Katrina P.

New Online Gambling Law in Quebec Defies Canada’s Open Internet Policy

New Online Gambling Law in Quebec Defies Canada’s Open Internet Policy

Katrina P. December 1, 2015 13:17:38

Canada has long defended its open internet policy—so why has a new online gambling law in Quebec been introduced that plans to block web content? Unlike many other countries, which engage in internet filtering and content take downs, policies exist for Canadian internet service providers to ensure that no web content is blocked, altered, changed, […]

Five Year Supplier Deal Brokered Between Playtech and Sun Bingo

Five Year Supplier Deal Brokered Between Playtech and Sun Bingo

Katrina P. December 1, 2015 12:25:35

Playtech and Sun Bingo have brokered a five-year deal to replace Gamesys with Playtech as the key supplier for the popular UK-based online bingo operator. In UK gambling news, Playtech announced that its Virtue Fusion bingo division has signed a lucrative five-year contract with News UK to operate Sun Bingo and Fabulous Bingo. Virtue Fusion […]

Anonymous Quebecois the Winner of a $19.6 Million Lotto 6/49 Jackpot

Anonymous Quebecois the Winner of a $19.6 Million Lotto 6/49 Jackpot

Katrina P. November 30, 2015 14:12:50

One lucky French Canadian beat odds of 14 million to 1 to win a $19.6 million Lotto 6/49 jackpot. According to updates from online casinos in Canada, the winning Lotto 6/49 jackpot ticket of 04, 07, 13, 15, 27, and 28 for the November 28 draw was sold to someone somewhere in Quebec. The winner […]

Multimillion Lottery Winner Refuses to be Changed by Big Win

Multimillion Lottery Winner Refuses to be Changed by Big Win

Katrina P. November 30, 2015 13:07:57

£13.5 million lottery winner Peter Congdon refuses to let himself or his life be changed by his enormous newfound fortune. In UK gambling news, the 67 year old great-grandfather and multimillionaire from Truro, Cornwall, still lives in his council house—where he’s lived for the past 30 years—and continues to call bingo numbers at a community […]

Weird Things NHL Fans Have Thrown on the Ice During Hockey Games

Weird Things NHL Fans Have Thrown on the Ice During Hockey Games

Katrina P. November 30, 2015 12:37:16

Tossing bizarre items during games is a long-standing hockey tradition—albeit a head-scratching one. Here’s a list of the weirdest things NHL fans have thrown on the ice! Since the 1950s, hockey fans and those who like to bet on sports in US have made a habit out of throwing symbolic items onto the ice during […]