Online gambling operators are now heading further east and including the Balkans in their sights.  This market, which includes Greece, Turkey, Croatia, Slovenia, Serbia, Montenegro, Romania and Bulgaria, is already doing well, but it appears there is great potential for even further growth in these countries.

Although online casinos in Australia have been giving money away for many years to new players who sign up with them, Senator Nick Xenophon has only just realised this trend and, as all politicians tend to do the world over, is currently using it as his political soap box.   He wants the government to ban the online casinos’ giveaways believing they will increase the number of problem gamblers.

January was a good month for Online Vegas as well as its players with several million dollars being paid out on its video slots alone.  Online Vegas offers a variety of games, keno, online bingo, dice games and video poker being just a few.  Lots of opportunities to win some money or even just enjoy a game.

Online casino players in Denmark and Sweden will be happy to know that CPays, the online casino programme, has just announced that payments can be made in their local currencies.  This will mean that all Danish and Swedish online players will be able to fund their accounts without having to worry about losing out because of currency exchange fees.

It is virtually illegal to gamble online in the US now.  On Wednesday the Treasury Department and Federal Reserve ruled that procedures have to be established by banks and other financial companies to prevent payments connected to unlawful internet gambling.  In other words, these institutions cannot accept payments from credit cards, cheques or electronic transfers to settle online wagers.  The rule is to be enforced by 1st December 2009.