Ontario provincial officials discussed internet gambling extensively on 12 March. The province plans to expand both online and land gambling in a 6 year plan which could yield as much as Cdn$ 1.3 million in provincial tax revenues.

Provincial finance minister Dwight Duncan said, a “socially responsible and secure internet gaming site” run by Ontario Lottery and Gaming will be online by 2013. Duncan believes a responsible gaming site will serve as a buffer in terms of cash lost to foreign based internet casinos.”

Paul Godfrey Ontario Lottery and Gaming chairman pointed out that provincial laws will enable citizens from Ontario to purchase lottery tickets online and at their local Wal-Mart and will also enable them to wager at a new Toronto-area land-based casino. He also mentioned that  “underperforming” land gaming facilities will be closed by the government. In return new facilities will be opened that’s nearer to potential punters, meaning that slots will …

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It’s not only the Irish that will be will be celebrating St. Patrick’s Day on Saturday 17th of March, but the rest of the world too. Leading up to the festival Virgin Casino organized the St Patrick £15K Giveaway enabling punters who wager to claim their share of the prize pool. Only 192 punters will succeed.

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Once it was passed by the legislature last year Governor Chris Christie of New Jersey vetoed the internet gambling bill Democrat Senator Ray Lesniak sponsored. Another internet gambling bill was introduced by Lesniak and fellow Democrat Senator Jim Whelan.

Governor Christie vetoed the bill since he wanted the revenue gained from it to benefit Atlantic City land casinos. This is why Lesniak and Whelan decided to withdraw the benefits that was supposed to go to the horse racing industry from their new bill.

As a result it had a negative impact on the horse racing industry as a whole. Lobbyist Barbara DeMarco said that she would file a lawsuit questioning the constitutionality of expanded gambling in the state. She quipped that Freehold Raceway and Atlantic City Race Course officials would never support this legislation. Representatives of the Meadowlands Racetrack and the Standardbred Breeders and Owners Association of New Jersey said that they …

The South African Parliament’s trade and industry committee discussed the pros and cons of internet gambling and the impact it has on its citizens. On Friday 2 March the last public hearing was held. The Business Day reported that before internet gambling is legalized in the country problem areas like the prevention of money laundering, under age gambling and illegal gambling establishments needs to be addressed first.

Current legislation prohibits internet gambling and poker sites. According to a recent court ruling South African citizens are not allowed to wager at foreign based sites. The gambling review commission proposed that internet gambling must be regulated and taxed. Hence the reason why the trade and industry committee is exploring all avenues on how its going to impose proper regulation and when.

Joan Fubbs committee chairman and Geordin Hill-Lewis said that internet gambling already exists in South Africa. If it’s swept under the carpet it …

Although there is a huge demand for internet gambling in Canada its legalization has been marred by thousands of illegal internet casinos still operating in the country. The Canadian government is still trying to find a way how to tax these foreign gambling sites. Worth mentioning, US federal enforcement agencies like the Department of Justice (DoJ) the Department of Homeland Security which aims to clamp down on internet gambling due to possible terrorist threats.

A Canadian newspaper the Vancouver Sun published an article recently where it asked the question why the Canadian government has not followed the example of the United States by persecuting foreign based internet gambling sites servicing Canadian punters: “The ongoing crackdown by American authorities against foreign internet casinos begs the question, “Why haven’t Canadian authorities followed suit?”

The newspaper consulted various experts on this issue. To begin with, according to the Canadian Criminal Code only provincial governments are …

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US federal Homeland Security officials caused quite a stir after it seized Bodog.com and the charges raised it against its founder, Calvin Ayre. Canadian hosting chief, Mark Jeftovic warned that the United States tends to act outside the ambit of its boundaries of late.

Jeftovic is the founder and CEO of EasyDNS Technologies Inc., a domain hosting and registry services company based in Toronto. He said that the Ayre case should be seen as a warning that the US government is eager to exercise its legal authority over Internet properties based outside America’s jurisdiction– even including those based in Canada.

Jeftovic says that it poses a serious threat to the autonomy of the Internet, since US authorities seized the Bodog.com domain even though it’s owner is a Canadian citizen and the internet casino has offices in various countries. He pointed out: “You could be based outside the U.S. and you could be minding your …