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.
 March 13, 2009
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| Featuring: Problem gambling a cultural danger to Asian Americans • McGill Youth Gambling Centre launches free support group for family members of adolescent/young adult gamblers • Council: Economic stress isn’t turning more to gambling addiction • Online gambling safe from EU regulation • | |
| March 6, 2009
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| Featuring: A cautionary tale: Ontario boomers get a gambling reality check • Distracted kindergarteners become gamblers: study • Parkinson's sufferers lack addictive personality • More NJ gamblers asking to be banned from casinos • Casinos shaky, but likely to survive: analyst • Stock market gamblers have same characteristics as lottery players • Online casinos players are less at risk of problem gambling • | |
| February 27, 2009
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| Featuring: Saskatchewan's newest entertainment destination • Problem Gambling Awareness Week: Shining the light on problem gambling's impact on crime • Barney Frank to introduce Internet gambling legislation in March • Casino swipe cards urged. An advocate for problem gamblers wants casino patrons to have to swipe an identity card to get in. • | |
| February 20, 2009
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| Featuring: Providing a managed, responsible VLT program • Judge tosses out NC's ban on video poker machines • Casino revenues still in freefall; operators hope worst is behind • Seniors may be at risk for gambling problems • UK to develop national responsible gambling programme • School kids to be barred from playing lottery Online • Europe focuses on responsible gaming. Integrity and sport will be the focus of the second Responsible Gaming Day held in Brussels and hosted by the EGBA.• | |
| February 13, 2009
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| Featuring: bwin launches gambling addiction research project • Odds against legalized gambling in Hawaii • MPs call for Google to reinstate gambling ad ban • Preventing problem gaming on the Internet • If you're a gambler, you can bet it's in your genes • | |
| February 6, 2009
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| Featuring: Clubs upset by VLT loss. Number of VLT sites being slashed by more than half province-wide. • Vanier takes steps to quash gambling • Nevada casinos take $81 million in Super Bowl bets • Bill would punish gamblers under 18 at card rooms • Public awareness needed from States involving problem gambling • Online gambling participation increasing in the UK • Foster: Gambling websites failing to protect children • | |
| January 30, 2008
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| Featuring: Windsor man acquitted of illegal gambling for organizing poker tournaments • Gambling: A game of emotions, not odds • More states may be betting on gambling. Nebraska is among at least 14 States mulling gaming measures. • Bad economy doesn't slow neighborhood slots gambling • Online gambling law already causing financial screw-ups • Fears of gambling endemic as NHS say 1.3 million Britons have serious problem • | |
| January 23, 2009
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| Featuring: Gambling group hits Guelph campus to show students signs of addiction • Canadian province considering trial use of smart cards to restrain gambling • US Judge: Poker game of skill • Online gambling growth in numbers. Americans make for half of the total sum wagered at Internet casinos. • Missourians’ gambling up, but problems are down • Macau casino revenues collapse • Local NGOs to hold anti-gambling parade on March 13 • | |
| January 16, 2009
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| Featuring: Card-carrying gamblers have say on new system. About 300 VLT players to test, give opinions on tracking cards. • In recession, many see lottery worth the gamble; more than half the states with one have seen sales rise in last six months. • 'Third of gambling websites let children place online bets' • eCOGRA certification to cover all online gambling sectors • Taiwan the latest to legalize gambling • | |
| January 9, 2009
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| Featuring: Nova Scotia’s at-risk gambling rates among country’s lowest • Study finds casino glitz doesn't contribute to problem gambling • Internet cafe gambling becoming popular in Florida • Bookmakers will be forced to pay £5m for gambling studies • Ladbrokes slams ASA’s ‘ban on humour’ in gambling ads • Casinos given green light in Taiwan • | |
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