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Periods of time go by when no articles are written in our Legal online casino news section, but those times are quickly fading as online casino bans, expansions, and court cases become more mainstream. Antigua and the US are a main stay on the legal online casino news wires, but the UK, Germany, Italy, Australia, South Africa and many other nations around the world break legal casino gaming news, too. So keep a close eye on this page and our Legal casino RSS feed for the latest developments covering all aspects of online casino legalities.
The British Columbia government started online gambling in North America, but other provinces in Canada have already caught on to the idea. Ontario has announced plans for online casinos, and now Saskatchewan is looking into the plan.

Ontario waited only a couple of weeks before deciding that if online casinos are good for British Columbia, then they are also good for Ontario. Finance Minister Dwight Duncan announced on Tuesday that the province will be entering the world of online gambling.

It has been a long couple of weeks for online casinos that are watching legislators discuss online gambling law changes in the US. With the issue expected to be put on the back-burner for a while, casinos returned to normal business by weeks end.

The British Columbia Lottery Corporation believed that their new online casino would be a hit when it was finally launched, they just did not anticipate this much traffic. Just hours after launching, PlayNow.com crashed due to an abundance of customers.

Over the past couple of years, the online gambling industry, which is comprised largely of online poker and online casino sites, has been concerned about how the rules of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act would affect business. It turns out that lawmakers may be hurting the online gaming industry more by legalizing additional casino options.

The race to become the first state to regulate online gambling has begun in the US and Iowa was one of the states that could have carved the groundbreaking legislation. Instead, the Internet gambling issue may have stalled other expansion in the state.

Iowa may become the first state in the US that will allow their residents the right to do what they are already doing, to gamble online at a casino. With an estimated 50,000 Iowans betting online, lawmakers are seeking apiece of the revenue for the state.

Visa has become the latest credit card company to force online casino players in the US to adjust their deposit methods at the casinos they play at. Visa followed in the footsteps of MasterCard by announcing they will no longer process online gambling transactions.

The year 2010 may be remembered in history as the year that the US finally put an end to the prohibition of online gambling. Many states are moving closer to legalizing and regulating online casinos, and people in the US cannot wait.

Thursday was supposed to be the day that online casinos affected by the disturbance of Governor Steve Beshear's attempt to seize their domain names would get their salvation. Instead, the day came and went and the Kentucky state Supreme Court did not offer their opinion.

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