The scandal unfolding in Iowa, where software allowed some results to be rigged in multi-state lotto drawings, has added to concerns among South Dakota Lottery officials, spurring them to proceed Thursday in requesting proposals for a security review of South Dakota Lottery facilities.South Dakota, Scandal, Technology, Security, Computerized Drawings, Audit
The scandal unfolding in Iowa, where software allowed some results to be rigged in multi-state lotto drawings, has added to concerns among South Dakota Lottery officials, spurring them to proceed Thursday in requesting proposals for a security review of South Dakota Lottery facilities.South Dakota, Scandal, Technology, Security, Computerized Drawings, Audit
A subsidiary of Australia’s state-owned postal services firm has been accused of improperly earning millions of dollars by helping local punters fund accounts with prohibited international online gambling sites.
On Wednesday, The New Daily reported that its muckrakers had turned up evidence that POLi Payments Pty Ltd, an offshoot of the state-owned Australia Post, had booked $5m in revenue over the past 18 months by handling payments for international online casinos.
Australia’s Interactive Gambling Act (IGA) allows online sports betting by operators holding a local license, but online casino and poker products are officially verboten. Still, The New Daily reported that “hundreds” of international online casino sites recommended POLi Payments to Australian punters as a reliable method of funding their online casino play.
The report claimed many of the sites recommending POLi Payments explicitly targeted Aussie punters by offering bets in Australian currency, singling out Malta-licensed Lucky247.com, “a swathe of sites” linked to Digimedia Ltd as well as Roxypalace.com, which was acquired by UK operator 32Red last summer.
A subsidiary of Australia’s state-owned postal services firm has been accused of improperly earning millions of dollars by helping local punters fund accounts with prohibited international online gambling sites.
On Wednesday, The New Daily reported that its muckrakers had turned up evidence that POLi Payments Pty Ltd, an offshoot of the state-owned Australia Post, had booked $5m in revenue over the past 18 months by handling payments for international online casinos.
Australia’s Interactive Gambling Act (IGA) allows online sports betting by operators holding a local license, but online casino and poker products are officially verboten. Still, The New Daily reported that “hundreds” of international online casino sites recommended POLi Payments to Australian punters as a reliable method of funding their online casino play.
The report claimed many of the sites recommending POLi Payments explicitly targeted Aussie punters by offering bets in Australian currency, singling out Malta-licensed Lucky247.com, “a swathe of sites” linked to Digimedia Ltd as well as Roxypalace.com, which was acquired by UK operator 32Red last summer.
Atlantic City casino gaming revenue dipped slightly in March thanks to a poor showing by the properties’ table games.
Total brick-and-mortar gaming revenue at AC’s eight casinos came to just under $187.5m in March, a 1.7% decline from the same month last year. Slot machine revenue was basically flat at $132.8m while table game revenue slipped 5.9% to $54.6m. Counting the month’s online gambling revenue, the overall figure was down 0.4% to $203m.
The eight casinos were evenly split between net gainers and losers, with the latter category including the Borgata, which saw revenue fall 4% year-on-year to $53.4m, which was still almost twice the $28.5m earned by runner-up Harrah’s, which declined 11.8%.
Third-place went to the Tropicana, which gained 6.3% to $22.4m, just enough to push traditional third-place finisher Caesars into fourth with $22.2m (-4.6%). The bottom half of the chart finished as follows: Bally’s ($17.4m, +9.6%), Golden Nugget ($16.8m, +3.6%), Trump Taj Mahal ($13.2m, -10.3%) and Resorts ($13m, +17.8%).
A little-publicized bill that is making its way through Quebec’s legislative process has digital-law experts and others worried that the concept of a free and open Internet is being threatened in the province.Legal, Legislation, Online Gambling, Canada, Quebec
A little-publicized bill that is making its way through Quebec’s legislative process has digital-law experts and others worried that the concept of a free and open Internet is being threatened in the province.Legal, Legislation, Online Gambling, Canada, Quebec
The hunt is on to find the lucky winner of another 1million-winning lottery ticket bought in Huntingdonshire which has yet to be claimed. The National Lottery announced today that a ticket bought in the district for the March 23 draw had matched the millionaire raffle number, and was worth A 1million to the lucky owner.
The hunt is on to find the lucky winner of another 1million-winning lottery ticket bought in Huntingdonshire which has yet to be claimed. The National Lottery announced today that a ticket bought in the district for the March 23 draw had matched the millionaire raffle number, and was worth A 1million to the lucky owner.
New Jersey’s regulated online gambling market set another revenue record in March, spurred by the first contributions from Amaya Gaming’s PokerStars brand.
According to figures released Wednesday by the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement (DGE), New Jersey-licensed sites reported total revenue of $15.5m in March, nearly 18% higher than the same month last year and $800k higher than the previous revenue record set in February 2016.
Pokerstarsnj.com didn’t officially launch until March 21, but its arrival provided the first double-digit rise in the market’s poker vertical in a dog’s age. The PokerStars site generated nearly $598k in poker revenue, which pushed the market’s total poker take to $2.46m, up 10.5% over March 2015, and around 25% more than February 2016. The market’s dominant casino vertical improved 19.3% year-on-year to $13.05m.
The market-leading Borgata Casino Hotel sites generated total revenue of $4.22m, essentially flat from February’s total. The Borgata’s poker revenue was down only slightly to $1.03m, while casino revenue nudged slightly upward to $3.19m.
