For the past couple of years, lawmakers opposed to online gambling have pointed to the dangers associated with the leisure activity of playing online poker. Earlier this year, these lawmakers worst fears were realized, only the woman was not gambling online, she was playing legal online games.

Alexandra Tobias, a twenty-two year old mother, was accused of killing her three month old son back in January after the baby’s continual crying interrupted Tobias’ game of FarmVille on Facebook. The woman pleaded guilty to second-degree murder, and now faces life in prison.

“This tragedy is an example of how the government should not be micro-managing the online gambling issue,” said Gaming Analyst Steve Schwartz.

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The trend amongst Canadian provinces for provincial lottery organisations to launch online gambling services was disrupted this week by the announcement this week from The Atlantic Lottery Corporation that it will not be offering internet gambling to the residents of the five provinces that it serves, namely; Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador and Prince Edward Island.

It is not yet known whether The Atlantic Lottery made this decision unilaterally or whether it presented a proposal which was rejected by the provinces concerned.

Earlier this year the provinces of Quebec and British Columbia announced their intention to enter the online gambling sector with British Columbia, the first off the mark with its PlayNow site.

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LotsaLoot It has been a busy start to the week at online casinos and many of the top games at these casinos are paying off jackpots. LotsaLoot, Wowpot, and Fruit Fiesta are just a few of the games that have already made online gamblers happy this week.

Mega Moolah Major is a slot game that pays out on a regular basis and it has become one of the latest jackpots hit. The game paid $10,379 to a lucky player yesterday. The slot also paid a jackpot of over $10,000 three days ago.

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The Monaco iGaming conference in Monte Carlo is generating interesting perspectives and opinions on the recently liberalised French market, and the perceived problems of high taxation and low limits on player payouts.

This week the newly appointed chief executive of 888.com’s b2b arm Dragonfish, David Zerah opined that the taxation being imposed on French-licensed operators had probably gone a little too far and could detract from the advantages of entering the French market from a profits point of view.

He wasn’t the only one; Alexandre Dreyfus of the ChiliGaming group said that although the industry was glad to see a more progressive approach from the French, it was desirable that casino games be included in the licensing spectrum, and that taxation be reduced.

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Jennifer Sterger may never have understood just how much attention she would be receiving due to the fallout from the alleged Brett Favre scandal, but she is beginning to find out.

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Wednesday’s De Telegraaf newspaper speculation that the incoming coalition government in Holland could be about to legalise online gambling has been followed by widespread reaction in the European country. Radio Netherlands reports that, regardless of its presently illegal status, some 500,000 Dutch residents regularly gamble online, mainly with offshore operators.

A spokesman for the state’s land casino monopoly Holland Casino told the radio station that it would like to operate a legal internet gambling site as a response to illegal offshore competition.

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For anyone that needs to be convinced that online gambling is one of the biggest industries in the world, they need look no further than the UK’s Betfair. The company is setting up for its initial public offering after going public, and the estimates is that the IPO could bring in $2.3 billion.

American gaming companies MGM Mirage, Las Vegas Sands, and Wynn Resorts have all taken to the London Stock Exchange with great success. The companies, based in Las Vegas, have long been associated with success, and they are chiefly reliant on the same gambling dollars that the US government is claiming as morally wrong.

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October 4 – The All Slots Casino “Lord of the Rings $100,000 Quest” promotion is currently underway. Loads of players won cash prizes through out September and the action continues into October.

For every 75 credits wagered at the casino, you earn one entry into the draw. To make your entry you have to guess the weekly 3 digit number. Correctly predict the week’s number combination to win.

If you play the Lord of The Rings slot game, you get two entries for every 75 credits you play.

The top prize each week is 1,500 credits and up to 200 additional participants will win 50 credits each.

The winning numbers are announced each Sunday at 10 p.m.

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£830,401 payday for LondonerIt took just twelve hours of poker action to decide the main event of the 2010 World Series of Poker Europe Tuesday, with Londoner James Bord turning a fifth place starting position into a bracelet win and a truly rewarding paycheck of £830,401 when play ended in the early hours of Wednesday morning.

The faves going into the nine-man final table appeared to be chip leader Dan Fleyshman and New Yorker Ronald Lee, who had turned on a formidable display of skill and determination and dominated much of the action. However neither reached the heads up.

That was reserved for Italian high stakes pro Fabrizio Baldassari, who gave a spirited performance against Bord, but was not quite good enough…

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Industry observers were astonished over the weekend to read reports on some internet gambling information websites that Harrah’s Interactive Entertainment had allegedly severed its b2b relationship with 888 subsidiary Dragonfish. However, it was all a misunderstanding in some quarters, and one which a little elementary research could have cleared up.

In order to ensure clarity, a Dragonfish spokesman pointed out Monday that Harrah’s continues to use Dragonfish software, and recently extended the relationship to include Free Play poker in the United States under the WSOP brand.

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