Hungary is the latest European country to regulate and open up its online casino gambling market. The new gambling bill is currently being drafted so this is great news for all the online casino and online gambling operators looking to get into the Hungarian gambling market. Continue

The Green Paper on online gambling that kept online gamblers waiting for a long time has finally been released. This Green Paper has been published by the European Commission and addresses topics on the expansion of the online casino gambling industry and this will also consist of reports on challenges of public policy and single market issues. Continue

The Italian gaming authority commonly known as AAMS a few weeks ago published some interesting gaming turnover statistics for the month of February. It revealed that the introduction of Video Lottery Terminals had a big impact in the Italian gambling market and that slots are still the most popular casino game played in Italy. Continue

Looks like it is not going to be a great year for the Mediterranean Island of Cyprus because they have decided to go ahead with their plan of banning online casino gambling. This has been made public after the announcement made by the government that the Cabinet has approved the draft bill. This island houses many online gambling companies and that could change once this new bill is passed. Continue

So if you thought that live dealers are exclusive to land-based casinos, then think again. Playtech online casinos, like Casino Las Vegas and Noble Casino offer Live Dealers too through video feeds in their software! Some of these online casino live dealers are seriously hot, which makes gambling a little bit more exciting! So stay focused on your game and not at the dealers. Continue

Italy is the top European online gambling market. This is according to the AAMS gaming authority of Italy. The Italian online casino gambling market was worth €4.8 billion in 2010 and this is sure to grow in 2011 due to the changes in the Italian online gambling laws. Continue

Aragon, an autonomous region of Spain, has decided not to wait anymore for their diplomats to come to a conclusion about online gambling as it has decided to go solo to approve its new betting legislation. Approval of this betting legislation also means, allowing online casino gambling. 2010 seemed promising for gambling lovers of Spain as the Spanish government finally made up its mind and was ready to address questions regarding national licensing and controlled online gambling. Continue

Greece is looking to legalize online casinos this year to help raise money for its 110 billion euro bailout. Like many other European countries, Greece has been heavily affected by the economic crisis with major debt. They are paying big fines to the EU and they need to get in extra cash now to help ease their debt and fines. Continue

There are so many online casino banking deposit options out there and sometimes it can get a bit confusing. A lot of Italian players prefer to resort to local payment methods. And one such local Italian payment option that offers convenient services to Italian online casino players is Postepay. Postepay is issued by the Poste Italiane and it is a prepaid, rechargeable card. This Postepay card can be bought off the counter at any Italian post office. Continue

It is accolades for Neteller, the online casino banking and deposit method used by many online casino players. The word is spreading that Neteller has been nominated as Best Payment System in the iGB Affiliate Awards for the fourth year in a row. Continue