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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Online casinos first became popular in the
mid 1990s and ever since then the industry has blossomed. They still are not as popular as binary options. Digital options are very popular in countries like Germany and Italy and they are called <strong><a href="http://www.opzionibinarieitaly.com/">Opzioni Binarie</a></strong> which means digital options. You could make more money with binary options than gambling but it s a little more complicated. You have to choose the right broker and so on. The best binary options brokers are anyoptions and banc de binary. Choosing one of them will take you a long way. </span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">But back to casinos. While it took a few
years for them to really become popular and draw players in, there is
no doubt that online gaming is one of the most frequented type of internet
activity by people around the world. This fact is evident in the hundreds and
even thousands of gambling websites that are out there for you to choose from. But
with so many sites, how does one pick and choose which one is the best
for them?</span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">That answer is not easy because every
player is different and so too is their personal preferences and desires.
Before attempting to pick the “right” site for you, you should first go over
what you will be looking for in a gambling establishment. Do you want a huge welcome bonus or a
massive game selection, maybe even both? You can find all this information and
more just by doing a bit of research before signing up on a particular site,
and trust me, the research will most definitely pay off. </span></span></div>
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Game
Selection</span></span></b><br />
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The type of games offered at a particular
site is often the biggest hinge on which a player makes his or her decision
about a particular gambling site. Right off the bat you may be thinking that
the better one is the one that offers hundred and hundreds of games,
so many games that it is hard to keep track of them all. While sites that have
a large game selection are great, they are not always the best, and maybe not
the best for you individually. Before simply judging a site because it has a
lot of games, you should check into the games themselves and even see what
current and former players had to say about the games in player reviews,
forums, etc. </span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Also, another key fact about game selection
is the type of game the site promotes more than another. For example, if you
are going to an internet site in order to hit the tables and play some intense
poker, you probably shouldn’t pick a site that mainly offers slots or something
along those lines. A little known fact is that many places specialize, meaning
they offer one type of game more than any other. If you pick a site that has a
bunch of games that are not the ones you want, you will either have to learn
how to play a new game or take all the time it takes to find another site and
sign up there.</span></span><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Bonuses</span></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Internet gambling sites of all types offer bonuses
for new players and for players in general all the time. Bigger sites typically
have more attractive bonuses than smaller sites but even small sites need to
offer nice bonuses in order to gain a solid player base. As a new player you
have the whole world at your hands because you can quite literally shop around
for the best new player bonus and best ongoing promotions.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">A typical new player bonus works by giving
you a percentage of your initial deposit back to you in bonus money. So for
example, if the bonus offers a 100% bonus up to $500 and you deposit $300
initially, you will then have $600 to begin play with. This is how it works on
most sites and while many folks think it is just some gimmick created to get
you to a particular site, it can really help boost your bankroll. </span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">After receiving the bonus, and in most
cases, doubling their initial money, a lot of players think they can outsmart
the "machine" and cash out their money right away. This is where players
can get themselves into a bit of trouble because if you attempt to cash out
bonus monies before you are able to, your bonus money will typically be taken
away. Now how do you ever cash out bonus money then? The answer is simple, you
have to read the terms and conditions. Once you sign up for a bonus you are
forced to agree to the terms and conditions of the bonus and within those terms
it spells out what you have to do to be able to withdraw your bonus funds. In
most cases a player must wager a certain amount or place a certain number of
bets before the bonus money can be turned into cash in a players wallet. </span></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Software</span></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Software is a facet of many sites
that players overlook and dismiss quickly. The type of software that a website uses will determine the quality of your games (including graphics),
speed of the games, and how fast you are able to download the software itself.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">You may be thinking, “I’m no tech junkie,
how am I supposed to know what good software is?”, but the reality is that you
do not have to be a computer nerd to know all about an internet site’s
software, rather just do a little research. By looking for player reviews about
a certain site’s software, you will find out all types of information and be
able to better understand why or why not you should pick this one.
