Online Gambling Boards Gone

May 9, 2008

It may seem like a small thing, but it really isn’t. The fact is that many look to them to get their information on a daily or weekly basis, and the fact that they are no longer available for the most part is disconcerting.

Of course I speak of the online gambling boards. They have been instrumental in processing the information that has come down the pike from the beginning up until now, and as fewer boards are being updated less information is being disseminated to the public.

Those days when online gambling first got started, people would turn to the boards to find out what new online casinos there were, how you played, what the tips and tricks were, etc. Now, it is completely different.

Many online gambling boards are still out there, but they have not been updated in months. The information on most of them is stale at best, and if you need help from your favorite forum chances are you are out of luck.

Traffic monitors such as Alexa are reporting a downward trend for those forums in the web traffic and in those that search for such postings of information. Some of the online gambling traffic would have slowed at certain times over the course of the year anyway with seasonal changes, but not as drastic a change as they have seen.

For the past two years, the number of active forum users has declined, and as they decline so does the advertising dollars which makes it harder for the sites to even stay updated and on the web. Experts say that it can undoubtedly be traced to the UIGEA.

 

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