The mayor of Ottawa is in a tough faceoff with the owner of the Ottawa Senators over the OLG proposed casino for the region. Mayor Jim Watson wants only the Rideau Carlton Raceway considered as the sole location for the casino, while Senators owner Eugene Melnyk wants Scotiabank Place, home of the Senators, also under…
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PokerStars reached a milestone yesterday by dealing its 100 billionth hand of online poker. The landmark hand paid out over $103,000 to the winner, while also distributing over $2 million in cash prizes to all players who were online the moment the 100 billionth hand was dealt. The landmark hand was watched over by dozens…
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Only two weeks remain until Parliament rises for the summer, and sportsbetting reformists are getting their message out now to pressure Senators into voting on the sportsbetting bill, known as Bill C-290. MP Brian Masse, the leader of the sportsbetting reformists, will host what his office describes as a “rainbow coalition” of single game betting…
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The US Department of Justice reached a settlement with the owners of PokerStars last year, in which charges were dropped “with prejudice” in exchange for hundreds of millions in reimbursements for online poker player accounts. However, the settlement with the company never extended to PokerStars CEO Mark Scheinberg, who remained under investigation. Scheinberg, who was…
Read moreOnline casinos are internet or digital versions of traditional, land-based casinos. Functioning as internet gaming rooms, digital casinos are the core of the online gambling industry and have grown increasingly popular across Canada over the years. The migration from offline to online casinos is one of the most interesting trends in Canada’s gambling industry, which…
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While the Toronto casino proposal was overwhelmingly rejected by city council last month, the debate could continue in the weeks or months ahead. Toronto Mayor Rob Ford and his brother, Councilor Doug Ford mentioned on their weekend radio show that they would reopen debate on expanded gambling at the Woodbine racetrack. The OLG casino proposals…
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Google is the dominant web search engine in Canada with approximately 67 percent of the market share. Fellow search engine Bing is attempting to compete with Google for Canadian market share, and announced it will use online gambling advertisements to differentiate from other competitors. Search engine advertisements are different from standard search engine results. Advertisements…
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What does the OLG’s gambling modernization strategy mean for the economic strength of Ontario? Is using gambling to fill revenue gaps in the provincial budget a measure of desperation, or an adaption to the times? The promotion of privatized casinos in the province’s biggest cities has proven less successful than the OLG initially anticipated. The…
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Gloria Mackenzie, an 84 year old woman who lives around Tampa, Florida, has been on Cloud 9 ever since the Powerball lottery drawing on May 18. Mackenzie won a life-changing $370.9 million lump sum of the Powerball jackpot, and chose to take the lump sum upfront. However, the family waited two weeks before claiming the…
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Benny Chen is a restaurant manager in Prince Edward Island, who enjoys playing poker in his free time. Chen registered in the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Millionaire Maker No Limit Hold’em event, alongside over 6,300 other poker players. But Chen was the last man sitting at the poker table, and walked away nearly $1.2…
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