The newest systems may seem attractive at first, but along the way you may find
out that even some of the newest systems are supporting software that
may be years old. </span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">All in all <a href="http://onlinecasino247.blogspot.com/2012/08/online-casinos-in-united-states.html">picking the right casino</a>
is a must for any new player because it is good to find a permanent home as
opposed to jumping around from site to site wasting both time and money in the
process. Like I have been saying all along, it takes only a simple Google
search to find out just about anything and everything about a particular one. By critically analyzing all of the different facets of the gambling website you will have a great understanding as to how the site works and how you
can have the best player experience on the site. </span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">As you may or may not be aware, the industry is gaining a lot of popularity around the world and with that
popularity comes a bit of turmoil. Especially in the United States, governments
,both local and national, have been fighting to make all types of websites illegal. The problem is that many people in the United States think
that the gambling associated with internt is intrinsically evil and
should not be allowed in the country.</span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">While there is plenty of opposition to the
legalization of internet gambling on a national level, many groups have been
working hard to win the legalization of these sites in individual states. The
fight for intrastate gambling has been a slow won and like any other battle has
had its fair shares of victories and losses. As we look towards the future,
many hopefuls envision a United States where websites and gambling is
legal and state regulated, but until that day comes the fight will still rage
on. </span></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Why
Is Gambling Illegal?</span></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The first question a lot of people who are
not familiar with the situation ask is about why internet palces and gambling is
illegal in the first place. That is a good question but it is also one that is
a bit difficult to explain because there are so many different reasons from so
many different groups of people. </span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">One of the biggest concerns amongst the
general population in regards to the legalization of internet gambling is underage
gambling. In brick and mortar gambling houses underage gambling is a recurrent theme
and those places have live personnel checking IDs, the thought is that online
any 14 year old kid can pose as a legal 18 year old gambler without ever having
to face the identification scrutiny that they would face at an actual place.
While this is a very big concern it is not one that other nations have not
addressed. Penalties for underage gambling, in many other nations, falls upon
the person who is caught gambling as well as their parents because it is
usually the parents that facilitates a young child’s gaming habits. Opposition
groups in the US claim that there is no full proof way to check, and be sure
of, a person’s age and until there is gambling websites should be illegal.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Another major reason why these places are
illegal in the United States is because people just view it as flat out evil. The
amount of gambling addiction in the US is quite high, and because of that a lot
of groups view webistes as a perpetrator of gambling addiction which is
true to an extent but not in its entirety. Gambling addiction is a problem all
over the world, but many other nations have great ways of handling victims of
gambling addiction without ruining it for the other grinders and recreational
players. The problem with the United States lies within the fact that they
simply do not wish to entertain the thought of legalizing internet gambling. The
people of the United States and their government hide behind the “we have
better things to worry about” excuse when addressing the legalization. </span></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The
Fight For Legalization</span></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Legalization in the
United States is a situation that has been argued and debated over for years at
this point. As soon as one group of people seems to achieve a victory, another
group wins a decision against the fight so it is really starting to become a
stalemate. The main plan of action for most gambling activists is to work in
individual states in order to pass legalization laws at the state level instead
of fighting for a national level law. The thought is that if enough states are
able to legalize gambling within their state that the federal government will
take notice and rethink their current ruling. In the early running quite a few
states have passed laws and have bills going through their respective house and
senate, but it is a slow process and it may be years before we are once more
able to enjoy all of the best websites without jumping through a hundred
hoops. </span></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">How
Do Some Sites Still Operate?</span></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">While gambling sites and gambling in
general is illegal in the United States, it is no secret that there are plenty
of gambling establishments that US citizens still play on. But why haven’t these sites
been shut down like the big ones were? </span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The main reason is because the US
government quite frankly does not want to waste their time with small sites who
will end up paying small fines and creating a big mess. These sites are quite
literally flying under the radar and until they become the big fish the US
government will not want to bother. </span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Another reason some sites are still able to
keep running in the US even though sites are illegal is because some
places are licensed and operated from different countries and the US
government is legally unable to touch them. It is one of the many loopholes
that exist in the current state of online gambling, being as unregulated as it
is. </span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I have only begun to scratch the surface of
the <a href="http://onlinecasino247.blogspot.com/2012/08/crime-associated-with-casino-industry.html">legal situation</a> regarding sites in the United States, but there is
no doubt that this is becoming quite the fiasco. Many gamblers do not
understand why their country is so vehemently against online gambling while they
see hundreds of other country’s citizens playing games without issue. Even
knowing that they could make millions of dollars in tax revenue off of the
regulation, the government still turns a blind eye.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">To me, it does not make sense to pass up
the tax revenue that could be earned by legalizing online gaming, especially
when the United States is in a situation where any and all extra revenue would
be of great help. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Whenever there is a flourishing industry
there is crime that comes with it. It happens with banks, government, and even
