The European Gaming and Betting Association, EGBA, carried out a study of the draft legislation proposed by the Belgium government on its gaming and sports betting industry, and found that the law contravened many of the principles set forth by the European Commission. As such, the EC has disapproved the draft that was okayed by

Responsible Gambling Steps for British Columbia Lottery
The Canadian gaming group, the British Columbia Lottery Company, announced this week that it would be introducing a new responsible gambling program to help gamblers become better informed about their playing habits. Concepts such as GameSense, which would teach about the need for self control, as well as educational TV ads are all part of

Pedal Power Released By Platinum Online Casino
Pedal Power, the much anticipated video slot, will be released in July by Platinum Play Online Casino. Video slot fans are guaranteed many hours of fun with this new video slot which has futuristic and athletic built features that will allow each player an opportunity to win. The sporty 5 reel, 15 payline online video

Lucky Hit At Playtech
Beach Life, Playtech’s flagship online progressive slot game, had another hit on Sunday making one more lucky player an instant millionaire with a win of $1,552,778. It is not yet known who the winner is or where the hit was made. It is hoped that this new winner will not end up with the same

Slots Plus Offers Specialized Online Casino
There are very few online casinos that cater especially for online slots players. However, Slots Plus is one online casino that caters for online slots fans from all over the world, including Canada and the US. Over 70% of the games offered by Slots Plus are in the form of slot machines and games

RGA Dispels
At a two day conference on “Gambling in the Internal Market” this week, the Remote Gambling Association called for European governments to create a level playing field for all gambling operators – including online gambling. The group also called to dispel false information about the problems supposedly caused by online gambling, showing research to prove

Leonardo DiCaprio will play in Movie About Online Casinos
Actor Leonardo DiCaprio is mentioned to be playing the major part in a new film about online casinos being run from Costa Rica. This was reported by movie magazine Variety this tuesday. The 34 year old actor will also produce the film , which does not have a title yet. It's still unkown which other actors will

Paddy Power Links with Cryptologic
Paddy Power, the Irish gaming giant, has signed a three year deal with software supplier, Cryptologic, to carry nine of the latter’s best slot games on its Paddy Power Games platform. Some of the games are already available, while the rest will be released by the end of this year. “Paddy Power is one

Bodog.com returns
On April 21, 2009 the Morris Mohawk Gaming Group announced that it had reached an agreement resulting in the settlement of all pending patent litigation against a then defunct supplier company, which also resulted in the return of the world-renowned Bodog.com domain. After much discussion and careful consideration, it was determined that the Bodog.com domain is

First Big Intertops Red Win
Intertops Red, the website that was launched by the original Intertops online casino off the Real Time Gaming software platform, in order to offer US players a quality gaming destination, was pleased to announce its first big win. This comes only two weeks after Intertops Reds was launched. A player on a very lucky streak