Gambling 911 – Say what? Could one of the best voices in music today, Susan Boyle, have fallen on hard times? People Magazine has revealed that Ms. Boyle, 52, recently applied for a part time gig at British bookmaker Ladbrokes. The 16-hour-a-week job at the Blackburn, Scotland shop pays $10 an hour. Jessica Bridge of Ladbrokes says, “We were as shocked as Simon, Amanda and Piers when Susan asked about the part-time vacancy. She once applied for a job with us before hitting the big time, so it’s good to see she’s still dreaming the dream of working for Ladbrokes.”…

Sioux City Journal – The Iowa Lottery has no plans to get into online gaming this year, but at least one lawmaker thinks it might be in Iowans’ best interest to offer online poker. Lottery Director Terry Rich reminded lawmakers Jan. 22 that state code allows the Lottery to offer online games. However, he has no plans to “put the full accelerator on” to pursue online gaming this year. “Internet gaming is booming,” he said, noting several states offer or are considering Internet games. A study for the Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission estimates the state could reap $3 million…

iGaming Business – Ralph Topping, the chief executive of bookmaker William Hill, has revealed he is opposed to the “clustering” of betting shops in the UK and has called on MPs to take action before the situation starts to “alienate” communities. According to the Daily Mail newspaper, Topping said that he understands why people have objected to new betting shops opening on their local high street and claims to have seen “stark” examples of their direct impact. Topping also suggested handing licensing authorities more power to block such shops sprouting up if the regulators identified a damaging “cumulative impact”. “I’m…

There’s some exciting European Soccer coming up this weekend with a full round of Premier League fixtures to look forward to. The action gets underway on Saturday as Liverpool host Arsenal at Anfield in the early kick-off. Brendan Rodgers’ side will be looking to avenge the defeat they suffered at the Emirates in November and gain ground on the visitors in the title race. Elsewhere, Chelsea welcome Newcastle to London as Jose Mourinho’s quest to bring the Premier League trophy back to Stamford Bridge continues. On Sunday, Champions League hopefuls Tottenham and Everton clash at White Hart Lane, while former…

A Pennsylvania law on sports pool betting that took effect in recent days has triggered a pregame tussle between a lawmaker and the state police over whether certain organizations can legally operate such betting pools on the Super Bowl. Sen. Lisa Boscola, D-Northampton, wants to overturn the call by state police that the betting pools remain illegal under federal law, arguing that the legislation signed into law in November was fashioned to get around a sports betting prohibition in the federal Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act. She wrote in a letter to Gov. Tom Corbett that the state police were…

Gambling 911 – A new bitcoin-only sportsbook made its debut smack in the middle of Times Square this past week, advertising on the Reuters interactive billboard. Coinbet.cc is one of the newest online gambling sites to enter the lucrative bitcoin Web gaming market.  This appears as if it will become a pretty significant trend as we move forward into 2014. But it could prove to be a dangerous one as well. Americas Cardroom, one of the largest online poker networks still catering to citizens of North America, recently implemented a bitcoin platform to its expanding list of cashier methods, but…