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May 19, 2013 1:04 PM
Source: Business Insider Australia
$590 million Powerball prize won by a Floridian, we’re reminded that winning the lottery will not solve all problems.In fact many people’s lives became notably worse after they got super rich, and in no time they managed to lose it all.
The Griffiths...
May 19, 2013 12:31 PM
Source: Niagara This Week
Revised formula could see amount jump to $23 million
Modernization plans from Ontario Lottery and Gaming (OLG) continued to develop this week, with the unveiling of the new funding formulas for host municipalities.
In exchange for hosting two...
May 19, 2013 12:07 PM
By: justin fauteux
Source: Globe and Mail
A petition signed by 24 Toronto city councillors has reversed Mayor Rob Ford’s decision to cancel a special meeting to debate a downtown casino. At this meeting, council could vote to kill the downtown casino idea outright, but a new gambling facility at...
May 19, 2013 10:01 AM
Source: Melbourne Age
Another Melbourne council has voted to challenge new state government guidelines against charging poker machine venues higher rates by including an increased levy in its draft budget.
Councillors at the City of Moreland recently voted unanimously to...
May 18, 2013 10:20 AM
Source: Sydney Morning Herald
One in four teenagers has played a gambling-style video game, leading to warnings game play could translate into gambling with real money.
New research, which surveyed 1200 young people aged between 13 and 17, found about 25 per cent reported to have...
May 18, 2013 1:08 AM
Source: New York Post
ATLANTIC CITY New Jersey moved forward yesterday with its plans to offer Internet gambling, issuing regulations on how new online bets are to be handled.
The rules offered by the state Division of Gaming Enforcement include techniques to verify that...
May 17, 2013 9:45 PM
Source: Huffington Post Canada
TORONTO - The provincial government has appointed an interim board at the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp.
It follows the resignations of the previous board members, who quit after chairman Paul Godfrey was dismissed Thursday.
The interim members are...
May 17, 2013 6:07 AM
By: marcus gee
Source: Globe and Mail
Mayor Rob Ford was half right when he blamed the provincial government for the death of the downtown casino he campaigned for. There has been a sharp change of tone since Kathleen Wynne took over from Dalton McGuinty as premier. Gone are the days when...
May 17, 2013 1:40 AM
Source: Huffington Post Canada
TORONTO - Paul Godfrey was dismissed as chairman of the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp. on Thursday and he said the board has also resigned.
Finance Minister Charles Sousa said in a statement that he delivered the news to Godfrey during a a meeting....
May 17, 2013 12:54 AM
Source: Globe and Mail
Paul Godfrey has been ousted as chairman of Ontario’s lottery corporation, leaving his vision for a downtown Toronto casino in tatters and plans to overhaul the province’s gambling operations in disarray.
The entire board of directors at the Ontario...