- G4 Newsletter March 2017
G4 Conference agenda
- International -
Latest technology is making playing online
The Vienna International
Gaming Expo 2017
casino games that much more fun
20 - 22 March 2017
Vienna, Austria
https://vige.world
1995 marked the beginning of online gambling, and since then it has
grown into a well-established sector in the entire casino world.
Discovery 2017
Expected to be worth $100 billion in 2017, the industry is now bigger
than ever.
18 - 20 April 2017
Toronto, Canada
www.responsiblegambling.org
The industry has indisputably evolved over the last 22 years, but just
how exactly is technology changing online gambling?
14th Responsible Gaming
Academy
11 May 2017
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Techworm, 27 February 2017
Vienna, Austria
www.spiele-mitverantwortung.at
31st National Conference on
Problem Gambling
21 - 22 July 2017
Portland, USA
www.ncpgambling.org
- Australia -
Online gambling: harmful or harmless?
For some it is a little bit of fun, for others it has ruined their lives. It's
a difficult topic and one tackled by our community.
Certifications in
For many, a flutter on the Melbourne Cup once a year is the extent
of their donation to the gambling industry. The Melbourne Cup
progress
sweep and the race that stops the nation sits below the Australian
- Enteraction
- IGT
- merkur24.nl
flag as an institution, a monument to Phar Lap, a giant amid his kind
and Kingston Rule that has run the three thousand two hundred
metres faster than any other. These horses have gained the
respect of the nation as battlers that got a fair go.
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Startsat60, 7 March 2017
G4 Board Members
- Leigh Barret, Australia
- Jeffrey Derevensky, Canada
- Connie Jones, USA
- Gracemary Leung, Hong
- United Kingdom -
Kong, SAR of PRC
Britain's youngest EuroMillions winner wants
- Pieter Remmers, The
to sue lotto organisers after jackpot made her
Netherlands
life worse
RGAB Scientific Avisory
Board
- Bo Bernard, USA
Britain's youngest EuroMillions winner has confessed she
sometimes wishes she had never bought her winning ticket.
- Silvia Martins, USA
Jane Park was just 17 when she scooped £1million in 2013 with the
- Marc Potenza, USA
first ticket she ever bought.
- Cesar Sanchez-Bello,
Venezuela
- Kate Spilde, USA
- Hermano Tavares, Brasilia
- Ken Winters, USA
- Keith White, USA
- Harold Wynne, Canada
But she now says the huge win has left her incredibly stressed and
she is even said to be considering legal action against
Camelot, Daily Mail reports.
Speaking to the Sunday People, Ms Park, who now owns two
properties and calls herself a developer, said: "I thought it would
make it ten times better but it's made it ten times worse. I wish I had
no money most days.
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Nzherald, 13 February 2017
- Canada What G4 can do
for you
Man says anti-psychotic meds turned him into
gambling addict
- Ethical Business
practices
A Quebec man is sounding the alarm about an unwanted side effect
to taking the anti-psychotic medication Abilify.
- Information systems
for staff and players
25-year old Simon Bergeron says Abilify turned him into a
- Staff training
compulsive gambler and he squandered $25,000 dollars in just a
- Staff and consumer
information
- Intervention and
referral service
few months playing online casino games.
Health Canada did issue a warning in 2015 that the medication may
be associated with compulsive behaviours including gambling and
promiscuity. A class action lawsuit is being organized..
For his part, Bergeron tells the Journal de Montreal that he is off
Abilify and is no longer feeling the compulsive need to gamble.
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ISSUE
MAY 2017
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iHeart Radio, 7 February 2017
- Australia -
Gambling operators are cashing in on teens'
addiction to online games
Problem gambling is a significant societal concern that is set to get
bigger.
Game and gambling operators are chasing the proliferation of new
technologies readily accessible via your phone or tablet. This is
breaking through traditional barriers to advertising, leaving the
switched-on generation in the firing line.
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The sydney Morning Herald, 15 February 2017
- USA 27 drinks for gambler lead to fine for casino,
state says
has Monroe County The operator of Mount Airy Casino Resort in
agreed to pay a $25,000 fine for allowing a visibly drunk patron to
.gamble, the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board said
The fine approved Wednesday by the board is in addition to $2,500
in costs related to the investigation into last fall's incident, according
.to a consent agreement between the casino operator and the state
So far this year, the gaming board has approved a total of $190,000
against five casinos for violations. That includes a $50,000 fine
for Sands Casino Resort Bethlehem levied against the operator of
.underage gambling, according to the board
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Lehighvalleylive, 1 February 2017
- Canada Is it ethical for Canadian casinos to so
aggressively target Asians? It’s hard to say —
they’re not talking
During recent Lunar New Year celebrations, senior managers at the
River Rock Casino Resort in Richmond, B.C., gussied up in
colourful Qing Dynasty-era costumes and held a cash giveaway with
a prize pool of $88,888.
The Fallsview Casino overlooking Niagara Falls boasts that its
resort was designed according to feng shui principles and features
“very authentic Asian cuisine.”
The newest resort in Las Vegas, the Lucky Dragon Hotel and
Casino, is swimming in red and delivers an assortment of Asian-
themed eye candy — glass-dragon chandelier and lantern-lit night
market — and table games popular with the Asian crowd — pai gow
and baccarat.
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National Post, 21 February 2017
- United Kingdom -
One in six UK adults gambled online in 2016
Roughly one in six UK adults gambled online last year, thanks in
part to excitement over a pair of quadrennial sporting events.
The UK Gambling Commission’s latest gambling participation
survey shows that 48% of respondents aged 16 years or older
reported engaging in at least one form of gambling last year,
although this figure drops to 33% if you exclude National Lottery
play.
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Calvin Ayre, 28 February 2017
- Japan -
This Japanese Slot Game Generates More
Revenue Than Las Vegas and Macau Combined
Last month, legislators in Japan passed a law that legalizes casino
gambling in the country. It ended 15 years of political back-and-forth
and paves the way for the eventual development of integrated
resorts, which could add an additional $10 billion to national coffers,
or 0.2% of GDP according to the Daiwa Research Institute.
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Fortune, 30 January 2017
- Canada -
University Professor Urges Canada Operators
to Join DFS Industry
The situation with the Daily Fantasy Sports (DFS) in Canada has
been a bit complicated lately. The thing is that local players are not
forbidden to participate in any online contests by the federal
authorities, but the legislation’s provisions do not explicitly allow
them to take part in such events. What is more, the Canadian
Parliament has not been keen on making the DFS legality issues
part of its agenda, despite the increasing presence of this industry.
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Casino Guardian, 22 February 2017