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offshore sports gambling is definitely here to stay. The governments of countries, which support the industry, can make a fortune on licensing and taxing the casino operators. The industry would take a serious hit if the US government were able to effectively stop people from placing bets at these offshore gambling establishments. Fortunately the US government probably has less control than they may believe over the matter. Due to the legal considerations of some countries, mostly the US of A, running an online casino or regular casino is either illegal, or next to impossible, and so entrepreneurs move to offshore gambling. There are only certain regions within the United States which casino proprietors are allowed to operate, and to get a offshore gambling license in one of these areas, you'd pretty much have to be able to buy a casino, in other words its expensive. Different countries however have different rules. Antigua for example is a small island somewhere that's probably south of you, and its government regulates offshore gambling for Internet casino operators. There are a lot of the offshore gambling sites you hear about, with their servers literally stored off of the shores of illegal offshore gambling areas. The term probably originates from a non-technical place. Ships and boats for example could travel offshore until they enter international waters, and the laws no longer apply. This would be a very physical form of offshore gambling. These days however when someone drops the term, they are most likely talking about offshore gambling at a site which hosts its servers offshore.
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