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Casino and Blue Cross labor strikes stretch on in Detroit

Detroit casino workers are continuing their strike against three operators, hopeful that they'll be able to secure a big win like the UAW has in tentative deals with domestic automakers. It's day 26 for the strike. On Oct. 17, unionized casino workers at MGM Grand Detroit, MotorCity Casino, and Hollywood Casino at Greektown launched a strike…
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Casino and Blue Cross labor strikes stretch on in Detroit
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New support for NHS to treat gambling addiction

The NHS is set to benefit as new levy will raise an estimated £100 million of new funding for research, prevention and treatment of gambling addiction. white paper in April, the Government is now taking the next step in mandating payments from the sector by launching a consultation on the design of the proposed gambling operator levy. Currently,…
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New support for NHS to treat gambling addiction
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Why European Islands are Famous for Gambling

Living in the age of media made you think that the best, and sometimes the only place, where you can visit monumental casinos and enjoy yourself without limits is Las Vegas. Hollywood often creates fake images, and this is one of them. When you think about it, gambling has been around for centuries. People gambled in Europe long before Christopher…
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Why European Islands are Famous for Gambling
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More gambling clinics set up after record demand

NHS England is nearly doubling its number of gambling addiction clinics after referrals hit a record high. Seven new facilities are to be opened this summer on top of the eight already available around the country. Some 1389 patients were referred for gambling support in 2022/23 - a sharp rise from 775 two years previously. However, political…
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More gambling clinics set up after record demand
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Grosvenor Casinos launches Live Casino Studio

The UK casino operator noted that it aims to create a more "immersive and authentic gaming experience for players," with its 24/7 Live Casino Studio featuring seven tables, including two roulette and five blackjack games. The company added that its "passionate and highly skilled dealers" feature 50 trained team members. Grosvenor Casinos' Live…
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Grosvenor Casinos launches Live Casino Studio
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Grosvenor Casinos unveils new Evolution-powered live casino studio

Rank Group's Grosvenor Casinos has launched a new live casino studio in partnership with live dealer specialist Evolution. The new studio features 50 Grosvenor Casinos' dealers on demand, with seven casino tables available, including two roulette and five blackjack games. Developed in partnership with Evolution, the launch follows the recent…
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Grosvenor Casinos unveils new Evolution-powered live casino studio
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Grosvenor Casino Launched Its Live Casino Studio

Great news for all customers of Grosvenor Casinos - the long-awaited Live Casino Studio offer is finally launched. This offer will contain 50 company dealers on demand that will be available 24 hours a day. Players will be able to enjoy seven different casino tables. Roulette and blackjack are now included in the offer. A famous casino operator…
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Grosvenor Casino Launched Its Live Casino Studio
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Grosvenor Casinos launches new live casino studio

Developed in partnership with Evo Casino, the Live Casino Studio will feature a team of 50 dealers working across seven casino tables including two roulette and five blackjack tables. Customers will be able to access games 24 hours a day, seven days a week, with the online offering being designed to support Grosvenor's network of 51 land-based…
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Grosvenor Casinos launches new live casino studio
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God55 Singapore Online Casino Review for 2022- 150% Bonus

Founded in 2009, God55 is one of Asia's best-known gambling sites. While sports betting is also available, our review will mainly focus on the God55 Casino. With thousands of games, a range of bonuses and various payment methods, God55 is popular in Singapore and Thailand. Our God55 Singapore review will cover all aspects of the online casino,…
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Ex-footballer whose reaction to £1m jackpot became online hit has quit his job to travel the world

An ex-footballer whose emotional reaction to winning a £1m lottery jackpot went viral quit his building job to travel the world with his partner. Terry Kennedy, 29, was a teammate of England star Harry Maguire at Sheffield United before being forced into early retirement due to a knee injury in 2016. But after scooping the life-changing win last…
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Ex-footballer whose reaction to £1m jackpot became online hit has quit his job to travel the world
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Final News Round Up of 2022! November & December

Gaming Realms is pleased to provide a roundup of all its latest game launches and new operator partnerships during November and December 2022. With 2022 drawing to a close, Gaming Realms looks back on a great year of market expansion and new partnerships, including recently securing its full gaming license from the National Gambling Office in…
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Final News Round Up of 2022! November & December
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The Most Influential Women in Gambling

