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New research is showing that the world of gambling is expanding so quickly that companies may be outdated sooner than they thought. Consider that thirty years ago there was no such thing as online gambling. The internet began and started to bring all types of businesses to the online market. People realized quickly that the internet afforded them the opportunity to not only wager, but wager with some great opportunities around that wagering. They could win bigger and better prizes and take advantage of the various bonuses online casinos only offer. For example, a good online casino offers startup bonuses and then a VIP bonus program. Put together these two elements bring a gamer some of the biggest returns they are going to find anywhere. If you try to get the same thing at a land based casino, you aren’t going to be so lucky. Though land based casinos are trying to keep up, they are also lagging behind due to their overwhelming overheads. Consider that a land based casino has multi-million dollar expenses every month. An online casino rarely has that kind of expense to manage. Normally their monthly expenses are just a fraction of the money that a land based casino has to invest in keeping its own doors open.

Part of the problem with the success of online gambling though is that it potentially could push out land based gaming. Some land based casinos and tribally-owned casino operators are already worried about that possibility. They see how popular games are and know that people are drastically cutting back on their land based gaming to replace it with online gambling. As people continue to push for online gaming and putting their money into it, the budgets online casinos have is increasing dramatically and land based casinos have to cut back. This potentially could start pushing land based casinos totally out of the market. It may be that there are serious changes to gambling in coming years but only time will tell where the market is going to go, so far though it is heading to a primarily online gaming industry. If this happens, land based casino operators are going to have to brace themselves for the changes and have contingency plans to handle the.

There are a lot of changes going on in the world market today and gambling. Now Bet365.com is a website that is pushing to grow its own brand. The company just announced that it is going to be offering its services in sixteen different languages. That is a huge addition and is going to open a lot of doors for the company to continue to market to newer locations. The company is a pioneer of sorts because it is the first to take this software created by Inspired Gaming Group and run with it. The Inspired Gaming Group is a provider of virtual sports wagering products and is pushing its multi-language platform in the market. Now that gaming companies are getting so competitive with each other they are looking for language options to continue to push their brands into a wider market. Now that there are no geographic boundaries any longer, businesses online are looking for continued ways to develop their brands. One of the best ways is to start catering to other language-bases. This is a smart move for the company and it is simple. A user can log in and click on any one of the sixteen different options at Bet365.com for example. They can choose what language they want to view the website in and then just follow along. It is a huge advantage for the company and most likely is going to be used by more and more companies in the future.

One of the best things in the market today is how competitive things are. It is making the fight for gamers that much more exciting. Gamers everywhere know that they are in a great position to keep on benefiting from the gambling available. They know that companies are duking it out to give them the best deals so that they become loyal customers. It may take some time for things to sort themselves out, but it is going to help to bring the best gaming practices to the market and gamers everywhere can take advantage. Expect companies to grow and move with the market and the changes available in technology. They are trying to maximize their market shares and using technology is one of the greatest ways of doing so.

With the online gambling market growing so quickly, it is no wonder that the market is ready for a gaming expo. That is exactly what is up for happening this coming week as the Global Gaming Expo comes to Las Vegas. The expo is a showcase of the latest and greatest strides in the market including games, software protocols, bonuses and everything else you can think of regarding gambling. If you want to know what is coming up in the market, then getting a ticket to the expo is a sure fire way to do some investigating. Remember that technology is moving quickly and that movement is bringing about new things to enter the market that no one had ever thought of before. If you love gambling then this is the place to be. In fact, the expo is set to be so popular that there are signs already that it is going to easily be a sellout. Bally Technologies already announced that the company won two bids to provide operational equipment in two Canadian lotteries. The two different provinces are hoping that Bally Technologies is able to streamline their overall gaming protocols and help them to promote to a bigger market as a result. It is estimated that this deal is well worth over $100,000,000 for the company in coming years and it is no wonder executives are ready for the challenge.

