iGaming Business – International digital marketing agency Stickyeyes has revealed that the online visibility of a number of gambling companies has suffered due to two key algorithm updates by internet search engine Google. In its latest online gambling and betting report, the agency said the brands that were among the most visible in 2012 lost “significant organic visibility” in Google searches last year after the search engine giant installed major updates. The Panda and Penguin updates are aimed at penalising brands that adopt what Google deem to be aggressive or unnatural link strategies. The study said that the updates had…

The Australian – New Zealand’s opposition Labour Party is calling for tighter controls for online casino pokies following a survey that shows Kiwis are the world’s fourth biggest gamblers per capita. Internal affairs spokesman Trevor Mallard says the government’s deal with SkyCity for a convention centre in exchange for more pokies in its casino will make the situation even worse. “It’s a disgrace that New Zealand is number four in the world for gambling, according to the analysis in The Economist,” he said on Tuesday. “We need tighter rules and greater controls on pokies.” The survey by UK consultancy H2…

Philly.com – A new poll finds more New Jersey residents want to smoke pot than gamble over the Internet. A Fairleigh Dickinson University PublicMind poll finds 41 percent of respondents would support smoking marijuana recreationally if it became legal. That compares with only 32 percent who support gambling over the Internet, which is legal in New Jersey now. The poll finds support for online gambling has fallen, even as it enters its third full month and more than 150,000 online gambling accounts have been set up in the state. “The public’s attitude was, for several years, warming up to online…

Card Player – A new proposal in the United Kingdom calls for an increase in the penalty for being caught and convicted of cheating at gambling. The full text can be found here. Under the proposed change, the maximum possible jail sentence would go up from two years to 10. Sporting events (explicitly) and online poker (implicitly) would fall under the scope of the amendment to the law. The bill in question is the Gambling (Licensing and Advertising) Bill. The sponsor is former sports minister Lord Moynihan. The move comes not long after the state of Nevada, the top gaming…

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