The stakes get bigger.
In October 1999, when Tom W. Bell wrote a story for reason about online gambling, Internet betting was a $651 million industry. In 2005 it was a $12 billion industry worldwide. Today a reliable figure is hard to come by, as changes in U.S. law have turned online gambling...

Electronic Game Card to Present at Roth Capital Partners 21st Annual OC Growth Stock Conference.
NEW YORK and LONDON, Feb. 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Electronic Game Card, Inc. (BULLETIN BOARD: EGMI) ("EGC"), announced today that it is scheduled to present at the upcoming Roth Capital Partners 21st Annual OC Growth Stock Conference on Monday, February 16, 2009, at 2:00p.m.(PT) at the Ritz-Carlton Laguna Niguel in...

The Great Give Away Offers Hope, Peace, Prosperity & Entertainment.
Imagine a live lottery where anyone who watches can win. Where your friends can even make you a winner. A 100% FREE of charge live lottery-game show that you don't have to pay to play. The only lottery system that includes everyone. With the ability to fund all education...

Lottery Fans From 70 Countries Join Together for a Free Chance at Millions at MyFreeLotteryPool.com.
Ad-Supported Website Invites Lotto Players From Around the World to Try Their Luck for Free NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., Jan. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Lottery fans from 70 countries around the globe have all flocked to a Newport Beach, Calif.-based website for a free chance to play in the...

Scientific Games, Inc. and New York Lottery Sued by Gameologist Group LLC for Willful Infringement on the BLING Trademark.
NEW YORK, Jan. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- According to Balestriere Lanza PLLC, the Gameologist Group LLC (Gameologist), a New Jersey based and minority-owned small business filed a complaint in New Jersey Federal District Court, suing the New York Lottery (the Lottery) and Scientific Games, Inc. (Scientific Games), for infringing on...

The Chips Are Down: Hotel Casinos to Decline 2.9 Percent.
IBISWorld Investigates The Impact Of The Global Financial Crisis On Gambling LOS ANGELES, Jan. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- The first event of this year's World Series of Poker Circuit is just days away at Harrah's Tunica Casino in Mississippi, yet the fate of the gaming industry is grim...

Scientific Games China Begins Instant Ticket Production.
2008 Sports Lottery Instant Ticket Sales Exceed 10 Billion Yuan NEW YORK, Jan. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Scientific Games China ("SGC"), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Scientific Games Corporation , announced today that it has commenced the production of instant lottery tickets in the People's Republic of China ("PRC")...

Proportionate liability: broad application to contract actions.
Reinhold v NSW Lotteries Corporation (No. 2) [2008] NSWSC 187 The NSW Supreme Court determined in this case that the proportionate liability regime has broad application to contractual actions where the damage or loss was factually due to a 'failure to take reasonable care' regardless of the...

Unique Website Allows Anyone to Play the Lottery for Free!
As a way to 'beat the recession,' an online firm gives everyone FREE entry to World Lotteries NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., Dec. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- When Daniel Bader started his online company a year ago, he never thought how relevant his free lottery pool business would become. Given...

Unbearable lightness: Happy-Go-Lucky.
"HAPPY-GO-LUCKY, " five-time Oscar nominee Mike Leigh's "quirky" and "offbeat" comedy about a young London schoolteacher who is, yes, happy-go-lucky, has enjoyed the most unanimous critical acclaim of any film this year. All 31 "Top Critics" on the Rotten Tomatoes website have given "Happy-Go-Lucky" their personal thumbs up. Indeed,...