The police haven’t finished investigating an illegal Superbowl gambling party, according to York Regional Police Deputy Chief Bruce Herridge. Police have been conducting an ongoing investigation into the Platinum Sports Book online casino, and so far have connected the website to an organized crime ring – suspected to be the Hell’s Angels. On February 3…
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Last week New Jersey passed its online gambling bill into law, and became the third state to legalize internet bets in the US after Nevada and Delaware. Unfortunately, the state’s effort to legalize sportsbetting has been more difficult. Nevertheless, Governor Chris Christie vowed he would fight the federal ban that restricts sportsbetting outside of four…
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The OLG is ready to legalize online gambling in Ontario, which it says is part of its gaming modernization strategy. The organization says given the legalization in New Jersey as well as Manitoba enacting a PlayNow.com website that is licensed from British Columbia, Ontario will fall behind and lose millions of dollars without enacting its…
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During the course of his career with the Chicago Bulls, Dennis Rodman became known as one of the most controversial players in the game due to his bodily piercings and rebellious attitude. Fans of the NBA would often bet on Rodman’s theatrics, and what would be the next controversial move the disgruntled star made. However,…
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When Full Tilt Poker was granted approval to relaunch its real money gambling applications after a year and a half offline, the site was only given its gambling license after agreeing to a purchase from former rival PokerStars. The two online poker rooms now exist as sister sites with each other, but are still known…
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After a long process with multiple revisions and amendments, New Jersey has finally gone all in with online gambling. The state legislature passed the latest amendments to the online gambling bill early yesterday afternoon, and Governor Chris Christie signed the bill into law last night. Christie says the new law will yield significantly higher revenue…
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The winter has had its share of extremely cold nights and severe weather alerts in places like Toronto, and across all of Canada. Even in a country as developed as Canada, there are still citizens who are unable to afford a warm home on cold nights – including thousands of younger Canadians. In Toronto alone,…
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Over a year and a half ago, the name Black Friday became a historic term in the poker world when the US Department of Justice shut down the illegal operations behind Full Tilt Poker. Federal investigators built cases against the former executives of the online poker website, but lawyers negotiated settlements with the government in…
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The government of Canada has been responsible for notable cyber security breaches over the last few months, and this week another breach was brought to daylight. A federal agency lost a laptop, a USB data drive, and several documented reports on October 18 last year that sources admit contain personal information of gamblers who regularly…
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Gambling in Ontario has become a trending topic over the last several months on social media, in political chambers, and especially among every day citizens. The OLG casinos have become a very divisive issue, while Tim Horton’s Roll-Up-The-Rim contest, which is recognized as a culturally accepted form of gambling, is popularly underway. Private casino operators…
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