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Sunday, January 14, 2007
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Internet Gambling History The history of online gambling is not a long and mysterious one, although there have been a few scandals in its time. Rather, the history of online gambling is quite short (starting in the 1990's) and explosive. Internet betting has become a multi-billion dollar industry in a very short time - still continuing to grow in its fiscal rise. Online gambling happened so fast, that as it became a reality, the largest and most successful companies in the industry were just being formed - and scrambling to do so. The catalyst for this scramble happened in 1994, when the government of the Caribbean island, Antigua Barbuda, passed the law that enables online casinos to operate from their homeland to this day - the Free Trade and Processing Zone Act. With the technological possibility of online gambling already in the air, this new law made it legal to license and operate online casinos from the Antigua Barbuda jurisdiction. Of those who saw this as the lucrative opportunity that it was - two brothers - Andrew and Mark Rivkin - formed the company Cryptologic, and began creating software solutions to safely handle financial transactions with unprecedented encryption designs. At the same time, both Microgaming and Starnet Communications were formed - all in the same year Antigua Barbuda passed its groundbreaking law. Canada was home to many important internet gambling developments at this time, including the formation of the Kahnawake Gaming Commission, which was formed to regulate online casinos and to enforce gaming fairness standards. Starnet Communications was also based from Canada, but was still obliged to operate offshore accounts in funding their eCash bankroll. Boss Media is another newly organized company claiming its stake in the industry at the time. However, it is Microgaming and Cryptologic who lead the way in gaming technology, with Cryptologic creating the first fully operational gaming platform, equipped with eCash depositing capabilities and real money account management. Before the end of 1996, Cryptologic releases its very first software package under their subsidiary, WagerLogic. And by October of the same year, InterCasino (one of the very first online casinos) is in full operation on the Web. The Industry Takes off Running Thus begins the multi-million dollar industry (soon to become multi-billion). Shortly after Cryptologic and InterCasino start gaining revenue from online gambling, Boss Media AB begins operating their game server from Antigua and Barbuda. Starnet Systems International simultaneously begins granting licenses to casino operators with their customized software packages. In return, Starnet requires the casinos to pay them a portion of their earnings, which the software manufacturer presumably uses to finance its own online betting site, WorldGaming.net. And in their quest to be "the first", Microgaming releases the first progressive online slot machine, Cash Splash. Over the next year, online gambling takes off, and by the end of 1998 produces an annual revenue of $835 million. U.S. players make up a large portion of this revenue, which begins to draw attention from U.S. lawmakers. It is at this time that the Republican senator from Arizona, John Kyl drafts his first of several bills to ban online gaming. Called the Internet Gambling Prohibition Act, the bill intends to make the selling of betting related services and goods to U.S. citizens illegal. It does not pass, however, and on-line wagering continues to thrive. Within the same year, both boss Media and Starnet successfully implement their gaming licenses to independent online casino operators.
Saturday, September 23, 2006
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wagers Casino Royale is a small casino and motel located on the Las Vegas Strip. The casino caters to low rollers, and features low table minimums for roulette, craps, and blackjack. The casino often employs people handing out coupons inviting people inside and seems to rely heavily on street traffic for their business. The parking lot behind Casino Royale is a little known secret with some of the most convenient and closest parking to the Las Vegas Strip. Casino Royale is the only casino in Las Vegas that has 100x odds on craps at all times. The minimum bet on Casino Royale's 100x odds craps tables is usually two dollars (although it is raised to three dollars at busy times such as Super Bowl Weekend or New Year's). The Westin-Casuarina Las Vegas Hotel and Casino is a resort and casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. It is located at the intersection of Flamingo Boulevard and Koval Lane, just east of the Las Vegas Strip. The Westin-Casuarina is a part of the Starwood Hotels chain, and is noteworthy for being one of the very first Vegas resorts that prohibits tobacco smoking in almost all parts of the property; only in a part of the casino is smoking permitted. The Western-Casuarina is one of very few Las Vegas resort hotels where the casino is almost an afterthought. The casino floor has fewer than 300 slot and video poker machines and only ten table games, far smaller than typical Strip megaresorts and even smaller than many casinos catering to local residents. Instead, the resort concentrates more on its hotel amenities, including a spa, catering to guests who typically visit other Westin Hotels throughout the world. The Westen-Casuarina opened in 2003. Wynn Las Vegas, is a casino resort located on the famed Las Vegas Strip, in Las Vegas, Nevada. The resort is named after casino developer Steve Wynn and is the flagship property of Wynn Resorts Limited. The resort covers 215 acres. Wynn Las Vegas is one of the tallest buildings in Las Vegas, towering 50 stories over the Strip. It is located at Las Vegas Boulevard South and Sands Avenue, across from the Fashion Show Mall. The 2,716 rooms range in size from 620 square feet (58 m²) to the villas at 7,000 square feet (650 m²) with a 111,000 ft² (10,200 m²) casino, a convention center with 223,000 ft² (20,700 m²) of space, 76,000 square feet (7,000 m²) of retail space In a departure from the trend established when The Mirage opened of providing free sidewalk attractions to draw in customers, Wynn Las Vegas is constructed so that visitors must enter the building to view the free attractions. The main attraction is a large, curtain waterfall behind the 'mountain' the faces the strip. The waterfall falls into a 3 acre (12,000 m²) lake. Both the waterfall and lake have images displayed on them to produce a show called "Lake of Dreams". This show starts on the hour beginning in the afternoon. O'Sheas Casino is owned and operated by Harrah's Entertainment and is located on the Las Vegas Strip in unincorporated Clark County, Nevada. The casino is operated in conjunction with its next-door neighbor the Flamingo. Planet Hollywood Las Vegas is a casino resort at 3667 Las Vegas Boulevard South, the location of the Aladdin, Las Vegas. Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide is rebranding the hotel as a Sheraton Hotel and will operate the hotel portion of the project. Planet Hollywood will rebrand and operate the rest of the property under their name. The rebranding and extensive renovations are scheduled to be completed in the fourth quarter of 2006. Moulin Rouge Hotel was a hotel and casino located in west Las Vegas, Nevada that is listed on the United States National Register of Historic Places. The Moulin Rouge was the first desegrated hotel casino and was popular with many of the black entertainers of the time who would entertain at the other hotels and casinos and stay here. http://www.enterbet.com
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