Costa Rica is regarded as being slighlty questionable, there are no software testing requirements for example.  As regards bandwidth operators have to deal with a state monopoly.

Gibraltar is on the Uk white list as per Alderney, its another ginat in terms of the amount of market share it has gathered.

Isle of Man is on the UK white list - respectable perhaps too severe in its application of a regulated approach meant that it was prohibative to work from this territory when they legalised online gaming some years ago.

Kahnawake is an Indian reservation in Canada - due to the rights in the states for Indian tribes to use gaming to ensure the continuation of their traditions etc this is how the Mohawkes operate a massive server centre.  They are not part of the UK white list and suffered some loss of business as a result.

Malta as its in the EU has been growing dramatically. This could become the biggest of the lot in time.

Netherland Antilles despuite the name quite a stand up location with some good regulations.

Panama sketchy details on this location only but regulations appear to be very light weight.

Tasmania as one would expect is heavily regulated.

United Kingdom the death knell for the UK was the decsion to charge heavily on taxes. Making the comparison between this location and Gibraltar and Alderney worthless.  Most major high street brands have lept their web sites off shore as a result.

Gamcare - offers advice on the most appropriate approach for social responsability for the online gaming business

IBAS - Impartial adjudicator on disputes between punter and operator (The Independant Betting Adjudication Service)

IGC - provides a forum to address common interests in th global interactive gaming space

RGA - The Remote Gambling Association - resulted from the merger of ARGO ( Association of remote Gambling Operators and the IGGBA ( Interactive Gaming Gambling and Betting Association). Offers a single voice on issues of importance as relates to regulators.

EGBA - European Gaming and Betting Association - represents Party Gaming, bwin Group, Unibet, Bet-at-home.com, Caremen Media Group, Expect, and Interwetten.

2) Betfair.com "Sports, Casino, Poker" - through very successful lobbying Betfair has changed attitudes to its service in the UK and Australia.  The company has created a unique sports betting system awash with liquidity which is the benchmark for exchange betting.

3) Bwin.com - a giant in online gambling, Bwin has been acquiring comapnies to bulk up its one fo the few companies in Igaming to pull off substantial purchases in these tough times.

4) Cryptologic - one of the oldest software suppliers for the online Casino side of things, has secured branding deal with the likes of Marvel recently as well as powering the likes of Intercasino and William Hill Casino.

5) Playtech - they offer some of the most innovative online gaming platfroms around for Poker, Bingo and Casino as well as live, mobile and other offerings.

6) PokerStars - It has a policy of still taking US bets which has given it a massive share of the online poker market - a risky stand point in any ones book but is seems to be paying off so far.

7) Microgaming - a secrative buiness which powers the largest online casinos in the world.

8) PartyGaming - huge force in online poker they have struggled to build on this in other products and markets since their US troubles when they cancelled all US poker accounts.

9) Everest Poker - their attention has been firmly on the non US and non UK poker player and it has paid off.

10) FullTiltPoker - Full Tilt Poker is an important part of the US business they have grown by using the ruputations of the finest offline poker players in the world to build up the business.