by Jerry "Jet" Whittaker

Dec 1, 2006

An introduction to offshore gambling:

The aspect of off-shore gambling covers online gambling, off-shore sport betting, and various other gaming resources. Researches conducted throughout the globe have shown that in the year 2005 gambling through the internet has generated revenue of $ 5 billion. Approximately 1,400 sites are being operated through the internet by almost 250 companies situated in many countries where internet gambling is either not regulated or is explicitly licensed. The list of those countries mostly includes Anguilla, Bahamas, British Virgin Islands, Costa Rica, Cyprus, Dubai, Gibraltar, Honk Kong, Ireland, Malta, Mauritius, Panama, Seychelles and Switzerland. Of course the United States is the only country where extensive control measures are being imposed on off shore gambling. Even if they are not banned they are tightly controlled and permitted only after being heavily taxed. And hence this reason has been one of the primary contributing factors for most of the online gambling companies being operating offshore. At present most of the betting and gambling have moved off shore since the turn over of this sector has been increasing rapidly as the previous unsatisfied has gained new heights of freedom in being operated from offshore countries.         

Role of Softwares in offshore gambling:

The success of any online offshore gambling site critically depends upon its softwares. Other than these features like a proven track record, security and trustworthy transaction method of gambling software also contributes largely to the popularity and fame of an offshore gambling site. At the same time it is also very much necessary to keep the gamblers and surfers up to date in the world of online gambling. Considering this point in mind many online gambling sites operated from offshore has providing an updated news section in order to cover the latest news and views on gambling like gambling cruises, offshore gambling happenings and the latest games. Other than this typical gambling software also offers real money transaction options and casino style activities of the popular gambling games including slot machine simulations, 21, roulette, craps, etc. Most of the softwares provided by online gambling offshore websites accept money deposits into the player’s real money forms of the popular poker games. Present day softwares are also equipped with auto responders that respond automatically to those surfers who want to register online in a specific website for online gambling.       

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