This is a sign of how quickly things are changing and how technology is pushing everything in the world of gambling forward. No longer do you have to settle for what is out there—the gaming expo is one place where you should be able to see some things that no one ever before has seen in the market. So far in attendance are going to be major slot machine players and companies that develop and manufacture them. Table gaming experts are also taking up tables there this year plus the online market’s representative will also be there. Together they will paint a picture of what the future of casino gambling is going to be and how they can better serve the overall global gaming public.

In the mean time, Ohio voted this month to approve gambling, but gambling opponents have threatened to file lawsuits to try to overturn the election results. The American Gaming Association polled subscribers to the AGA Smart Brief, a daily online gaming industry news source that posed five questions about the state of the gaming industry. Forty-four percent of those polled said that the industry’s current business environment is getting better. Thirty-one percent thought conditions are still lagging, but not better or worse. Forty-four percent believe it will take up to three or four years before the industry can fully recover and return to what it was pre-recession. “Without a doubt, the gaming industry is facing a long road to recovery,” Fahrenkopf said. “However, I consider these results a sign that there is optimism within our industry that we are turning a corner.”

Fahrenkopf said most of the growth projected is fueled towards the online gambling industry. He believes that that will be the true direction gambling will take and the market should take off quickly. In the group’s survey, 39 percent of the respondents thought the legalization and regulation of Internet gaming would dominate the industry news. Currently there are two bills awaiting review by Congress that center on legalization and regulation of online gambling. They are focused on changing the UIGEA of 2006, a law that has proven to be ineffective when it comes to monitoring online gambling.  The UIGEA has too many holes in it and defines little in terms of what “gambling” really is and what activities fall under the umbrella term. Rather the UIGEA focused on putting the responsibility of flagging and banning transactions related to gambling into the hands of financial institutions. Banks were left to decide what transactions are legal and which ones weren’t.  The AGA has taken a neutral stance on internet gaming because its members have different views. Fahrenkopf thought the issue would probably be addressed at the association’s board meeting in December of this year. What the outcome is has yet to be found, but the AGA most likely will have no choice but to get on board with the profound rise in internet gaming.

Industry insiders are analyzing the gaming industry and giving a realistic projection of what is going to happen for the coming months. Though the recession is over and the casino industry is showing nascent signs of recovery, it may take three to four years total before casinos are back to normal.  For the past 18 years the casino industry has been suffering greatly as a result of the overall economy and shown little to no sign of a turnaround.  At the annual Global Gaming Expo, the American Gaming Association President Frank Fahrenkopf Jr. said he discounts comments from economists who say the recession is over.  Fahrenkopf says that he is “waiting for more proof.”

For the beginning of 2009 casinos have brought in total revenues of $7.8 billion dollars and that’s a 5.5% decrease from last year.  Fahrenkopf said, “The news is better.  We’re seeing some signs of a recovery and some have said we hit bottom. It’s still challenging.” The Global Gaming Expo, which is the gaming industry’s leading trade show and convention, was hosted at the Las Vegas Convention Center and it was where Fahrenkopf and other industry insiders voiced their opinions and projections of the gaming industry as a whole.

The American Gaming Association is co-producer of the G2E event, along with Reed Exhibitions. Fahrenkopf said, “That’s actually in line with what the tradeshow industry is experiencing. We lost some of the smaller exhibitors, but the large gaming companies are still here.” During his speaking portion of the show Fahrenkopf said that there are good signs that the casino industry is turning around. In Colorado, Missouri and Indiana numbers are up and are mostly due to more “liberalized gaming regulations.” New casinos have opened in Pennsylvania, and the state is looking at adding table games to the slot machine-only market. “I expect the governor to sign a bill authorizing table games in the next two months,” Fahrenkopf said.

Though there are signs that the overall economy is growing, there are other portions of the economy that are stagnant. Atlantic City, for example, has been suffering for a long time and is showing no signs of recovery. The gambling Mecca has lost a large chunk of its customer base to the neighboring state.

Part two coming next.