Monthly Archives: February 2016

Ex-croupier sues Crown Resorts for ‘severe’ roulette table injuries

A 55-year-old woman is claiming that her previous job with Crown Resorts has left her unable to work in any capacity, local media reported.

According to the Herald Sun, Jo Taylor is asking for “hundreds of thousands of dollars in compensation” for the injuries she got while working at the roulette table. In her statement of claim, Taylor said she had to work “twisting, reaching and stretching across” a roulette table for long periods of time in 2011, and that she was also told to work even though the table’s chip-sorting machine had already conked out.

This, according to the woman’s claim, caused “undue stress” on her back, resulting in “severe injury with permanent residual disability and impairment.”

Taylor said Crown was negligent in at least 19 areas, which included ignoring her injury and complaints, failing to rotate staff’s work, failing to provide the staff with “ergonomically designed work station,” and failing to maintain its equipment “adequately.”

Ex-croupier sues Crown Resorts for ‘severe’ roulette table injuries

A 55-year-old woman is claiming that her previous job with Crown Resorts has left her unable to work in any capacity, local media reported.

According to the Herald Sun, Jo Taylor is asking for “hundreds of thousands of dollars in compensation” for the injuries she got while working at the roulette table. In her statement of claim, Taylor said she had to work “twisting, reaching and stretching across” a roulette table for long periods of time in 2011, and that she was also told to work even though the table’s chip-sorting machine had already conked out.

This, according to the woman’s claim, caused “undue stress” on her back, resulting in “severe injury with permanent residual disability and impairment.”

Taylor said Crown was negligent in at least 19 areas, which included ignoring her injury and complaints, failing to rotate staff’s work, failing to provide the staff with “ergonomically designed work station,” and failing to maintain its equipment “adequately.”

House stops bill aimed at boosting New Mexico Lottery

A proposal aimed to shore up New Mexico’s struggling lottery scholarship program was halted in the House.

The House Ways and Means Committee voted 5-8 on a “do-pass” motion on Senate Bill 180 Tuesday, which halted the bill’s progress.

The legislation, approved by the Senate on a 29-12 vote last week, would require the New Mexico Lottery Authority to provide $41 million a year for college scholarships. It would also remove the requirement for the lottery to funnel 30% of its monthly revenue to the state college scholarship program to allow the lottery to spend more money on advertising and promotion, draw in more players and offer bigger prizes, said Senate Finance Chair John Arthur Smith, the bill’s sponsor. That, in turn, could lead to an increase in lottery revenue and more money for scholarships.

“What we’re attempting to do is maximize the bottom line to the state for lottery scholarships,” said Smith.

House stops bill aimed at boosting New Mexico Lottery

A proposal aimed to shore up New Mexico’s struggling lottery scholarship program was halted in the House.

The House Ways and Means Committee voted 5-8 on a “do-pass” motion on Senate Bill 180 Tuesday, which halted the bill’s progress.

The legislation, approved by the Senate on a 29-12 vote last week, would require the New Mexico Lottery Authority to provide $41 million a year for college scholarships. It would also remove the requirement for the lottery to funnel 30% of its monthly revenue to the state college scholarship program to allow the lottery to spend more money on advertising and promotion, draw in more players and offer bigger prizes, said Senate Finance Chair John Arthur Smith, the bill’s sponsor. That, in turn, could lead to an increase in lottery revenue and more money for scholarships.

“What we’re attempting to do is maximize the bottom line to the state for lottery scholarships,” said Smith.

UK National Lottery adds humor in new campaign for online instant-win games

First there were flowers and dinners. Then came the humor.

The UK National Lottery—like a man trying to make a great first date impression—is showing its comic side in order to encourage customers to play its instant-win games online.

The new “No Chance” campaign involves six online short films, targeting not only frequent online lottery players but also those whose online behavior and profiles are similar to people who play Lotto or EuroMillions online.

All six ads shows a person in a “no chance” situation, which was then juxtaposed with the National Lottery’s promise that its players will have a “one in four” chance of winning a prize on the GameStore portfolio. All films finish with the characters either instant win scratch cards or mobile games, and a “click-to-play” call-to-action, which takes customers to the National Lottery’s GameStore website.

UK National Lottery adds humor in new campaign for online instant-win games

First there were flowers and dinners. Then came the humor.

The UK National Lottery—like a man trying to make a great first date impression—is showing its comic side in order to encourage customers to play its instant-win games online.

The new “No Chance” campaign involves six online short films, targeting not only frequent online lottery players but also those whose online behavior and profiles are similar to people who play Lotto or EuroMillions online.

