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What would you do if you won $590 million? You’d probably spoil yourself in some fashion. Well, this is not how Gloria Mackenzie chose to celebrate her $590 million lottery win. The 84-year-old grandmother, who is the biggest single lottery Powerball winter in U.S. history, celebrated her win by eating at a crab shack and… Read more »

The illegal gambling market in Greece had a turnover of between 5.5 – 6 billion euros in 2013, according to estimates released on Friday. During this time, the revenue of legal gambling enterprises declined significantly. The president of Greece’s Gaming Commission, Evgenios Giannakopoulos, who briefed the Committee on Institutions and Transparency of the Greek Parliament,… Read more »

A sister who won a $20 million lottery jackpot is sharing her winnings with her seventeen siblings and twenty people overall. The other three are the children of a brother who died a few years ago. The family from New Jersey, who are largely based in Ocean County, have had a few tough years, after… Read more »

Hundreds of casino workers and supporters took to the streets of Atlanta to protest the closure of Showboat Casino Hotel next month. The protestors gathered on the Atlantic Coty Boardwalk, and chanted “keep Showboat open”. Many blew whistles and beat drums at the entrance of Caesars, where a half-dozen security guards loitered about at the… Read more »

The gaming app Magic888 Casino has announced that it is folding, becoming the latest social gaming app to do so. It is believed that the impending impact of the Point of Consumption Tax (PoC Tax), combined with marginal business returns have contributed to 888’s decision this week to cull its Magic888 Casino app from Facebook, just five months… Read more »

The leading online gambling payments pioneer NETELLER have snubbed Bitcoin. Based in the Isle of Man, NETELLER are a digital payments service, who recently revised its customer terms-of-service agreement to explicitly prohibit the use of digital currencies. NETELLER offers e-wallet and digital money transfer services, with a heavy focus on the online gambling market. It’s headquarters… Read more »

A supermarket manager has won £70,000 on The National Lottery’s Lucky Fortune Scratchcard. Deborah Maddison, 43, is from Houghton-le-Spring, and works as the deputy manager at The Co-Operative Food in Easington Colliery. She bought the winning £2 Scratchcard days before heading off on holiday. She said: “I was heading off to Spain for two weeks… Read more »

Betsoft Gaming has been issued a suspension notice by the Alderney Gambling Control Commission, for an undisclosed offence. Betsoft Gaming, which is part of Digitus Ltd, was issued a hearing notice by André Wilsenach, the executive director of the AGCC. The notice was given under regulation 90 of the Alderney e-gambling regulations to the company… Read more »

Online gaming operator, 888 has had two adverts banned by the UK’s Advertising Standards Authority (ASA), after they ruled that the operator had misled customers over a ‘free play’ offer. The adverts related to the operator’s 888Casino.com brand, comprised of a poster on a London underground platform as well as an advertisement on the 888.com… Read more »

The British Labour Party are considering implementing a multimillion-pound tax levy on all sports gambling, with the revenue raised to fund treating gambling addiction, and grassroots sports. The proposal was set out by the Shadow Culture Secretary, Harriet Harman, and the Shadow Sports Minister, Clive Efford, in a new “More Sports for All” document, which… Read more »