Online Casino News and Industry Updates

The UK Gambling Commission, Advertising Standards Authority, Committee of Advertising Practice and the Remote Gambling Association have issued a joint letter to more than 450 gambling websites ordering all casino sites and their affiliates to remove ads and free-play games deemed to be particularly appealing to minors. (more…)

Gambling is one of the few forms of entertainment where the amount you spend can be either completely random or completely in your control. It all depends on you manage your money and which way random chance swings. You may not be able to control how much you win, but you can certainly control how much you lose. (more…)

Online gambling is such a mainstay industry these days that it’s easy to forget the industry didn’t even exist a mere 25 years ago. If you want to feel old, just think to yourself that there are now people old enough to drink who weren’t even born when the first online casinos opened their doors for business back in the mid-90s. Yikes. (more…)

Take a trip down Google lane and type “online casino” in the search bar if you want to see the definition of advertising overload. Any time you jump into the online gambling pool, don’t be surprised to find yourself swimming with some of the loudest and most obnoxious advertising campaigns in the world. (more…)

(Image credit: BTC Keychain) Not all that long ago, bitcoin had a reputation as something of interest for the tech geeks and criminals of the online world. It was an interesting side-note in a world of ever-expanding tech ideas, but little did most foresee just how quickly bitcoin was about to take off. (more…)

The casino may hold the advantage over the long run, but anything can happen over the short run. Those nights when all the right cards turn up just when we need them, when the dice seem loaded in our favour – those nights are the reason we keep coming back for more. Taking £50 to the casino and turning it into £200 is such…

Something I’ve taken to doing lately is scouring the internet for interesting gambling studies, and another one pinged the radar today. This particular study was published in International Gambling Studies earlier this year and it discusses the gambling motivations and superstitions of gamblers from the United States, South Korea, China and Japan. More specifically, the study notes what drives gamblers to play and what…

We’ve been on a bit of a slots kick lately here at the Online Casino Sites blog – and I promise we’ll move to other topics soon – but today’s article has more to do with science and gambling addiction than actually playing slots. This one makes for an interesting read and it goes to show how we can use technology to make gambling…

It is no secret that slot machines account for more gambling revenue to casinos than any other game type. We know this, we accept it and we play anyways. Slots are endearing in that way. They don’t try to hide the fact that they are pure, unadulterated gambling; they embrace it. Plus, slots require no great mental effort and offer the biggest jackpots in…

(Image credit: April) In 2011, a 20-year-old Norwegian student won the biggest online slots jackpot ever. At the time, it was the biggest win in the history of online gambling. His total haul? Just €11,736,368 after a few spins of the reels at the Betsson.com online casino. (more…)