All six ads shows a person in a “no chance” situation, which was then juxtaposed with the National Lottery’s promise that its players will have a “one in four” chance of winning a prize on the GameStore portfolio. All films finish with the characters either instant win scratch cards or mobile games, and a “click-to-play” call-to-action, which takes customers to the National Lottery’s GameStore website.

Confused MPs vow to submit views on Cyprus casino legislation despite getting ‘ambiguous’ translations

Members of the Cyprus Parliament are not letting a poorly translated copy of regulations get in their way of reviewing the legislative proposal that could bring the first casino to the country.

Local media outlets reported that parties pledged on Tuesday that “they will submit specific opinions and suggestions at the next parliamentary committee session” next week. The MPs expect the issue to be finished by March.

In July 2015, the Cypriot parliament voted 29-22 in favor of the long-delayed casino legislation, which would see a casino to be built on the Greek-controlled southern half of the island. Now, the lawmakers are busy going over the casino regulations, such as the “individual functions of a supervisory authority and control of the authority by the auditor-general.”

The MPs, however, were stumped by the proposal that had failed to clearly translate the adopted chapters—majority from gambling bills in other countries—into Greek. House Commerce Committee Chairman Zacharias Zachariou told local media outlets that there were ambiguities in the translated text.

Confused MPs vow to submit views on Cyprus casino legislation despite getting ‘ambiguous’ translations

Members of the Cyprus Parliament are not letting a poorly translated copy of regulations get in their way of reviewing the legislative proposal that could bring the first casino to the country.

Local media outlets reported that parties pledged on Tuesday that “they will submit specific opinions and suggestions at the next parliamentary committee session” next week. The MPs expect the issue to be finished by March.

In July 2015, the Cypriot parliament voted 29-22 in favor of the long-delayed casino legislation, which would see a casino to be built on the Greek-controlled southern half of the island. Now, the lawmakers are busy going over the casino regulations, such as the “individual functions of a supervisory authority and control of the authority by the auditor-general.”

The MPs, however, were stumped by the proposal that had failed to clearly translate the adopted chapters—majority from gambling bills in other countries—into Greek. House Commerce Committee Chairman Zacharias Zachariou told local media outlets that there were ambiguities in the translated text.

PartyPoker to revive brand amid fierce competition

There are plenty of changes going on at the PartyPoker and all of that is about resurrecting a brand, which used to dominate the online poker market.

In recent PartyPoker blog post, head of poker Tom Waters, said that he and his team are trying to revive the PartyPoker brand, which faces fierce competition on a daily basis.

Party has rolled out the first phase of its “Poker for the People” campaign in October which focuses on a friendly, fair player experience, and to increase the communication between the site and its players. It started with blocking third party tools on its new poker room and changing its VIP loyalty program, calling the new version Loyalty 2.0.

The company has also introduced its new improved Power Series tournament schedule and recently announced that players will no longer be charged fees for withdrawing funds from any and all payment options including ewallets Neteller, Skrill and Webmoney.

PartyPoker to revive brand amid fierce competition

There are plenty of changes going on at the PartyPoker and all of that is about resurrecting a brand, which used to dominate the online poker market.

In recent PartyPoker blog post, head of poker Tom Waters, said that he and his team are trying to revive the PartyPoker brand, which faces fierce competition on a daily basis.

Party has rolled out the first phase of its “Poker for the People” campaign in October which focuses on a friendly, fair player experience, and to increase the communication between the site and its players. It started with blocking third party tools on its new poker room and changing its VIP loyalty program, calling the new version Loyalty 2.0.

The company has also introduced its new improved Power Series tournament schedule and recently announced that players will no longer be charged fees for withdrawing funds from any and all payment options including ewallets Neteller, Skrill and Webmoney.

EPG (Easy Payment Gateway) and iGC (iGaming Cloud) start working together.

EPG (www.easypaymentgateway.com) is pleased to confirm it has signed a contract with iGC (www.iGamingCloud.com) , the leading international B2B platform provider, to provide the payment gateway to over 200 solutions, for its market leading gaming platform.

Alex Capurro, CEO and founder of EPG, said: “We are delighted to have been selected to provide the payment platform for iGC, working across their many white label partners sites and clients. We were able to meet iGC’s flexibility, and payment options across the globe, as well as a real one stop solutions for Gambling merchants ”

Ben Clemes, iGC’s MD, said: “IGC’s open platform solution allows us the flexibility to add new suppliers to the IGC platform with ease. The integration of the EPG platform gives iGC partners access to best in class payment technologies allowing us to offer numerous payment solutions, facilitating payments from all over the globe. In addition, the EPG platform allows us to automate many processes using their advanced routing and fraud tools.”

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