NEWSCAN
Des nouvelles internationales sur le jeu
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 May 22, 2009
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| Featuring: Slumping economy fuels gambling concerns; Skid prompts desperate attempts to replace income. • US gambling revenues down $1.6B to $32.5B in '08 • U.K. to study youth's online gambling interest • Gambling alert kits for GPs. Doctors will be trained to identify problem gamblers as part of an initiative by the State Government to help addicts. • SA leads the way on responsible gambling • Sweden legalizes poker tournaments • | |
| May 15, 2009
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| Featuring: Jim McDermott introduces Internet Gambling Tax Act • Problem gambling apparently rising as recession deepens, experts say • Video bingo grows where video poker was banned • Holland casino sees dramatic decline • Russia officially bans gambling business • Moscow warns casinos of disguising gambling as competitive poker • | |
| May 8, 2009
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| Featuring: Frank introduces Internet Gambling Regulation Legislation • Not all gambling equal in terms of effects. Urban-suburban casinos fall in middle, Reno professor says. • Push for later pokie hours angers anti-gambling lobby • Youth gambling problem warnings • | |
| May 1, 2009
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| Featuring: Alberta mulls pre-paid casino cards for gamblers • Online gambling bill coming: Frank • Casinos' new strategy: gambling less on freebies. Players notice 'a drastic change' in the amount of offers for complimentary drinks and meals. • Minn. cuts access to gambling websites. Written notices sent to Internet providers. • Study: Online gaming's 'powerful seductive force' refuted • | |
| April 24, 2009
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| Featuring: Criminals could get help for gambling, not prison time. Bill would let judges send some to treatment as is now case with drug, alcohol users. • Only 5 percent of ‘problem gambling’ calls from Asians • Switzerland set to legalise online gambling • China: Macau gaming boom at a cost • Study shows strong correlation between gambling, suicide • | |
| April 17, 2009
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| Featuring: Harvard addiction expert says online gambling no problem • Casino responsible gaming decision challenged by gambler • Compulsive gambling: A threat to national security? • Academics discuss issues concerning gambling and Asian American community health • Expert questions true randomness of video poker • SA authorities set to regulate online gambling • Australia's Woolworths, Coles face gambling campaign • | |
| April 13, 2009
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| Featuring: The problem with gambling exposes • Overall youth gambling down, but Internet’s lure draws concern • Talk about the economy... well, maybe not while you’re gambling • Study showing Aussie gamblers as biggest not true reflection • Tasmania develops new problem gambling measures • Sweden plans to block online gambling sites • | |
| April 3, 2009
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| Featuring: Betting on harness racing jumps. It looks like the industry hit bottom in 2008 and is on the way up -- but there's still lots of competition. • Poker skills could sway gaming laws • Could high-stakes poker be in Florida's future? • Auto check for gamblers • Problem gambling taking greater toll as recession bites • Applications open for families of problem gamblers to exclude them from casinos • | |
| March 27, 2009
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| Featuring: Responsible Gambling Council delivers cautionary tale at Dresden Slots • Treat addiction as a disease, MDs tell Victoria. Health care system should cover alcoholics, chronic gamblers and other addicts, BCMA says. • Casinos' self-exclusion lists helping gamblers stay away • OK gambling addiction increasing • Aussies gamble $435 a month • | |
| March 20, 2009
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| Featuring: Boomers target of responsible gaming campaign • Gamblers leery of seeking help, U of C study says. U of C researcher studies stigmas faced by addicts. • Commission assembles experts for problem gambling research • Problem gambling soars following growth of internet games • A quarter of Belgian youngsters gamble • | |
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