Offshore Online Casino Sites Want Back In
International interest and investing in the major international gambling group
Party Gaming has increased this week in the wake of the new online casino
gambling proposed bill passing through vote in the House Financial Services
Committee. Party Gaming was once the largest international gambling site
operating in the world. The company had a huge share of the US market and US
gamblers accounted for nearly 70 percent of the company’s business. But when the
UIGEA passed into law Party Gaming, along with most other offshore online
casinos accessing the US market lost their revenues and business virtually over
night. Party Gaming has spent the intervening years building up a large base of
gamblers in the European market while also keenly watching the developments
within the US market and negotiating with the US officials for future licensed
entry into the US market should any pro-gambling legislation overturn the UIGEA.
Party Gaming maintained a hugely successful position in the US market prior to
the online casino gambling ban and international investors are betting that this
gambling group will experience a lot of growth should the US market legalize in
the coming years. Add to that the fact that Party Gamin and the hugely
successful European betting brand Bwin have merged and the result is a dynamic
and varied gambling group ready to really dominate the US market once again.
Once the news posted internationally that the bill passed through the House
Committee Party Gaming saw a 12 p rise in shares.
Although there are still many hurdles that the bill has to pass through before
online casinos will become legalized in the market, Party Gaming and several
other key gambling groups are taking this action as a positive sign and have
begun to develop their strategies and potential US facing products and brands. |