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United Kingdom Punters Make Up a Third of All European Internet Bettors

February 18th, 2010 Leave a comment Go to comments
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The web casino market in the United Kingdom has increased two fold in 5 years, with higher than a million punters commonly wagering by using the internet. According to a poll executed by the Department of Culture, Media and Sport, United Kingdom gamblers make up approx. one-third of Europe’s estimated total of 3.3 million online gamblers.

The typical cash figure wagered by every gamer is estimated at one thousand pounds, with the European business now valued at £3 500 000 000 each year.

Among the 70 net betting web sites in the United Kingdom, none are gaming websites advertising casino card games such as poker and chemin de fer. A majority of the world’s two thousand web gambling casinos are based in locations with questionable web casino standards. Antigua and Costa Rica account for more than 1,000 sites between them.

The Gov’t in the United Kingdom is looking to introduce rules and a tax setup to legalize the operating of the net gambling sector. With this type of laws in place, web wagering activities would be observed and the business will acquire even greater penetration in the in the years to come.

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