Many of these are legit, but unscrupulous companies crop up, knowing they can prey on Americans in an unregulated market.Īffactive Group becomes a prominent affiliate program in the US gaming market. These stock market-traded companies are replaced by offshore online casinos which are unregulated. The top European online gambling companies leave the US gaming market after the UIGEA goes into effect on December 31, 2006. The United States Congress passes the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act, as part of the Safe Port Act. Though they might have been in the online gaming industry before, Gery Shalon and Ziv Orenstein are known to be in the gaming industry by 2004. Shalon and Orenstein Enter Gaming Industry Online gambling gains in popularity around the globe, but the United States is the top market. Broadcasts of his win on ESPN gain mainstream notice and the Poker Boom begins.
Over the next few years, it becomes a trusted online casino brand for US and international gamblers.Ĭhris Moneymaker wins the 2003 World Series of Poker Main Event.
