This has become big news for the poker online business in the UK, but US trademark owners will also find a lot of new business opportunities.  Some of the companies that are looking to reenter the online gambling and poker online market in the US have already expressed that interest to the media through press releases of corporate partnerships.

Apps for playing poker is the new big thing, you can now get poker apps for Android and iPhone. Nearly every day there semes to come  a new gaming app for casinos or poker rooms.

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Other informative Youtube videos have been released to the public from local and state governments. These can be anything from a public service announcement to how to run for mayor. In places like North Carolina, casinos on YouTube have become popular, because these videos show some of the great casinos that the state has to offer. Other videos that are around are videos of landscapes, snow and even sports such as skiing, swimming and hockey.

Creating a YouTube video has never been easier and if you want to get a lot of views, then it should either be very funny, very sad or just helpful. Instructional videos get a fair number of views, but in comparison to casino videos on YouTube, they come nowhere close to those numbers.

Zynga already has a highly popular online poker game and are one of the better known casino apps makers in the gaming industry already.  Zynga games has an exclusive deal with Facebook and thus, will already have an advantage over smaller casino apps developers that have to pay for their advertising.  In the long run, this move could be bad of the online gaming community and especially bad for the gambling community.

More information will be released as Zynga informs the press about their plans for new casino apps.

According to BBC News and the Associated Presses cloud storage was not only a buzzword for 2011, it had already started becoming a part of daily life for most homes in the UK.  Cloud storage was first created back in the late sixties, well the concept did and then went into a jog in early 2000.  It wasn’t until 2010 and 2011 that cloud storage became a household word.  Now, services such as dedicated servers, managed hosting and co-location servers have become a part of everyday life for those that own any piece of tech that is attached to the web.

With Cloud storage having become such an integral part in the evolution of modern technology, more companies are looking at ways to integrate it into their daily operations.  Several UK companies have already moved to a completely cloud networking platform while others are in the middle of the transfer process.

Cloud storage and cloud computing services are definitely here to stay.  Amazon, Microsoft and other large named cloud storage companies have made it a possibility and now, smaller resellers of those services are also making a profit on the concept.  Cloud storage is a game-changing technology just as cable tv was back in the early 80′s.

Poker players and enthusiasts alike can now find the best poker action on YouTube. With recent news of online poker returning to the United States, poker video like pokerstars now has become a hit sensation on YouTube with a gusto of renewed interest.

Poker Tournament Action Videos

Along with some of the best poker tournament action videos, there has also been a wave of new YouTube videos on how to shuffle, how to play poker and how to perform chip tricks.  Chip tricks obviously have no value for the exclusive online poker player, but a number of  pubs in the States still run charity poker and non-gambling poker tournaments.  Here some good online poker videos on youtube Genting Poker

Poker Videos on YouTube

Along with poker videos on YouTube have also appeared a number of card related gaming videos.  Blackjack and online poker are currently leading the pack in the number of videos within the genre of card gaming.  Coming in third is Magic the Gathering videos which still holds a worldwide popularity that has not been matched since it first appeared.

UK Italy and France Join the Gaming League

Online casino gambling in Europe is now being led by these top three nations UK, Italy and France.  Each member of the EU has gotten all of their ducks in a row and have their gambling laws exactly how they need to be to be inline with recent regulation changes from the EU regarding online gambling.  Italy is already seeing a profit from opening up their online casino market from the previously government controlled system.

The UK has been the leader in online casino gaming for some time, but many were curious as to which nations would be within the top three.  There was speculation that Germany and Spain would be within the top three but neither Germany online casinos nor Spain are even in the top ten in terms of profits from online casinos this year.

Italy is quickly becoming one of the most popular nations for the Asian market as many of the Asian countries use Italian online casinos to gamble.  This is giving Italy a very nice edge over some of the other countries that are vying to get into the top three.

The casino game has taken on a new and more popular face around the world lately.  With news that the US will begin to allow online gambling into their borders again and the Italy casino game going smoothly; online gambling is now being seen as the money maker for countries that it is.

More countries in the EU are also working to get their gambling laws in order so that they may introduce or re-introduce online gambling.  Those countries right now are Germany and Spain.  Italy is seeing the most benefit, but Italian citizens had to be reminded recently that they have to pay taxes on their winnings from online gambling.

The UK is well known for their bookmaking shops on nearly every corner, but recent legislation may make it hard for those bookmakers to operate.  New taxation may be a redirection from lowering tax requirements for UK operations that focus on online gambling operations.  This potential change in the taxation of bookmaking businesses may drive the smaller bookmakers out of business.

Is preferential treatment being given to the larger, online gambling companies?  Absolutely, as those companies produce more jobs.  Some are concerned that a piece of UK history is slowly being phased out and that might very well be the case.  More bookmakers have closed in 2011 than in the past ten years combined.

Bookmakers videos: Bet365 Betting Video

UK Bookmakers

The same services that brick bookmaker operations offer can now be found at online bookmakers.  One of the largest online bookmaking companies is Ladbrokes and they have been seeing a decline in their business at the brick bookmaker aspect of their business.

Google and Sony are partnered up to bring tv watchers a new way to watch live tv online.  The service that was first announced last year has finally come to pass with a mega deal made with Sony.  Basically Sony builds the internet televisions and Google supplies the app content.  Sony also owns hundreds of thousands of movie and television titles which will be part of the service that the two companies have created.  GoogleTV may not be in every house yet, but both Sony and Google are already household names.

TV Content

The service will be able to the US and then the rest of the world later.  Companies like SkyGo which are partnered with Microsoft are already live in the UK and have been so for a number of years.  There are also other companies planning on developing live tv online services as well as content for those devices.

Justin TV is turning video games into a spectator sport.  Players from countries far and wide are showing their skills by broadcasting games on internet television.  Justin TV Sports video games are one of the most popular games to broadcast, but there is also a huge base of players broadcasting role playing games that are single player.  The most popular of the games are those that require teamwork like Modern Warfare 3, Team Fortress and others.

Sports Games

While some games are being broadcast right from the PC, others are broadcasts of Xbox 360 and PS3.  Sports games are the basic staple of any PS3 owner, where Xbox360 has far less licensed sports games.  More games are being launched this year that require team play, but by far, the most popular game of the year in broadcasting has been Starcraft 3.