Nowadays, responsibility is what matters the most in the online casino gambling industry. It is also part of the UK’s strategy that is used in solving the industry problems. All of the gambling companies, which want to be respected on the market, have to implement standards of socially responsible behavior. Nevertheless, such agencies like the Gambling Commission and the Advertising Standards Authority still have a lot of work to do, if they want to promote the “responsible gaming” in the gambling market. Read the rest of this entry

The regulations that have been recently proposed in Norway seem to be much the same as the US’ UIGEA. Therefore, the idea of changing the laws of Norway’s gambling market caused strong protests in Europe. For some time Norway belongs to the group of countries where the gambling issue is the main subject of public discussions. Along with several other countries, Norway does not want to accept the EU policies, which demand all EU-members to provide free trade of goods and services in European Union. Instead, Norway wants to sustain the country’s monopolies, or block the problem sectors of the gambling industry. Read the rest of this entry

Up to now none of the countries dominated the world’s casino poker gambling industry. But after the Ladbrokes Poker Million tournament, which took place last week in London, this situation has changed. Although the participants of the tournament came from many different countries, it was Ireland that unexpectedly overrun the final table. Lately, thanks to very good betting offers, this country has really improved its position on the gambling market. The liberalization of the Irish market has also largely contributed to this progress, and motivated many gifted Irish players to enter the game. Read the rest of this entry