Online Casino and Gambling News: August 2010

$4.1 million Mega Moolah Summertime progressive jackpot win

During the last 48 hours a player at Microgaming powered casino Spin Palace has hit the Mega Moolah Summertime progressive slot for $4,170,128. Full details are currently awaited from the operator regarding how the lucky punter managed to crack the life-changing win.

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British police arrest bookmaker in cricket betting scandal

News of a cricket betting scandal involving the touring Pakistani team broke over the weekend and has topped most British, Australian and Pakistani headlines. British police detained bookie Mazhar Majeed, interviewed four players including captain Salman Butt, and confiscated cell phones for further examination.

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UK punter wins £500,000 with two football accumulators in one week

This weekend a Skybet online sports gambler in Hampshire, England will be breaking out the champagne and celebrating two remarkable five-fold accumulator bet wins within 24 hours of each other.

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Canadian net gambling revenues remain flat

Net revenue from provincial government-run lotteries, video lottery terminals, casinos and slot machines not in casinos totalled Cdn$13.75-billion in 2009, essentially unchanged from the year before, Statistics Canada reported this week.

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Alberta state gambling revenues approach income from oil and gas

Residents in the Alberta province of Canada like to gamble, and to a lesser extent enjoy throwing back the odd alcoholic beverage, it appears from recent survey results published by the National Post newspaper this week.

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Commerce Casino director reveals fear of offshore poker competition

Tom Malkasian, a director of the Commerce Casino, has responded to the Poker Players Alliance's 'Players Before Profits' campaign in which the million strong action group urged US players to voice their disapproval of the Californian card room's opposition to federal legalisation of online poker.

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Piggs Peak owners claim South African online gambling remains legal

The Gauteng Gambling Board's claim that online gambling is illegal in South Africa following a judgment in the North Gauteng High Court last week continues to generate discussion and argument in the country.

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More Canadian action: Prince Edward Island mulls online gambling revenues

The finance minister for the Prince Edward Island region in Canada says the government is considering joining the Atlantic Lottery Corporation's initiative to bring online gambling to its residents.

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Greek Government starts regulated online gambling consultation

Predictions earlier this year by OPAP chief exec Ioannis Spanoudakis that the Greek government would regulate online gambling appear to have been right on the money, according to a MarketWatch report this week.

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Tasmanian opposition party supports government's tax deal with Betfair

Despite opposition from the Green Party, a Tasmanian government proposal to give online betting giant Betfair a A$6 million tax break has been passed in the Lower House, thanks to support from the official Opposition Liberal Party.

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