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In the ‘70s -- the early days of video games — gaming wasn’t an “industry.” There were just a few companies with a few employees in each. Everybody seemed to know everybody else and many of those early companies collaborated freely. First there was the “arcade boom” and that was followed by home computers, mobile devices and game consoles. Over the years, as the popularity of video gaming grew, the need for events where people involved in the industry could collaborate grew - whether it was to share tech know how, ideas for player perks like casino sign up bonus give-aways, new game development, gaming a.i. or an unlimited number of subjects. Thus was born an industry of its own – Games Industry Events.

There are few issues that are as polarized as the subject of online casino and land-based sports betting in the United States.  It is now legal for states legislatures to legislate sports betting for their states' residents but each state sees the issue differently. Some states show no interest in allowing sports betting in their jurisdictions while others had sportsbooks running within weeks of the Supreme Court ruling that allowed them to run legal sports betting in their states.

Looking for a no deposit bonus code?  Check out the PA lottery.  The first round in the battle between seven Pennsylvania casinos and the Pennsylvania lottery resulted in a win for the state’s new online iLottery.

According to estimates, half of Americans now live in states where sports betting is legal or will soon be legal. Sports betting is a $150 billion industry in the United States and New Jersey has now overtaken Nevada - where sports betting was once only available at Vegas casinos - in becoming the top state in monthly legal sports betting.

According to a recent report, casinos and hotels in Las Vegas have become soft targets for cybercriminals who are targeting the huge numbers of financial transactions and no deposit bonus codes that take place in those institutions every day. 

The online casino industry is a fast-growing market that is reaching more and more gamers every year. The industry has expanded at a compound annual rate of 9% over the last 7 years – three times higher than that of the global GDP.

On July 15th, Pennsylvania became the fourth state in which their local, land based casinos are now able to launch their own online version of themselves.  Of course, our own Grande Vegas Casino online has been available for the past 25 years.  This update is about a change to local, land-based casino activity.

The US gambling industry is growing. Now Virginia, a traditionally anti-gambling state, is stepping into the casino gambling waters, toes first, with small slot machine gambling venues that are sprouting around the state.  Bet they won't offer a new player casino sign up bonus, like our very own Grande Vegas does - but let's see....

Together with 7 other sports betting states, Arkansas has finished organizing the infrastructure to get sports betting with no deposit bonus codes up and running at the Oaklawn Racing Casino Resort in Hot Springs. Meanwhile, an online sportsbook has launched in West Virginia to give WV residents an extra wagering opportunity.

Antithesis to online casinos, like our very own Grande Vegas online casino, which encourage players to play responsibly within their budgets, Macau’s brick-and-mortar casinos are now using artificial intelligence to identify the players who are the most likely to lose the most money. The casinos have known for a long time that the longer a gamer plays, the more money he stands to lose.  Now casinos in Macau are employing digitally-enabled poker chips and baccarat tables, facial recognition technology and hidden cameras to track how individual customers behave at the betting table. The casinos then use that knowledge to determine the players' appetite for risk.