The Tyee – Super Bowl Sunday is the biggest day of the year for gambling in Canada and the United States — more than $100 million is expected to be bet legally in Las Vegas alone. More than 100 million people will tune in to the Fox broadcast. They will be certain to discuss the $4 million-for-30-seconds TV ads, the Bruno Mars and Red Hot Chili Peppers’ halftime show and, of course, the Seattle Seahawks and Denver Broncos on their smartphone or tablet via social media. At the British Columbia Lottery Corporation’s second annual responsible gambling convention last week, delegates…

Fortune Palace releases its comprehensive guide to online slots Slots are the ultimate casino game as they offer the chance to win life-changing sums of money for little work. In both real and online casinos, slots are by far the most popular games. But some gamblers – especially those more familiar with card and table games – can be reluctant to try slots. As simple as they are, slots bring with them a completely new terminology which can present a barrier to new players. Wilds, Scatters, Multipliers – unless you know what these terms mean, slots can appear confusing. Andy…

Las Vegas Sun – At least 10 U.S. states are considering bills to legalize or expand Internet gambling this year, according to a group that tracks gambling-related legislation worldwide. But the Gambling Compliance survey also finds slim chances for a national law to regulate Internet poker, predicting a major effort by online gambling opponents to block it in Congress. So far, three states allow Internet gambling: New Jersey, Nevada and Delaware. The report says proposals for new or expanded Internet betting could be considered in California, Colorado, Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Mississippi, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. “In 2013, 10…

Gambling Kingz – The British anti-gambling lobbyist group, Campaign for Fairer Gambling, had its ads axed after the UK Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) found them misleading. Complaints against three print ads, published in the parliamentary magazine, The House, were brought to ASA by MP Philip Davies, acting in a personal capacity. The three ads appeared with the identical text in the magazine, with the only difference being that they were addressed to three separate people – Prime Minister David Cameron, Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg and Leader of the Opposition, Ed Miliband. The disputed ads contained five main points, all…

iGaming Business – Sportsbook platform provider FSB Technology has teamed up with the Guardian newspaper to launch a new online sportsbook service, GoWager.com. The new service, which will be managed and run by FSB Tech, offers pre-match and in-play markets on a range of sports such as football and horse racing. Under the partnership, FSB Tech will provide various technology solutions including a platform, CRM engine, pricing and trading team. GoWager.com is now live and can be accessed via the Guardian’s website and its sports section. David McDowell, co-founder and chief executive officer of FSB Tech, told iGaming Business: “The…

iGaming Business – The newly-regulated US igaming market is set to generate US$300m in gross win in 2014 and remains a good bet for operators despite its recent tentative start, data specialist H2 Gambling Capital has revealed, adding that much of its growth resides in its untapped potential of its most populated states on the east and west coasts. Publishing the first of a series of exclusive data-led articles for iGaming Business, Joel Keeble, special projects director at H2, said that although the pace of regulation may not be as quick as at first envisaged, individual states will continue the…