The ongoing questions surrounding PokerStars and whether the company will successfully enter the New Jersey gambling market continue to top the news within Atlantic City. The world’s largest online poker room plans to purchase the Atlantic Club casino, but the bid was challenged by local gaming groups. The New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement (DGE)…
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Nearly half of Toronto’s city councilors entrenched themselves firmly against the OLG casino proposal only days prior to Mayor Rob Ford’s casino sub-committee meeting. The sub-committee is debating the conclusions laid out in a city staff report released earlier this month, and recommendations at the committee will then pass onto the entire city council for…
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The Ontario government plans to incorporate online casinos into the OLG’s gaming modernization strategy. The OLG announced a joint partnership with Spielo G2 last week to develop internet gambling software for the expected PlayOLG.ca website. The announcement was made just prior to a Responsible Gambling Council conference in Toronto this week, which will discuss an…
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The ‘No Toronto Casino’ campaign gathered support from another city councilor in Gloria Lindsay Luby, who represents Etobicoke Centre. The declaration from Luby brings the number of councilors officially opposed to the casino dangerously close to the majority vote they need to defeat the OLG casino proposal. Luby spoke with many of her fellow councilors…
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The OLG’s gaming modernization strategy includes the development of a provincially regulated online casino, which will allow Ontarians to gamble without leaving their homes. The organization plans to enact the online gambling site by the end of 2013, and announced this week that Spielo G2, a UK based gaming development company, will design the casino…
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Illegal sportsbetting operations, such as the Superbowl betting party in Markham a few months ago, are making international headlines due to the reputations of the online gambling domains. The US Justice Department made a similar raid on an illegal betting site this week, which reinforce the fact that online gambling and sportsbetting laws in the…
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After months of intense scrutiny and debate within Canada’s chamber of sober second thought, the sportsbetting bill, legally identified as Bill C-290, is expected to be defeated by Senators opposed to the legislation. If the bill fails to pass, it will be the first time in Canadian history that a motion passed with unanimous support…
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After 13 months of arguing the pros and cons of the OLG proposed casino along the Toronto waterfront, city council appears ready to make its decision. Pro-gambling advocates in the city and on council, including Mayor Rob Ford, will be disappointed to see that most councilors are siding with the majority of the public in…
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The March Madness grand finale was an exciting night where the best in the league tipped off to crown the champions of the NCAA. The tournament was rife with upsets, which either made or cost sports bettors who gambled on the outcome of the tournament. In the end, neither the odds or what the media…
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The long awaited Toronto city staff report analyzing the costs and benefits of a casino was publicly released on the same day that Mayor Rob Ford issued a letter of support for the OLG proposal. Staff members describe the report as a tool to “inform council’s decision” prior to the vote scheduled for next week,…
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