churches which means that there should be no surprise when you find out that
there is plenty of crime involved with both internet casinos and brick and mortar
ones. The crimes are different but nearly all of them carry the same type of
undertones.</span></span><br />
<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Sometimes it is the players that
commit the crimes whereas sometimes it is the house itself that is committing
the crime. Unlike a lot of other crime, most of the law breaking involved with
websites is nonviolent and not as tragic as things like murder, hunger,
and other common plights of our society. </span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">When playing at an online gambling site a lot of
folks will wonder how on earth they can be the victim of a crime. In actuality,
being the victim of a crime is easier than it
is when playing at a brick and mortar establishment. The reason is because all
of your money is being handled electronically, most of the time with little
involvement on your part. For example, you deposit money into PayPal, then that
same money is transferred to the internet site you are playing at and is moved
around by the online cashier. Since a lot of players do not keep track of their
bankroll down to the last penny, there have been instances when websites
were stealing from their players. While the thievery may have only been a penny
or two at a time (eg. An unnoticeable amount), once a casino steals a few
pennies from their hundreds of thousands of players the amount of money which
they have stolen really begins to add up.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">A gambling house could repeat this same practice
day in and day out and while you may not realize that pennies are being taken
out of your bankroll, you are slowly losing money while the site
that you are loyal to is illegally raking in profit. This is not something that
you can stop on your own, but by paying close attention to the amount of cash
in your bankroll you will be able to catch the problem before it becomes too
big and alert the appropriate authorities. Countless places have been
shutdown in the past and have faced major penalties all because they couldn’t
simply play by the rules. </span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Another type of crime is
hacking, which involves third party criminals hacking a particular website in order to garner the personal information of any and all the
players on the site. The information that these hackers are going after
includes bank account and credit card information, but you must also realize
that your home address and contact information is also likely at the disposal
of these hackers. Once again, there is little you, as a player, can do to
thwart hackers because you probably do not even realize that your account has
been hacked. The one preventative measure that you can take is to play with a good reputation. A good reputation means that the site is probably hard to hack and therefore your information will be safe. I
cannot speak to which sites are easy to hack and which sites are not because I
am not a computer hacker. Becoming the victim of a computer hacker via a site is rare, but it has happened before and will probably happen
again. </span></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Heists </span></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">We have briefly gone into the details of
how crime happens and just how you can be affected by it, but now
we will explain how crime develops in and around actual houses as well. </span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Anyone with half of a brain will know that
a gambling house obviously has stockpiles of money in order to pay players and keep
games running, and anywhere there is a pile of money there is a bunch of people
who would like to take that money. Throughout <a href="http://onlinecasino247.blogspot.com/2012/08/history-of-casino.html">history</a> there have been countless
stories of people who tried to overrun these places and make away with the cash that
they have. Some houseshave been successfully robbed, but most thwart
criminals before they are able to get too far. </span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Nowadays the amount of security, coupled
with the full-proof nature of that security, are all most places need in order
to prevent people from even thinking about robbing a brick and mortar gambling house.</span></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Card
Counting</span></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">In the game of blackjack, people have
discovered that there is a mathematical procedure you can follow to be able to
quite literally “count” the cards in play and be able to determine which card
you will get next as well as the cards other players, including the dealer,
have currently. Card Counting is not allowed in nearly every place but in
order to catch card counters places have to pay incredibly close attention.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">For those of you thinking that you may want
to try <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Card_counting">card counting</a> for yourself, think again, because only those gifted with
superb mathematical skills will be able to count cards effectively and subtly
enough to avoid being discovered. All in all, card counting has paid off huge
for those that have succeeded, but has ended up with big penalties for those
who have failed…and there are plenty of folks who have failed.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Crime is going to be a part of nearly every
industry, that is an inevitability, but being able to understand the type of
crime that affects online these places can be your first step in avoiding becoming a
victim of such a crime. If you, at any point, think that you may be a victim of
an crime you should alert authorities or the website
itself. These are no laughing matters, especially because these palces have
access to loads of personal information that you would not want to be falling
into the hands of people who will take advantage of it. </span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Nowadays we hear the word casino and
automatically picture the flashing lights, loud sounds, and grandeur associated
with the great places of Las Vegas and Atlantic City. But like many other
industries, this industry arose from humble beginnings, so humble in
fact, that no body truly knows where gambling first originated. </span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Now this mean much more than a game of
poker or a spin of the slots. Gambling houses of today are enormous for one, and have
so much to do that you could spend a week at without hitting
the tables even once. Today you can go to a gambling place and see a show, go shopping,
or simply to relax by the pool. Back when gambling houses and the idea originated, things were not quite so extravagant. In fact, the original
places were no bigger than the typical house and most definitely did not give
you free nights at the hotel just for playing.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The history of gambling is not
easy to pinpoint or to track because just about every group of people that has
ever existed has participated in some form of gambling. To credit one
particular person or group with the creation of gambling would be erroneous.
