The introduction of casino-type games online required a skip and a jump, compared to the world’s quick hop into Internet sports betting. Dealers had to be replaced by reliable software. Secure random-number generators had to be adopted from slot machine technology to enable virtual cards to be shuffled. And graphic interfaces had to be designed [...]
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Opportunities to play and win online have certainly attracted increasing attention and wagers. Among these, sport betting was one of the very first and is still extremely popular. The earliest online “sportsbooks” were simply an extension of off-track betting shops. New York’s Capital OTB, for example, began using a “virtual tote board” to post race [...]
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Originally based in Atlanta, Georgia, Realtime Gaming is a developer of online gaming applications that operates out of Costa Rica. Its products are among the most popular on the Internet, including the “Real Series” of slot machine-type games. Of the top five software providers, Realtime Gaming alone allows its online casino operators to accept business [...]
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The timing of Carruthers’ arrest was not at all random. In mid-2006, a new law was making its way through the U.S. legislature that would effectively prohibit Americans from gambling online. Arresting Carruthers helped gain the support needed to push the bill through the Senate in September. The very next month, on Friday the 13th, [...]
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In 1997 and 1998, online gambling erupted, and the burgeoning industry’s estimated annual revenue rose to $835 million. North American players contributed a large portion of this, which began to draw the attention of U.S. and Canadian lawmakers. Several attempts were made to outlaw Internet gambling without success, although the Royal Police did raid the [...]
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