Diary of a Mad Editor

Yesterday I was reading an article in a regional newspaper discussing the possibility of legalizing online gambling in New Jersey. In the early days of the Internet, recall that there were plenty of online casinos where players could win and lose real money. However, the government started cracking-down on these operations, largely do to powerful casino lobbyist in Atlantic City and Las Vegas because they didn’t want the competition. As such, many of the older online casino evolved into virtual gaming sites to avoid future prosecution for online gambling. It’s interesting to see, in the wake of a major recession and record losses, casinos are changing their tune. Now that they have something to gain from investing in online gaming, they want to change the rules. What that means is that instead of just having online gaming sites where players play for virtual money, more and more of these site will once again become real online casinos. And, with the resurgence of gambling sites, it stands to reason there will be more sites about gambling sites. Onlinecasinoplanet is such a site.

Onlinecasinoplanet.org is not an online casino. It bills itself as an online resource for gambling enthusiasts. It’s web design is simple with fairly well-organized information. It’s compilation of contact info for offline casinos is rather impressive, but probably not comprehensive as I suspect there are far more casinos in the world than what is listed on this site. The reviews of online casinos are nothing special. There aren’t many of them — only a few and, rather than providing genuine unbiased reviews, the information looked to be taken directly from the online casinos’ web sites rather than being feedback from actual players. There are also some general articles about the most popular casinos games that are written for beginners. As such, this site might have some value for casual gamblers or non-gamblers, but it’s not a terribly useful resource for experienced players. I would recommend putting more effort into having actual reviews on the site and providing content useful to experienced gamblers ( like perhaps regularly featuring articles on high roller games, underground card games, etc.), because those are the people who will bring traffic to this site. There are too many other places for beginners to get useful information.