November 2009
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Seniors Learning to Negotiate Online Gaming
The internet has changed from being something just young people used to keep in touch and play video games to something the older generation has taken to as their own means of connecting. Most land based casinos are frequented by with the aging gambler who has the time and some disposable income to play the slots or poker and many of the other casino games.
Gala Coral Group May Give in to American Investors
Gala Coral Group is a victim of the latest round of changes in the world of Bingo in the U.K. Between the Gambling Act 2005 and the Smoking Ban land based bingo halls are taking a beating and efforts to keep the bingo player coming out are failing, creating a serious problem when there is a building to maintain and a staff to pay. Gala Coral Group has been looking at the online aspect of the bingo business but has not moved fast enough to capitalize on the trend. Online bingo is showing the most rapid growth in the online gambling industry.
Grey Cup CFL Championship A Game to Wager On
The Saskatchewan Roughriders and the Montreal Alouettes will give us a great game to watch and wager on this Sunday November 29, 2009 in the open to the elements McMahon Stadium in Calgary Alberta Canada. According to the weather forecast it will be a sunny day with relatively warm temperatures of 10 c, good for Canada in November.
PIC Club Merge Poker Network Public Dispute Continues
Players Investment Club's chief executive officer Chuck Kidd has publicly stated that the payment dispute between the PIC Club and the Merge online poker network seems to be headed for the courts. Outstanding funds owed to players has now been taken care of although the PIC Club still claims fees that are outstanding and has handed the matter over to it's lawyers to collect.
Zynga Poised to Profit Should Poker Ban Expire
In today's socially diverse world, where the internet is allowing people all over the globe to connect and even play together it is no wonder there are shrewd business people out there that can see the trends and are poised to capitalize on it. One such company is definitely on the cusp of reaping a fortune should online gambling be made available to the public in the USA once again. That firm is known as Zynga and was founded in July 2007 with the vision of connecting the world through games.
Grafix Softech to Offer 'Grafix Visitor Tracker'
Grafix Technologies which is a leading edge developer of online games and gambling solutions is about to launch a comprehensive real-time visitor tracking solution for websites. Grafix Softech S.A. is a privately held company located in San Jose, Costa Rica.
Gaming VC Chooses Chartwell for New Product Launch
Gaming VC Holdings S.A has announced a new online gambling product launch. Gaming VC was established in 2004, and is headquartered in Luxembourg. The company is licensed in Malta, the Netherlands Antilles, and Italy. The firm is listed on the London Stock Exchange under the AIM market. Branded Betaland is the new web based product powered by Canadian software developers Chartwell Technology. This company is a leading developer and supplier of Internet gaming software systems to the online and mobile gaming industry.
Russian Online Gambling in Legal Limbo
Gambling in the Russian Federation has a long and bumpy history. Tsar Peter the Great organized Russia's first lottery in 1698. For much of the last century, however, gambling has been illegal. Even a friendly game of cards was against the law. This changed during the late 1980s, then gambling went unchecked, and without regulation, and it grew into a massive and profitable industry. In October of 2006 Vladimir Putin removed the dozens of large-scale casinos and thousands of smaller gambling halls from Moscow and other cities to four remote regions in the federation.
Poland Proposes Censorship of Internet Gambling
Poland has been embroiled in controversy over corruption in the political system in the E.U. member country. The “Gambling Commission,” which is a special body created in the Polish parliament earlier this month, has recently launched its investigation into the lobbying scandal which rocked the ruling Civic Platform (PO) party in September. The opposition had been demanding the establishment of an investigative commission since the scandal came to light and the involvement of leading PO politicians was exposed.
Bulgaria Increases Tax on Gambling
The Bulgarian National Assembly has been waffling on their new tax until now. After a second reading approving the amendments to the Corporate Income Act the country of Bulgaria will have a unified across the board fifteen percent tax on gambling activities. The Corporate Income Act amendments will take effect in 2010. Today gambling on sports is taxed at ten per cent of revenue, while all other games of chance, such as lottery, casino games and bingo, are posted at twelve per cent tax. The unified tax will create more revenue with less accounting.