The odds are often stacked against women in a male-dominated industry. The gambling industry has traditionally been an example of gender inequality. Even with successful women in male-dominated industries such as medicine and finance, making it in the world of casinos, chips, bets, and bluffs still isn't easy. Things get even worse when you look at…
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The Most Influential Women in Gambling
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GamStop launch Gambling Support University Tour

In places all around the UK, "The Gambling Support University Tour" will interact with students and university employees to discuss the problem of gambling-related harms and the training and support services they offer. Additionally, attendees will receive in-depth information about the negative effects of gambling and have the chance to discuss…
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GamStop launch Gambling Support University Tour
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Hollywood Casino Partners With NetEnt for Online Gaming in PA

Penn National Gaming who runs Hollywood Casino in Pennsylvania has partnered with Swedish "digital casino solutions provider" NetEnt to offer its portfolio of games to players within the state who chose to play on Hollywood Casino's website. The partnership between Hollywood Casino and NetEnt comes after the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board…
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GAMSTOP joins university tour to provide help to students affected by gambling

GAMSTOP and other organisations working to reduce gambling-related harms have launched a UK-wide university tour to promote the available support for students. 'The Gambling Support University Tour' is a joint venture by GAMSTOP, the national online self-exclusion scheme; YGAM, an award-winning education charity and RecoverMe, a mobile health…
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GAMSTOP joins university tour to provide help to students affected by gambling
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Baga Chipz launches new tour of Mecca Bingo clubs

Drag icon Baga Chipz has kicked off the third Boots Down Bingo tour of Mecca clubs. The doyenne of drag debuted bespoke bingo-inspired jewellery to celebrate the new tour, which starts on November 24. The events will see the stars of RuPaul's Drag Race present the ultimate drag bingo party. Hosted by Ophelia Balls, Boots Down Bingo will bring a…
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Baga Chipz launches new tour of Mecca Bingo clubs
Hereford Times

Herefordshire postcode named among UK's luckiest for lottery wins

HEREFORDSHIRE'S HR postcode has been named among the luckiest in the country by a major online bingo site. This was followed by a much smaller town, West Malling in Kent, with a win percentage of 99.73%, and Eastbourne in East Sussex, with 99.65%. But Slingo also took a look at the number of winners in the People's Postcode Lottery to see which…
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Herefordshire postcode named among UK's luckiest for lottery wins
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Leeds woman took own life at 32 after battling extreme gambling addiction

A 32-year-old Leeds woman, who sadly took her own life after suffering an addicted to gambling, has inspired a protest to reform gambling. Kimberly Wadsworth, from Leeds, was 32 when she took her life in 2018 after becoming addicted to gambling. Kimberly's addiction started on fixed-odd betting terminals before playing online casino games, where…
Gambling Addiction
Leeds woman took own life at 32 after battling extreme gambling addiction
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Why BBC Three’s gambling addiction documentary is a must-watch

BBC Three's powerful new documentary Gambling: A Game Of Life And Death delves into the serious reality of gambling addiction in the UK. Trigger warning: this article contains reference to suicide. Last year the gambling industry spent 1.5 billion on advertising. Over the last seven years, online gambling has almost tripled and 86% of the revenue…
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Why BBC Three’s gambling addiction documentary is a must-watch
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Five songs about slot games you’ve probably never heard

While slot games, i.e. online slots like Wizard Slots or even slot machines, are often music themed - there haven't been too many hits that pay direct homage to these classic games. However, they definitely exist. These tracks focus on slot machines, though you've probably never heard them before. Slot Machine - Charlotte Rose Benjamin She's not…
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Five songs about slot games you’ve probably never heard
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Six Best Bingo Movie Scenes

What is it about bingo that excites viewers and makes for great entertainment? The best bingo film scenes are one's in which bingo has a significant role. Bingo is interesting to everyone, not only senior citizens. You will think about the next set of numbers called out at your favorite bingo hall at any time of the day. Bingo is not just a game…
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Six Best Bingo Movie Scenes
The Times

Like Jack Ritchie, gambling took over my life. It nearly killed me

An inquest under way at Sheffield town hall may well have huge consequences for the British gambling industry. The coroner, David Urpeth, will seek to determine "whether gambling caused or contributed to [the] death" of Jack Ritchie, an English teacher who took his own life in 2017 aged 24. The inquest heard how Ritchie had struggled with a…
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Daily Mail Online

