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Sunday, 16 November 2008 03:28

Microgaming’s announcement last week that it was abandoning the United States online gambling market put a big dent in the industry. All operators under the Microgaming umbrella have blocked all US sign ups, which has left Americans to seek new alternative options for their online gambling.

While this would seem a daunting task with so many legal barriers now stacked against the US player. However, there are still a good many online casinos that will accept US players, at least for the time being, anyway. The hope is that the new Obama administration and a strongly Democratic Congress will see sense and call a halt to the rot that has begun to set in to the US online gambling industry.

So which online casinos can still be found that will accept US players with open arms, while risking the wrath of the same lawmakers from which Microgaming decided that detachment rather than discretion was the better part of valour?   

Well, there are still some big names remaining in the US online gambling arena, such as Real Time Gaming, Vegas Technology and Rival Gaming to name a few. These all have a good selection of online casinos under their collective wings that will currently accept US players.

Real Time Gaming software powers no less than 45 casinos. Amongst these are Bodog Casino, Club Player Casino, Club USA Casino, Rushmore Casino, Crown Vegas Casino and Sunset Palace Casino. All Real Time Gaming powered casinos are currently continuing to accept US players.

Rival Gaming came on the scene in 2006 and has since built up its reputation as a solid provider of online casino software. They are particularly well known for their innovative slots games software. They have 7 casinos operating under their wing, including DaVinci’s Gold Casino, Superior Casino and Paradise 8 Casino. All their casinos accept US sign ups.

Vegas Technology has been operating for nearly ten years and has built up a solid reputation for high class casinos with top quality games. One of their best known casinos, English Harbour Casino is one of the industry’s leading online gambling establishments. Other casinos include Online Vegas Casino, Super Slots Casino and Silver Dollar Casino. There are 9 Vegas Technology powered casinos in all that accept US players.

There are other well known online casinos such as SportsBook.com which only accepts US players, leaving enough online casinos to keep US gamers occupied while making extra profit from the many players who must now desert Microgaming casinos.