To get control of the situation offshore sites are brain storming to find new ways to keep their establishments exciting and easy for online gamblers to use over land-based sites that enter the online industry. With that in mind, a sports betting site has introduced a brand new and fantastic option for online players. Northbet.com has created the “instant payout” option via your own debit card to be used at their sports betting site! This is unheard of in the sports betting world, usually you have to wait to get paid or you have to travel to the casino to pick up your winnings, but this new idea and addition to Northbet gives the player the leisure of going to their nearest ATM machine to withdraw their winnings instantly.

This new payment option is amazing for any online gambler. Normally you have to wait a day or two to get your winnings out of even the best online gaming site, but with this new debit card, you can have your cash in as little as 120 minutes! Same day withdraw, same day cash in hand, now that’s a concept everyone will love.

September 11th, 2001 is the day that the world’s most reputed poker site was launched. The site has been up and running for nine years now and is now reputed to be the largest poker room online owning 70 percent of the US poker industry’s market shares.

Pokerati.com, also commented on this fact saying, “At a time when Americans weren’t sure who was their friend or enemy, what was safe and not safe, there was a certain peace in being able to sit down at a table with people from countries all across the world and play a game. It was just for play money at first, but the timing would prove fortuitous. People seemed to enjoy the software and were telling their friends … as online poker seemed to provide a much-needed escape from the every day stress going on in the world.

PokerStars made history in the online poker industry, when it became the first poker site to send an online player to the WSOP. Chris Moneymaker from PokerStars made it all the way to the 2003 World Series of Poker and took home the grand prize title.

One of their players received a email this week: Stating that they regret to inform them that because of recent announcements by the British Columbia Lottery Corporation, Loto-Quebec and Atlantic Lottery Corp. in regards to the move of the online gaming industry with regulated online gaming provided by Canada, our download casino vendor has decided to block all Canadian players from using their software.” “Only operators licensed by Canadian authorities will be allowed to offer online gambling sites to the residents of Canada.” The email goes on to say that with regret this decision was made and access to any of their download casinos will be terminated and blocked because of the ongoing legal issues.

We are still waiting on Boss Media to make a statement on how they came to this unexpected decision.

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Other high traffic sites included retail toys and travel information – although Google remained at the top of the list. Twitter was Number 50 on the list of the most visited sites in July, while Yahoo was still near Google at the top.

On August 20th the North Gauteng high court reached this controversial decision. They’ve imposed a heavy fine of R10 million ($1.354 million) and imprisonment of up to 10 years, or both, as punishments for breaking this new law. Also advertising an online casino or poker room in the media is prohibited. The players, online gaming room, and even Internet service provider may all be held responsible in an illegal online gaming case.

South Africa’s land-based casinos may have pushed this move. However, there are some gaming companies in South Africa that operate both brick & mortar and online casinos. Additionally, the new law makes no distinction between local and foreign providers of online gaming. This means South African casino companies, such as South Africa’s Piggs Peak, that hold brick & mortar and online entities are especially in jeopardy by this new law. Lew Saul Koor, Piggs Peak Operations Director, has gone on record to say: “Until the appeal has been heard and the outcome determined, our business will continue as usual as agreed with the Gambling Boards.”

As poker organizations around the world go for newer, more updated laws from their governments, South Africa seems to have taken a step in the wrong direction. Hopefully the appeal overturns this strict law and allows players to continue enjoying their favorite online poker games.

The bill now goes to the full House ,and Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) will have to schedule a vote.

The proposal will legalize online poker and other non-sports betting, creating an estimated multibillion-dollar U.S. market for Internet wagering and generating up to $4 billion a year in taxes and regulatory fees for the U.S. government if it becomes law.

It also would take the place of an earlier Congressional ban on U.S. banks using financial instruments, like credit cards, to pay American Internet gaming operations. That law was passed in 2006, but only took effect this year. The ban has prompted millions of Americans to wager with offshore Internet casinos.

Frank’s bill would require licensed operators to adopt safeguards to protect against underage and problem gambling. It would also require the Treasury Department to license and regulate Internet casinos.

A companion bill, the Internet Gambling Regulation and Tax Enforcement Act of 2010 (H.R. 4976), introduced by Rep. Jim McDermott (D-WA), would empower the IRS to tax online casinos. Individual players would be required to pay taxes on winnings.

The committee’s minority leader, Rep. Spencer Bachus (R-AL), warned that the bill would put virtual casinos on every iPhone and every laptop. Frank defended his bill as a matter of individual rights to privacy and adults’ rights to any form of entertainment that does not harm others.

It is estimated that Romanians now wager up to €500 million at virtual casinos, a large increase compared to the €120 million spent in 2008. The current regulations in Romania don’t explicitly ban or promote online casinos operating in the country; but the laws ban Romanian companies from entering the market.

The government in Moldova announced a project to amend the country’s gambling laws and regulate the online casino industry. Currently betting at virtual casinos is outlawed in the country but many residents are playing at various online casinos and poker rooms such as Pokerstars and PartyGaming. The demand for virtual gaming in Moldova is huge at the moment. The government are keen to tap into the money and filter the money into the countries public services.

The news of the increase is particularly promising after several weeks of declines. For the first time ever, year-to-date gains recently dipped into the single digits, with most sites actually losing traffic as PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker buoy the market.

The fact that traffic increased when so many high-volume players were busy playing at the WSOP is a cause for optimism. Even though the increase was low, the fact that it wasn’t a decrease during the biggest live event of the year pleased analysts.

Six of the top ten sites saw increases for the week. PartyPoker managed to hold its lead over the iPoker Network, although the difference between the two online poker giants is a mere half a percent.

The Cereus Network has overcome its bad publicity of the past month, as it regained the sixth spot, pushing IPN back into seventh place. The Merge Gaming Network also continued its climb, moving past Betfair to take the 15th spot.

The market is up 8 percent for the year, with Merge, PokerStars and Full Tilt leading the way with large gains. The Ipoker, PacificPoker, Cake Poker Network, Svenska, and PartyPoker have all posted double-digit losses, but each looks to rebound as the poker industry tries to recover its momentum.

California is need of a different source of revenue , therefore the bill has been given urgency status. By being granted this status , the bill only needs the signature of the governor in order for it to come into effect. Any bill not granted this status should wait until the beginning of 2011 to come into effect.

California certainly needs the revenue. The latest numbers show that the state’s budget deficit has grown to $19 billion, and with higher costs and greater rates of unemployment, this will only rise.

Ironically, the federal level Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act is set to kick in June 1st the very same day the bill will appear before California legislators.

Senator Rod Wright amended bill will have the Department of Justice award a total of three contracts, each for 5 years, for operators to run online poker sites. Under the conditions that these sites are ran by Californian based companies and that California residents can only play at them.

The state believes that by introducing a safe and regulated option for Californians, money will land in state coffers and poker fans will be able to make a calculated choice about their gaming options. Even though online poker experts fear that the fact that the poker sites will limit uses to state residents only could mean a small player pool and true poker fans will still seek the services off offshore sites.