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The Australian branch of online gambling group Betfair is championing the cause of Internet gambling downunder, recommending to a government committee studying gambling reform that legalising and regulating Internet casino and poker gambling would be a good bet. The government’s Productivity Commission is in the first phase of a government consultation process to study gambling [...]

Christine Papakyriakou (52), a Hamilton, Ontario woman who currently awaits criminal sentencing for embezzling Cdn$7 million from her former employer to pay gambling debts that may be as high as $10 million, is to sue two land casinos and the province for her troubles. Papakyriakou’s civil lawsuit, which contains allegations not proven in court, alleges [...]

Adam Lambert may have sealed his chances of getting into the American Idol final after this past week’s performance.  Oddsmakers at Sportsbook.com have responded by making Lambert a -400 favorite to become the next American Idol.  One would have to bet $4 to win $1 (the initial $4 is returned if Lambert wins).  From MTV.com: [...]

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The satisfying prospect of a gang of lotto fraudsters meeting their comeuppance features in a story in The Register this week, which reported that Somerset police have busted a bogus lottery winner scam following a raid on a cheque processing and clearing house. Readers will be familiar with the letter-based scam at the centre of [...]

Chinese police in the city of Hangzhou, Zhejiang province this week arrested 11 people on charges of running an illegal gambling network, involving bets worth over 500 million yuan ($73 million). “The (Hangzhou) network acted as a bridge between Chinese gamblers and overseas Internet casinos in the Philippines,” Wu Jun, spokesman for the public security [...]

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It didn’t work in Italy, and it is creating major waves of protest in Australia at present – the prospect of governments forcing Internet Service Providers to impose blocks censoring online gambling websites. Sweden is the latest country to consider the censorship option, reports The Stockholm News this weekend. The newspaper reveals that a government [...]

Lottomatica S.p.A.’s wholly-owned subsidiary, GTECH Corporation Owner of Boss Media), has announced that it has been chosen as the preferred bidder to negotiate a seven-year integrated services contract with the New York Lottery to provide new online lottery solutions and services. The Lottery has the option to extend the contract for an additional three years. [...]

Seattle lawyer and Poker Players Alliance supporter Lee Rousso may have reached the end of the line in his litigative attempts to overturn the state of Washington’s draconian ban on Internet poker. The feisty lawyer has been battling the state, which allows almost every form of land gambling but imposes draconian penalties on anyone caught [...]