Leave it to the Chinese though, because at almost 2300BC they recorded some of
the earliest forms of gambling. </span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The first place originated in Venice,
Italy and back then was not referred to as being a real gamling house, although it fit the
bill quite well. In 1638 Italian authorities were looking for a way to regulate
the gambling going on in their city during Carnival, and this need spawned the
creation if the Ridotto, the first palce. In 1770 the place was shut down
because it was blamed for making the townspeople poor. </span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Cross the Atlantic and then we have to
discuss early American places, more commonly known as saloons. The original
saloons, which were the impetus for the following saloons and eventually the
plethora of saloons we see today were not nearly as large as the saloons we
witness nowadays. Back then, four cities were behind the saloon movement and
these cities were New Orleans. Chicago, San Francisco, and St. Louis. Saloons
were so attractive because they gave travelers a place to go and rest and meet
new people. While at the saloons travelers of all types would chat, drink, and
most importantly, gamble. </span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Saloons were doing just fine up until the
turn of the 20<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> century when activists groups and state governments
began to slowly but surely do away with gambling as many people viewed it as
being a social evil. 1931 proved to be a breakthrough year for gambling all
over the world, and this breakthrough happened in a small Western US state
known as Nevada. In that year Nevada’s state government legalized gambling
within the state and before you could even blink, Las Vegas and Reno were
bustling cities full of life, and most importantly, gambling. Fast forward a
few decades and we find ourselves in the year 1978 in Atlantic City, New
Jersey. It was in 1978 that the first legal ones were able to be formed in
the beach town of Atlantic City, New Jersey. Gambling proved to be great for
these two towns as they still flourish as the two biggest gambling cities in
the United States.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The history of internet saloons does not
stretch back quite as far as brick and mortar ones for obvious reasons. But
if you can remember back to 1994; that is where the origins of online gambling
occurred. </span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">In 1994, the Caribbean country by the name
of Antigua and Barbuda passed what is known as the Free Trade and Processing
Act which essentially allowed for the creation of internet gambling websites. Before the
websites that we know today were able to created and even before Antigua
passed their law, the only form of online gambling that existed was from a
company called Microgaming which was licensed out of the Isle of Man.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">In 1996, the Kahnawake Gaming Commission
was formed and began issuing licenses to many websites that are still
around today. The use of licenses for internet saloons was popularized by
Kahnawake and it made the saloon industry seem more like a functioning
business model than it ever had before. Between 1996 and 1998 is when online
gambling and gambling at internet began to really become popular. In 1996
there were no more than 20 gambling places in existence; by the next year there
were over 200. In 1998 the industry was boosted even more because online poker
was introduced and revenues from saloons in that same year exceeded $800
million. </span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">In 1999 there was a bill created that
attempted to make online gambling illegal but it did not pass. Also in 1999,
software made it possible for multiplayer games which allowed players to
chat with and interact with other players all while playing their favorite
games. </span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">A year later, in 2000, Australia’s
government made a bold move and passed a law that would make the creation of
any new places illegal. To this day, any saloon that was not licensed
and running by the month of May in 2000 is not allowed to offer its services to
Australian citizens. As the 21<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">st</span></sup> century has progressed we have seen
a mix of websites innovation while at the same time seeing a big push for
the illegalization of any form of online gambling. The United States and many
other countries have large sums of people who despise websites and brick
and mortar saloons and would like to see the entire industry crumble. The fate
of online casinos going in to the future is nothing short of uncertain, but for
those of us who enjoy it, we know that there should be absolutely nothing
illegal about playing games and risking our own hard earned
money. </span></span></div>
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