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October 22, 2008 (InfoPowa News) -- The Toronto Globe and Mail reports this week on the activities of a new holistic clinic specifically designed to treat adolescents addicted to gambling, the Internet, and video games. Clinicians at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health in Toronto are behind the Adolescent Clinical Education Service, dubbed ACES by…

October 22, 2008 (InfoPowa News) -- Mobile gambling technology provider Phantom Fiber has been low profile this year, but the company is back this week with the signing of a contract to provide a mobile extension to Scientific Games Racing's Trackplay wagering system to the more than 1,500 cellular phones, Blackberry, and PDA device types…

October 22, 2008 (InfoPowa News) -- The recent announcement that ex-MySpace exec Thomas Flahie had been appointed as interim Chief Financial Officer at Steve Lipscomb's World Poker Tour Enterprises fits neatly into the poker firm's latest strategy unveiled this week -- a poker community using the MySpace website. The runaway success of social networking venues such…

October 22, 2008 (InfoPowa News) -- The UK MailOnline this week reports that the British government is about to step in on the question of problem gambling treatment funding in the absence of meaningful voluntary contributions from UK-licensed and mainly land operators. Industry chiefs have been warning their corporate colleagues for months that unless they open…

October 22, 2008 (InfoPowa News) -- The Australian Productivity Commission has been asked to investigate gambling and problem gambling in Australia, and has been tasked with delivering a final report to the federal government at the end of 2009, reports the Sydney Morning Herald this week. The incidence of problem gambling, especially on poker machines, is…

October 22, 2008 (InfoPowa News) -- Bluff Magazine has partnered with the Players Investment Company (PICClub.com) on a the latest online poker tournament venture branded the Bluff Poker Tour (BPT). The series will take the form of online poker tournaments modeled after the World Poker Tour.  The BPT online poker tournaments will give players the…

Neteller vient d'annoncer que les utilisateurs du site de paiements en ligne demandant une upgrade, vont recevoir la nouvelle carte Net+ d'ici quelques jours.La carte est le fruit d'un projet commun avec Payment Services. Elle est plus pratique, plus sécurisée, et génère moins de frais. Les clients du porte-monnaie électronique de Neteller peuvent faire une…

L'organisme indépendant eCOGRA a conclu que Net Entertainment valide tous les critères à respecter pour obtenir l'accréditation, et respecte les règles applicables pour les fournisseurs de jeux. Les inspections faites sur les systèmes d'exploitation et les logiciels de NetEnt confirment que le développement, l'implémentation et la maintenance des logiciels de Net Entertainment passent les tests…

La nueva libertad ofrecida a los operadores del juego en línea por Google, en términos de poder anunciarse en los resultados de búsquedas, ha sido aprovechado por el Smartlive Casino y Ladbrokes, el grupo de juegos de azar y apuestas.Duncan Parry, Chief Solutions Officer con la agencia digital Steak Media Group, dijo: "Solo tienes que…

William Hill Online será una combinación de la inversión de la casa de apuestas británica William Hill con los productos avanzados del desarrollador de software Playtech.William Hill ha declarado que la crisis financiera y de consumismo todavía no le ha afectado su crecimiento recién que ha sido magnificado por la buena temporada hasta la fecha…