to be online all the time as was first thought. Shuhei Yoshida President of Sony's Worldwide Studios for Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. relates, "Oh yes, yes, you can go offline totally. Social is big for us, but we understand there are some people who are anti-social! So if you don't want to connect to anyone else, you can do that." 3D is definitely the name of the game for Sony's immediate future, promises of better graphics unlike anything seen anywhere else, game play that copies real life, and a list of games that already has true gamers salivating. IGN's new PS4 hub gives all the up-to-date news about the new console and their slogan is that this new hub "only has everything." PlayStation and Online Casinos have had a long and successful past together and their future partnership looks just as bright. The entire online casino experience will be overhauled by the PS4 with the entertainment value of gaming at casinos drastically improved by the new platform. Online gambling will never have looked or felt so real, you'll be able to play your favorite online casino games in the most beautiful and graphic rich setting ever seen before. Rest assured that many of your favorite online casinos will be getting on board in the near future and you may see your favorite Slots, Table Games, and a lot more on the new PlayStation 4.
Nevada has become the first US state to legalize interstate online poker, beating New Jersey in the process and creating a potential framework to act as a host for gamblers from outside its borders.Landmark bill Governor Brian Sandoval signed the bill into law last Thursday, authorizing Nevada to create agreements with other states that would allow local companies to host online gambling for non-Nevada residents. The law effectively creates a nationwide framework for Internet gaming, despite the failure of federal regulation attempts. This comes as big news not only for online gamblers from around the United States, but also for the several companies that have been granted or are waiting to be granted Nevada online poker licenses. These firms could be about to cash in, as the licenses could potentially give them access to customers in all 50 states. What does it mean? The new law removes a provision requiring federal legislation or US Department of Justice approval before online gaming licenses become active, according to a statement by the State of Nevada. Legislators indicated that the state would begin with online poker licenses, but then continue toward other forms of online gambling. Industry insiders also believe this new law could provide the spark for New Jersey and other states to move ahead with such legislation, which would open up the online market in an unprecedented way. This could be just the news that tens of millions of US online gamblers have been waiting for.
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