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Amaya, Not Zynga, Buys Online Poker Business Ongame For $33.3M - 0 views

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    "Although social gaming juggernaut Zynga was reportedly 'leading the race' in a bidding war for online poker provider Ongame Network just a few months ago, Amaya Gaming Group has ended up winning it. The Montreal, Canada-headquartered gaming company this morning announced that it has acquired Ongame from Internet gambling powerhouse Bwin.party for 25 million euros (just south of $32.2 million)."
César Albarrán Torres

Gambling addicts prefer poker machines to online or sports betting | adelaidenow - 0 views

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    FOUR out of every five problem gamblers in South Australia are addicted to pokies - despite the growth of online and sports betting. A profile of problem gamblers treated by the Flinders University School of Medicine shows less than 1 per cent said they had a problem gambling online but 83.9 per cent admitted to poker machine addiction. Flinders University Professor of Psychiatry Malcolm Battersby said experts did not know why a boom in sports betting and online gambling had not yet translated to an increase in problem gamblers.
César Albarrán Torres

Red Flush Online Casino to Launch New Mobile Casino Software for iPhone and iPad - PR.com - 0 views

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    Johannesburg, South Africa, July 12, 2012 --(PR.com)-- For all of Red Flush's Apple device users, a revolution is coming to your iPhone, iPod and iPad soon. Thanks to new, fully-optimised mobile casino software, Apple gamers can now carry their fun with them for the very first time. This is a revolution in mobile casino entertainment: for the first time, Apple and tablet users have a whole new gaming platform specifically designed for their devices, so that they could get their game on anytime, anywhere.
César Albarrán Torres

Andrew Wilkie Stand Firm on Pokies Reforms | Gillard Backing Away - 0 views

  • As always with gambling rooms, it was dark, with most of the light coming from the garish machines. The room was packed.
  • Wilkie
  • pronounced his willingness to bring down the Gillard government by withdrawing his support if it did not legislate to introduce a mandated pre-commitment scheme on poker machines in clubs and pubs. Punters would have a card which designated how much they were willing to lose on poker machines before they could start gambling.
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  • Senator Nick Xenophon, independent of South Australia, proposed a more manageable policy of a $1 limit on each bet.
  • The Liberals share the general concern about poker machine addiction destroying vulnerable families, but regard Wilkie's signature reform as intrusive micro-management of the industry.
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