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Nevada had already passed legislation aimed at regulating online gambling and poker and so did DC, and with New Jersey eyeing a similar move, this may all just be the tip of the iceberg.

The question now no longer seems to be whether or not online gambling will be legalized and regulated in 2012, but rather on what level this will happen. The DoJ ruling has virtually unshackled states in the matter: any state that wants to can now legalize and regulate online gambling. Federal lawmakers are currently well aware of the fact that they need to make a move soon if they intend to push through federal regulation, otherwise the states may just beat them to it and regulate things for themselves. Federal-level legalization and regulation would be the preferred way to go according to many, as it would offer better safeguards against illegal and problem gambling and it would tackle regulation issues much more efficiently.

The path that led to the above said DoJ ruling was an interesting one: the ruling came in response to a question the states of New York and Illinois addressed to the DoJ. The two states were seeking clarification in the matter of lottery tickets and the Wire Act’s applicability over the online trading of these tickets. The resulting response was obviously a blessing for the online poker and online gambling industries. The possibilities opened by the ruling are truly bewildering indeed. Sites legalized and regulated in the US will not only be able to accept players from other states, they will also be able to accept players from outside the US. The potential for growth for such operations will therefore be quite limitless.

Affiliates will pop up too and old affiliates will be revived. The entire industry will finally breathe a sigh of relief, like a poker prop does when the monthly rake rebate lands in his poker account. What is a prop? He's a smart online poker player!

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Last year the award was won by Sun Bingo, and after they used it in their newspaper promotions it has made the award even more sought after thanks to increased public awareness.

In the new sites category, of which there are around 50 candidates, there are once again a large number of Dragonfish skins (sites which are essentially the same, but have a different appearance). Some of the more innovative sites to launch this year will be hoping their unique features will help them win the award. These include Wonder Bingo, who also have a successful Facebook game, and Popstars Bingo, which features live bingo callers.

You can vote for your favourite sites at http://www.whichbingo.co.uk/online-bingo-site-of-the-year/ until December 31st. Winners are being announced in January 2012.

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It is hard to believe that we last did a Topboss update in December 2010 - time certainly flies!

What has Topboss been up to during the past 6 months? Quite a lot actually - there has been some good and some bad, but let us start with the bad so that we can end off on a positive note!

Simply put - Our industry is in turmoil at the moment - The online gambling industry was left reeling on April 15 2011, which has been dubbed as "Black Friday" when The US Justice Department unsealed an indictment against the founders of 3 of the largest poker rooms - Full Tilt Poker, Absolute Poker and Poker Stars, seizing their domain names, freezing accounts and shutting them down. A week later they seized various bingo and casino sites which were all allowing USA players. In many cases they arrested the owners and charged them with money laundering offences under the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act ( UIGEA )

As a result, American gamblers were left without a legitimate place to bet online and were left wondering if they will ever see the money they have in accounts tied to the now frozen websites. This resulted in many other online casinos closing their doors before they were next on the grizzly Department of Justice list.

One of the programs which closed down was Best Casino Partner, but the problem is that they shut down their affiliate program and did not pay affiliates ( including ourselves ) but they continue to operate their casinos and are still taking deposits from players!! Read more about this at Topboss Affiliates.

We also had a blow of our own by having to hand over our white label casino - 32 Royal.com to 32 Red PLC who threatened to sue us if we did not hand the domain over to them as they apparently have a trademark on the number "32" . What Judge in their right mind can grant a trademark on a number???? But be that as it may - it was not worth fighting them as 32 Vegas who are owned by William Hill suffered the same fate after a long drawn out court case. The worst of it is that 32 Red had the cheek to send out a press release announcing the seizure of our domain, which makes our blood boil further!!

On the South African front - Piggs Peak announced the date for the appeal of the judgement against them which will determine whether it will be legal for online gamblers from South Africa to play at their casinos. We are keeping our fingers crossed that they win their appeal.

Now onto the good news!

In March 2011 we changed our name from Topboss Online to Topboss Media, as this is what we are about - media and advertising. We launched our new website - Topboss Media and our aim is to get a bigger presence on social media networks. You can now find us on Facebook - Topboss Media ( still a work in progress ) and Topboss Group , Twitter - Topboss and Topboss Media and of course You Tube where you can see some videos we have made of various slot games.

Did you know that Topboss also does Internet Banner Design ? We already design banners for many of the online casinos - static banners and flash banners, but we offer banner design for any industry - If you have a website and want to advertise your business on other websites - you need banners! Contact us for a quote. Our rates are reasonable.

Many people also don't know that we do a monthly newsletter - Please subscribe to our newsletter - It is Free! You can have a read of our June Newsletter to get an idea of the sort of information we include. South African Players can sign up at our Players Club Forum to become involved in the SA gambling industry.

We haven't launched as many new websites as we normally do as we have been spending our time revamping and updating our existing websites, but of course we couldn't resist adding a few new sites to our portfolio so here they are:

Casino Pounds is dedicated to UK Casinos , Online Casino Advisor is a general online casino review site and our 3 new blogs are Ipod Gaming, Blog Online Casinos and Blog Slots.

We are also still busy with our Frontpage to Dreamweaver conversion and have now completed Rand Casinos, Play in Euro, Casinos on the Web, Club 777 and Topboss UK

We have a new addition to our team - Tamaryn who is the Personal Assistant to the owners and does all of our video editing. Welcome to Topboss Tamaryn!

Well thats all folks - until our next update ......

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For this very reason I decided to write this article to dispel some of the myths around gambling online, and more specifically the banking, depositing side of things. I am referring specifically to credit card transactions, however most e-wallets like Neteller, Moneybookers, Eco Card etc. operate on the same basis.

The most important thing to remember is that all credit card transactions performed over the internet are done via a SSL encrypted channel. SSL stands for secure socket layer, which simply means that it is processed over a secure connection via a 3rd party processor directly linked to your bank. The casino does not see the actual credit card account number or data, so it is actually safer than paying for a meal at your local restaurant with a credit card!

You are also protected from potential fraudsters using your card as most online casinos have very stringent security procedures to the point of being quite irritating if truth be told. i.e When you request a cashout of your winnings, the casino will often insist that you send a copy of your credit card and identification document so that they can prove that you are the legal owner of the card. This is only for the 1st withdrawal, subsequent withdrawals are processed with ease once they have done the initial verification.

The beauty of using credit cards is that it takes less than 5 minutes to process and the money is available in your casino account immediately. There is also an added feature which many people do not know exist, and this is called a chargeback. Unfortunately some gamblers use this facility when they have exceeded their bank roll and have gambler remorse, so they simply chargeback the funds by telling their bank that the transaction is fraudulent or unauthorised. Please note that this is not recommended and will get you banned by the online casino in question!

However, if you genuinely discover that someone ( like a family member ) has used your credit card without your knowledge, then you can request a chargeback from your bank and they will then retract the funds from the casino in question.

Unfortunately some banks ( especially in the USA ) have a policy that they do not process gambling transactions, and in these instances your credit card will be declined, regardless of whether there is funds in the account or not. There is not much you can do about this asides from changing banks or using another deposit method.

In short - it is safe to use your credit card on the internet at online casinos.