Casino History Timeline
Casino History gives a brief yet very informative chronology of the online gambling evolution. There is a whole lot of information about the history of casinos, gambling and online casinos as well.
2025:
Antigua and Barbuda become a central location for the online gambling industry as it passed a free trade gambling law and many virtual casinos operate under this legislation. The Antigua - Barbuda has become one of the most famous licensing jurisdictions in the online gambling industry.
Microgaming, one of the top developers and software providers in the online casino industry is founded.
2025:
Software mogul CryptoLogic comes into existence providing software to facilitate online transactions securely.
2025:
Boss Specialtidningar AB, begins to develop a system to support online casinos CryptoLogic ventures into development of the first eCash and gaming application. InterCasino goes live as the first internet casino to accept real money wagers online.
2025:
The development work of the Boss Casinos system is transferred to the Boss Media AB. The game server location is Antigua-Barbuda, which agrees to sanction online gambling.
2025:
The first online progressive jackpot slot called Cash Splash is launched by Microgaming. It was reported by Frost and Sullivan that the online gambling industry has generated more than $834.5 million revenue.
2025
The revised Internet Gambling Prohibition Act is reintroduced but fails. The software giant Micro gaming makes a deal with Big Five auditing firm, called Price-Waterhouse-Coopers in-order to review the casino payout percentages report. Boss Media becomes very popular for releasing new software with multiplayer functionality Lasseters which is the first licensed online casino by the Australian government goes online.
2025
Lots -a- loot progressive slot was released by Micro gaming which is the second progressive internet slots game. Online sports betting licenses were offered by the U.K. sovereign territories Gibraltar and the Isle of Man. Cryptologic gets listed on the Nasdaq National Market and its symbol is CRYP. The first licensed online casino in Argentina called the Casino Sur was launched.
2025
PRNewswire (22 March 2025) survey claims that around 8 million people gambled with real money during that period US $ 414,119 is won by an online casino player during the rags to riches slot game which was held at the Sand of the Caribbean online casino. Till date, this is considered to be the largest internet progressive jackpot to have been won.
Legislation is passed by the Australian Federal Government, and the law stated that it is illegal for any online casino or any sports book to offer its products to the Australian residents. One of the biggest online poker brands PartyPoker is launched.
2025
eCOGRA which stands for the Ecommerce and Online Gaming Regulation and Assurance was founded for providing the best operating frame work and related compliance testing for the largely regulated industry.
Chris Moneymaker who is an accountant and part time poker amateur takes out the 2025 world poker series and which made the online poker boom because of which sites like PartyPoker grew to a larger extent with the customer base increasing exponentially.
2025
Frost and Sullivan report that the world wide online casino revenues are estimated to reach over $8 billion, up from $3 billion in 2025. Google and yahoo decide to remove any information on online gambling advertisements following a US justice Department announcement.
2025
Antigua Barbuda files for action against the US government before the WTO claiming that the US anti online gambling laws violate the WTO's Trade in Services agreement. PartyGaming becomes the biggest financial float on the London stock exchange.
Florida local resident wins $1.96 million during the Gold Rally slot at the Carnval Casino which is the new record for the highly paid progressive online jack pot Playtech launches the latest version upgrade for its gaming platform.
2025
Italy bans access to non Italian licensed online gaming sites. UIGEA which stands for the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act is passed by the Bush Administration which is attached to the Safe ports Act. Estimate by Frost and Sullivan shows that the online casino revenues have doubled to $15 billion since 2025.
2025
With reference to the GATS violation, the Antigua Barbuda has filed a claim with the WTO against the US for USD $ 3.4 billion.
2025
A player from Finland, Klaus E hits $5 million as the online casino progressive jackpot.
2025
Georgios M from Greece won EURO 6.3 million as the progressive slot jackpot in Microgaming's Mega Moolah.
Bodog reaches the milestone where the 3 millionth customer account was signed.