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Microgaming Pull-out was Biggest Disappointment of 2008

In terms of what made headlines in the world of online slots and casino gambling, Microgaming’s unprecedented pull-out from the U.S. market was the news that sent the biggest shockwaves through the industry. In the chill of November, the biggest online gambling software provider in the world issued a release saying that it would be blocking American IP addresses from accessing its casinos, due to increased paranoia about enforcement of the infamous Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act, or UIGEA.

Without a doubt, Microgaming is THE name in casino technology today. That Microgaming has the biggest array of new, exciting, and lucrative online slots; the very best casino licensees; and the best reputation in the industry is so widely considered as to be practically accepted as fact by now. Some players in the United States have made the decision to actually give up their love of online slot machine play rather than to try and find a substitute for their love of Microgaming software and gambling sites.

Online casino review hub CasinoMeister named the Microgaming Pull-Out as the Biggest Disappointment of 2008 in its annual Casino Awards, which were announced at the end of last month. CasinoMeister wasn’t saying anything that players across America didn’t already know. The loss of Microgaming is a huge blow for a national gambling industry already devastated by the ravages of the UIGEA, and may just be a sign of terrible things to come. From day to day, more and more sites are shutting their doors to American players, and there’s no end in sight.

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