New Jersey’s regulated online gambling market set another revenue record in March, spurred by the first contributions from Amaya Gaming’s PokerStars brand.
According to figures released Wednesday by the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement (DGE), New Jersey-licensed sites reported total revenue of $15.5m in March, nearly 18% higher than the same month last year and $800k higher than the previous revenue record set in February 2016.
Pokerstarsnj.com didn’t officially launch until March 21, but its arrival provided the first double-digit rise in the market’s poker vertical in a dog’s age. The PokerStars site generated nearly $598k in poker revenue, which pushed the market’s total poker take to $2.46m, up 10.5% over March 2015, and around 25% more than February 2016. The market’s dominant casino vertical improved 19.3% year-on-year to $13.05m.
The market-leading Borgata Casino Hotel sites generated total revenue of $4.22m, essentially flat from February’s total. The Borgata’s poker revenue was down only slightly to $1.03m, while casino revenue nudged slightly upward to $3.19m.
A California online poker bill will, at the very least, receive some consideration later in April. That’s not to say residents of the Golden State should quit their jobs and prepare to play poker online for a living. But an amended bill will have a hearing at the very least. PokerStars, the world’s largest online […]
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Fewer Las Vegas visitors are coming to Sin City primarily to gamble, but more visitors gambled last year and those who gambled spent more on gambling during their stay.
According to the latest Las Vegas Visitor Profile Study issued by the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority (LVCVA), the proportion of visitors who came to Vegas in 2015 primarily to gamble was 10%, down from 12% in 2014 and the third straight year this stat has declined.
Among repeat visitors, 12% came primarily to gamble in 2015, down from 14% in 2014 and 17% in 2013. Just 1% of first-time visitors came to gamble, down from 4% in both 2014 and 2013. However, while 2015’s primary gambling stats were down across the board, they nonetheless represented increases from 2011, as 2013 represented a peak year for this category.
Nearly three-quarters (73%) of Vegas visitors admitted to gambling during their 2015 stay, up two points from 2014 but down six points from 2011. However, the average gambling budget among those who gambled last year came to $578, up from $530 in 2014 and from $447 in 2011.
Fewer Las Vegas visitors are coming to Sin City primarily to gamble, but more visitors gambled last year and those who gambled spent more on gambling during their stay.
According to the latest Las Vegas Visitor Profile Study issued by the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority (LVCVA), the proportion of visitors who came to Vegas in 2015 primarily to gamble was 10%, down from 12% in 2014 and the third straight year this stat has declined.
Among repeat visitors, 12% came primarily to gamble in 2015, down from 14% in 2014 and 17% in 2013. Just 1% of first-time visitors came to gamble, down from 4% in both 2014 and 2013. However, while 2015’s primary gambling stats were down across the board, they nonetheless represented increases from 2011, as 2013 represented a peak year for this category.
Nearly three-quarters (73%) of Vegas visitors admitted to gambling during their 2015 stay, up two points from 2014 but down six points from 2011. However, the average gambling budget among those who gambled last year came to $578, up from $530 in 2014 and from $447 in 2011.
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The UK’s advertising watchdog has rapped the knuckles of online betting operator Bet-at-home for linking gambling with sexual success.
On Tuesday, the UK Advertising Standards Authority publicly rebuked the Malta-licensed Bet-at-home, a subsidiary of French online betting operator BetClic Everest, over a racy tweet by a Bet-at-home affiliate.
The tweet, which was posted last November by Croatia-based affiliate BetPromotions4U, featured a close-up photo of a woman in the process of pulling her trousers down. Emblazoned on the woman’s knickers was the phrase: “If you can read this it’s your lucky day.” The tweet, which was promoting a Liverpool FC Europa League match, directed UK punters to the UK version of Bet-at-home.com.
The ASA felt the ad breached CAP Code prohibitions against linking gambling activity with sexual success. Bet-at-home stopped masturbating long enough to respond that the ad was indeed generated by their Malta office but wasn’t intended for a UK audience.
The UK’s advertising watchdog has rapped the knuckles of online betting operator Bet-at-home for linking gambling with sexual success.
On Tuesday, the UK Advertising Standards Authority publicly rebuked the Malta-licensed Bet-at-home, a subsidiary of French online betting operator BetClic Everest, over a racy tweet by a Bet-at-home affiliate.
The tweet, which was posted last November by Croatia-based affiliate BetPromotions4U, featured a close-up photo of a woman in the process of pulling her trousers down. Emblazoned on the woman’s knickers was the phrase: “If you can read this it’s your lucky day.” The tweet, which was promoting a Liverpool FC Europa League match, directed UK punters to the UK version of Bet-at-home.com.
The ASA felt the ad breached CAP Code prohibitions against linking gambling activity with sexual success. Bet-at-home stopped masturbating long enough to respond that the ad was indeed generated by their Malta office but wasn’t intended for a UK audience.
Anyone who thinks “all of that hard work won’t matter if it doesn’t adapt a more common-sense position toward indecency and the FCC”, has never dealt with the FCC in the real world, and has no respect for the hard work of WXOX they reference. Try arguing “common-sense position” in court when a listener files a complaint with the FCC and WXOX is faced with a stiff fine.
Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I) hopeful Mo Tom breezed a half mile in :48 2/5 Wednesday, April 13 at Churchill Downs as he prepares for a possible start in the Louisville classic.
Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I) hopeful Mo Tom breezed a half mile in :48 2/5 Wednesday, April 13 at Churchill Downs as he prepares for a possible start in the Louisville classic.