NEWSCAN
Free Weekly Publication Distributed Worldwide
Newscan is a free weekly digest e-mailed to over 1,500 people worldwide. It provides its readers with the latest in problem/responsible gambling news, research, call for papers, and upcoming events in Canada and the rest of the world. To subscribe to Newscan please click here. The Council gratefully acknowledges the Government of Ontario, Ministry of Health Promotion, for its support.
 June 18, 2010
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| Featuring: Atlantic City casinos oppose legislation to allow sports and online betting • Tradition of complimentary alcohol fading in casinos • Minimum amount for deposits rise through some online gambling sites • Parental link to gambling addiction • Fahrenkopf lectures Asian regulators on need for “responsible gaming” • Finnish gaming company offers insurance for gambling addiction | |
| June 11, 2010
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| Featuring: Woodbine goes Vegas; Both harness and thoroughbred action on the big boards in sports and race books • Tax revenue to be gained from internet gambling isn't worth social costs • Genetics linked to gambling problems in both genders • My Poker Card comes to the UK • France opens to online gaming • Survey: Asia gaming market to overtake US in three years • NCPG starts campaign to curb problem gambling during World Cup | |
| June 04, 2010
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| Featuring: Newfoundland Provincial Government considering online gambling • New VLTs should offer safeguards to protect gambling addicts • University study finds 80 percent of poker players using drugs to enhance performance • Casinos attempt to boost appeal to Asian gamblers • Banks start gambling oversight: Must now block customer transactions for illegal online betting • 'Perfect storm' fear for problem gamblers | |
| May 28, 2010
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| Featuring: The odds are stacked against many • Canada: Stop ignoring Kahnawake Internet gambling, says Lawyer • Province seeks public input on new responsible gaming strategy • Poor people spend 9% of income on lottery tickets • Centre to look at gambling addiction • | |
| May 21, 2010
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| Featuring: Student granted $105,000 • Gambling crackdown not backed • Australia: Electronic Gaming Machines – third most preferred type of gambling • Responsible gambling awareness week • Czech gambling increase of 93.7 percent | |
| May 14, 2010
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| Featuring: Craitor throws support behind single sport wagering debate • Centres target problem gamblers • Mobile gambling coming to Canada: Expert • Gamblers risk more for a woman's touch • $55m package for problem gambling announced • Will Russians go this far to gamble? Don't bet on it • Malaysia allows sports betting for non-Muslims to curb illegal gambling, boost tax revenue | |
| May 07, 2010
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| Featuring: One in 5 exhibit risky gambling behaviour: Poll • Moncton casino a major gamble: councillor • Online 'sweepstakes' players shocked it's called gambling • Gambling trap bankrupts families. Local conmen lure kids to casinos across the border, where they are forced into debt and held for ransom • UK Gambling Commission releases latest gambling stats • Gamblers enjoy a 'near miss' almost as much as a win • The Chinese government further tightens its reigns on gambling | |
| April 30, 2010
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| Featuring: Online help for people battling addictions • Experts see growing need to police online gaming • More gamblers ban themselves from state's casinos: Self-exclusion program aims to help gamblers • Self-excluded gambler leads to Pennsylvania Casino fine • Study: Black women with gambling problems outnumber men • Poker officially recognized as a mind sport • Problem gamblers increase by 25 percent • Queensland gambling strategy leads the way • Report calls for action on gambling • Australian Senator plans iphone gambling application ban | |
| April 23, 2010
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| Featuring: Manitoba mulls online gambling • Credit bureau to settle probe into selling gamblers’ information • New ISP to provide age certification for online gambling • France’s new online gambling laws crippling industry • Gambling linked to one in five suicidal patients • Australia likely to get online gambling legalisation soon • Internet gambling the new problem | |
| April 16, 2010
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| Featuring: Techlink’s gaming program about to be introduced to Greece • Increased drug abuse by problem gamblers • Lottery: Pinpointing kind of player you are is part of game • Shane Warne slammed for luring Twitter fans to online gambling site •
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