DraftKings and White Hat Gaming must pay the state of Connecticut a total of $22,500 in fines after its online slot machine failed to issue players a win for a whole week. reported that the state’s Department of Consumer Protection uncovered the non-paying slot machine and issued the fines. The sports betting and gambling website...
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Alberta wagers allowing more online gambling operators will capture illicit market | CBC News
Alberta will soon expand its online gambling landscape to allow multiple players to operate legally, moving closer to a model used in Ontario. At present, the only regulated and legal online gambling website in the province is Play Alberta. It includes casino-style games, live dealer table games as well as sports betting, and is operated by Alberta...
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GambleAware wants consistent funding after statutory levy roll-out
Gambling harm prevention charity GambleAware received £294,722 in donations and pledges in the first quarter of its 2024/25 financial year, and has called on funding to remain consistent ahead of the introduction of the statutory levy. The contributions for research, prevention and treatment work are “consistent with the last four financial years,” GambleAware said, with...
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A brave MP won the rarest of things in Canberra — bipartisan support. So why hasn’t Labor backed one of its own?
There was a very uncomfortable elephant in the room when Labor MPs and senators met behind closed doors in Canberra this morning. Facing accusations the party wasn’t honouring the legacy of the late Peta Murphy by kowtowing to gambling and media companies, the politicians packed into their partyroom as Prime Minister Anthony Albanese sought to...
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Canada needs national strategy to monitor online gambling harms: report
Open this photo in gallery: A Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction report is asking political leaders to treat online gambling websites more like alcohol, tobacco and marijuana.Giordano Ciampini/The Canadian Press Canada needs a national strategy to monitor gambling-related harms and control the deluge of advertisements that followed Ontario’s legalization of commercial online gambling...
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Opinion: How is using credit cards to gamble still allowed in Canada?
Rob Csernyik is a contributing columnist for The Globe and Mail and a 2022 Michener-Deacon fellow. The idea of using a credit card at a casino slot machine or a video lottery terminal is disquieting. Imagine players quickly losing money they technically don’t have, particularly if they’re at-risk or problem gamblers. It’s a line that...
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Increased gambling tax in Sweden comes into effect
Sweden’s increased excise tax on gambling comes into effect from today, Monday, July 1. The new tax, up to 22 per cent from 18 per cent, covers all verticals and received mixed reaction from across the industry in Sweden before being approved by the government in May. The gambling regulator, Spelinspektionen, said while it had...
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Sports betting is legal in 38 states now, but these residents wager the most
Earlier this year a record 67.8 million American adults bet on Super Bowl – that’s more than a quarter of the U.S. adult population and a 35% increase from the previous year, according to the American Gaming Association. For 25 years, sports betting had been banned outside of Nevada – then in 2018 the U.S. Supreme...
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Government vows to take indiscriminate action against online gambling | INSIDER – Indonesia Business Post
The government has vowed that it will indiscriminately take actions to eradicate the rampant online gambling. Deputy Minister of Communication and Informatics, Nezar Patria, said that based on the order of President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo and the law, all online gambling must be eradicated despite the fact that some of the online gambling providers are...
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More than 70% of content removal requests involved online gambling, scams, says MCMC
PETALING JAYA: Over 70% of requests for the removal of content involved online gambling and scams, says the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC), denying that it is being used to silence criticisms against the government. In a statement, MCMC said 72% of its requests for the removal of content across all social media platforms...
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RI-Cambodia collaborate on protecting Indonesian citizens involved in online gambling, scams | Lobby – Indonesia Business Post
A delegation of the Indonesian Coordinating Ministry for Political, Legal, and Security Affairs went on a visit to Cambodia on June 11-15, 2024 to strengthen cooperation on the protection and handling of Indonesian citizens allegedly involved in online gambling and scam. The delegation met with various stakeholders to explore joint efforts in addressing the issues,...
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Florida sports betting challenge turned down by U.S. Supreme Court
The court’s decision keeps online sports betting in Florida in the hands of the state’s Seminole Tribe. Dara Kam | News Service of Florida Video: Inside the Seminole Hard Rock casino and the world’s first guitar-shaped hotel Seminole Hard Rock Casino in Hollywood, Florida opened Thursday after a $1.5 billion expansion. Janine Zeitlin, jzeitlin@news-press.com In...
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