While in most jurisdictions in the US, it is specifically illegal to participate in online gambling, there are some states that do not have specific laws on the matter. Certain federal statutes do not specifically outlaw online gambling, however, they do make it illegal to transfer money for the purpose of online casino gambling.
The truth is that except for the specific state laws, there is no clear cut answer on the matter as a whole. Nonetheless, this leaves a large number online gambling webmasters who were running otherwise legitimate businesses merely through the act of building gambling portals to advertise and provide information for the online casinos who are left for the most part without a place to advertise.
With geographical targeting that is available, there is no reason that the mainstream advertising companies such as Google Adwords can’t allow these US-based webmasters to advertise on their service and simply force them to target their ads to non-US locations. This is easy enough to do with technology being what it is.
What about states in the US that are considering the legalization of certain forms of online gambling like Poker, which is considered to be a game of skill as opposed to a game of chance? The bottom line is that there simply is no clarity in the matter as a whole.
The whole point is that there is very little choice as to where those with online casinos and gambling portals can go to advertise their websites because of the available services that will not allow advertising for such sites. That’s the purpose of Gaming Hits. You can advertise your website through the use of contextual advertising, with your ads appearing on similar websites, so the traffic is already pre-qualified and interested in what you have to offer.
What’s more is that the ads can specifically target geographical areas, appearing only in the regions where you wish them to appear. While the service is relatively new, the traffic is definitely there and the best thing of all is that most keywords are still readily available at the minimum bid of 1 cent per click!