NEWSCAN
A Weekly Look at Gambling News Worldwide
Assembled from more than 300 sources, Newscan is a free weekly digest summarizing problem gambling/responsible gambling news from around the world with over 1,800 subscribers. To subscribe to Newscan please click here.
 November 21, 2008
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| Featuring: Under the B ... booze; Bingo hall adds fully licensed bar; the first in Ontario • Most problem gamblers have other problems • Welfare cheats among the big gamblers at Crown Casino • Qld Govt puts cap on poker machines • | |
| November 14, 2008
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| Featuring: Administration finalizing Internet gambling regs • Nevada casinos want to lower gambling age to eighteen • Just being in Vegas raises risk of suicide, study finds • Alberta gamers ante up $26B; Problem gamblers drive revenue spike as fewer place bets • Problem gambling programs thriving despite downturn. So far, cuts in funding have been manageable. • | |
| November 7, 2008
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| Featuring: New casino in Western Manitoba to raise money for First Nations • Youth gambling is an increasing problem • Sick of gambling, or sick from gambling? Opinions differ on whether pathological wagering belongs with other disorders. • Casinos prepare to stop limiting losses • Gambling addiction in Louisiana remains prevalent, according to study • Benchmark study on responsible gaming practices. • Australia’s growing gambling addiction • Svenska Spel - Responsible Gambling Award. Svenska Spel recognized for responsible gaming. • Antigua online casino industry passes British test for safety • | |
| October 31, 2008
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| Featuring: Casino gambling: Hold 'em or fold 'em? • Are automated poker tables the future? • Man sues Crown Casino after gambling $1.4 billion • Victorians lose $4.8 billion gambling • Credit Counselling Singapore sees more bad debts from gambling • | |
| October 24, 2008
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| Featuring: Problem-gambling information imparted through quiz at UPEI. It’s painless, it works, and you can win… • Province offers gambling information; Responsible Gambling Awareness Week is a province-wide initiative held by the AGLC to prevent problem gambling • Gambling naturally follows competitive sports culture, say youths • Access to money, gambling looks like a bad bet • California firm betting on team poker idea • AHA urges gambling lessons for schools • Problem gamblers banned, pay quarantined under dob-in plan • One million children are addicted to gambling under New Labour's lenient gaming laws, say experts • | |
| October 17, 2008
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| Featuring: Play shows teens the dangers of gambling • Agencies get funds to help fight gambling addiction • Google reintroduces gambling ads • Gambling addicts soar by 25% under Labour's lax laws as average debts rises to £17,000 • Gambling a major Australian pastime • | |
| October 10, 2008
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| Featuring: Halifax universities say no to poker games with tuition in the pot • Fatal bus crash in California highlights lure of casinos for lonely, cash-strapped seniors • Recession creates a perfect storm for Internet gambling - Land based businesses to suffer, says new report from GBGC • Fears keep gamblers from seeking help • Dutch probability expert claims poker is game of skill, not chance • | |
| October 3, 2008
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| Featuring: Canadians lost $13.6B to gambling in 2007: report • VLT sites cut in half in province • Las Vegas' losing streak • Online gambling in South Africa. Rather than fighting a losing battle, the Government of South Africa has decided to bite the bullet and open the doors to online gambling on its territory. • 29,000 people to be automatically banned from Singapore's casinos • | |
| September 26, 2008
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| Featuring: Limits on gambling restrict freedom; Research shows such a policy would be doomed to fail • New Brunswick industry offered assistance through VLT program • Atlantic Lotto studies smart cards to limit VLT use • Judge tosses problem gambler's $20M suit against N.J. casinos • Be responsible and it won’t be a gamble • Many Korean gambling addicts want to be banned from casinos • PokerStars ad banned for implying gambling makes a person confident • | |
| September 19, 2008
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| Featuring: Couple started casino cheating system that netted millions. Gang hit more than a dozen casinos in U.S., Canada • Britain's first gambling clinic opens in Westminster • No. of gambling addicts rises five-fold • Guam Gaming Act advocates propose "Visitor only" casino; Travel documents required for access. • | |
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