Online Casino and Gambling News: January 2010

Trade association urges British Columbia to open online gambling market

Under the Canadian Criminal Code, only provincial governments have the power to conduct Internet gambling, and the British Columbia government is being urged to exercise this authority in a non-exclusive manner to ensure that Canadian punters are presented with only reputable and safe Internet gambling venues.

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Belgium continues push for closed online gambling regulation

Despite grumbling from the European Commission on its restrictions of gambling services from other EU nations, it appears that the Belgian government is forging ahead with its plans for Belgian-exclusive online gambling regulation in 2010.

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Macau: December casino revenues up 48% on previous year

With 2010 barely days old, the Reuters news agency reports that shares of Macau land casino operators rose this week on reports that gambling revenues in the enclave in December 2009 rose 48% from a year earlier, signalling sustained growth in the world's largest gambling market.

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888.com founder resigns to spend more time with his family

One of the longest established and best known companies in the online gambling industry, 888.com, has announced the departure of one of its founding directors. Non-executive director Shay Ben-Yitzhak, has resigned with immediate effect to spend more time with his family.

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Mahjong Logic achieves Isle of Man licence

Mahjong Logic, a software developer and real money player-to-player mahjong network, has announced its achievement of Isle of Man online gambling licensing. Mahjong Logic and its management were required to satisfy the white listed European jurisdiction's strict licencing requirements and comply with stringent online gaming standards and player protection rules before being awarded the licence, which took 12 weeks from application to award.

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Clubs NSW renews attack on Australian online gambling legalisation

As 2010 dawns, land gambling operators in Australia continue to attack the government's Productivity Commission recommendation that online gambling be legalised in the country. In the latest of a series of attacks on the Commission's conclusions, land gaming operators in the state of New South Wales warned the Australian federal government that competition from online casinos, if allowed, could cause hundreds of lost jobs.

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Political moves to scuttle Thai online lottery

The on again, off again, long running Thai government project to take the national lottery online was making local headlines in media like the Bangkok Post and The Nation again this week as Thai prime minister Abhisit Vejjajiva announced yet another review of the delay-plagued project.

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Canadian lawyer plays poker for Cambodian charity

Not long ago InfoPowa highlighted the good works of American professional online poker pro Dusty 'Leatherass' Schmidt, who has riased subtantial funds playing poker for the Transition Project - a charity in Portland. Schmidt is one of a growing number of pokerheads with big hearts who raise money for the less fortunate; Don Cheadle and Annie Duke with their Ante Up for Africa campaign is another great example of what the game can achieve in helping others.

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Chinese government warns gamblers as it "purifies the internet"

The Chinese government used an announcement of Internet pornography prosecution statistics this week as a further opportunity to caution that online pornography, gambling and "...other sites deemed harmful to society" remained its primary targets in the "purification of the Internet."

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