Jack Ritchie: English teacher killed himself in Vietnam after battling a gambling addiction

A teacher who took his own life after battling a gambling addiction first started betting on Fixed Odds Betting Terminals (FOBTs) when he was in school, an inquest today heard. Jack Ritchie, 24, died in Vietnam - where he was teaching - after years of gambling problems dating back to as young as 16 years old, a hearing in Sheffield was told on…
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Jack Ritchie: English teacher killed himself in Vietnam after battling a gambling addiction
The Guardian

Jack Ritchie death: gambling addiction began as teenager, inquest hears

A 24-year-old English teacher developed a chronic gambling addiction that started with betting small amounts on controversial fixed-odds betting terminals (FOBTs) when he was in the sixth form, an inquest into his death has heard. His parents, Charles and Liz Ritchie, from Sheffield, argue that government failures contributed to their son's death…
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Jack Ritchie death: gambling addiction began as teenager, inquest hears
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Jack Ritchie death: Gambling addiction began as teen, inquest hears

A 24-year-old teacher who took his own life while battling a gambling addiction had been betting since was a teenager, an inquest has heard. Hull University graduate Jack Ritchie, who was originally from Sheffield, died in Hanoi, Vietnam, in November 2017. Since his death. Mr Ritchie's parents, Charles and Liz, have both campaigned for gambling…
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Jack Ritchie death: Gambling addiction began as teen, inquest hears
Glamour Magazine

Gambling Addiction: One Woman Discusses The Realities

Stacey Goodwin's first bet was as a teenager, in the bathroom of a friend's house. "I was 14 and getting ready to go out," remembers the 29-year-old who spent almost a decade of her life addicted to slot machines and online gambling. "We looked in the mirror and bet on who could lose the most weight over Christmas. It was incredibly dangerous - it…
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Gambling Addiction: One Woman Discusses The Realities
Yorkshire Press

What Gambling in Yorkshire Looks Like

The UK government is looking to overhaul the gambling legislation. The proposal includes banning sports sponsorships and limiting online stakes. The proposal came forward as a solution to the general health of many gamblers that are affected by their online losses. The pandemic has affected the industry, not in terms of money spent, but in the way…
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What Gambling in Yorkshire Looks Like
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GOLDEN GAMBLE RESULTS: DERBY COUNTY

Top prize of £1000 at Sky Bet Championship fixture - Golden gamble results from Derby County match - Top prize of £1000 and three other prizes also won - Draw will return on Saturday 5 February 2022 Were you a lucky winner with Huddersfield Town's Golden Gamble draw, sponsored by Barden print, against Derby County on Wednesday evening? David…
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GOLDEN GAMBLE RESULTS: DERBY COUNTY
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UKGC: Jail for man who misused lottery profits

A man who deprived a charity of £285000 as he ran a lottery on its behalf has been jailed for three months. Simon Rydings, 50, of Edinburgh, will also pay £1000 compensation to Sheffield Hospitals Charity within 18 months of leaving prison. Birmingham Magistrates' Court heard how Rydings failed to pass on £285000 of lottery proceeds to the charity…
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UKGC: Jail for man who misused lottery profits
The Sun

Mega £137million jackpot scooped by a single ticket holder in France

THE results are out for the Euromillions - and it's good news for one lucky person as a single ticket holder in France has scooped up the whopping £137million. The massive sum rolled over from Tuesday night's £122million - after no-one took the life-changing figure home. Tomorrow see's the return of the Lotto which has a whopping £4 million jackpot…
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Mega £137million jackpot scooped by a single ticket holder in France
Chicago Tribune

Only in Chicago does a debate about one casino turn into a fight over six

Chicago is debating the location and operator of its first casino within city limits. It is doing so decades after other cities hungry for tax revenue and willing to overlook the social costs took that step. But our City Council can never make things easy. In the last few days, it has become clear the great civic casino debate is, in fact, not over…
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Only in Chicago does a debate about one casino turn into a fight over six
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EuroMillions £55m winning numbers TONIGHT, plus Monday's Set For Life lotto latest

BRITS are in with a chance of scooping a staggering £55million in tonight's HUGE EuroMillions draw. The draw will take place at 8:45pm and the winning numbers will drop just minutes later. The National Lottery's Thunderball draw will take place shortly beforehand at 8pm, offering players a chance to win £500000. It comes after Monday's Set For Life…
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East Riding gambling operators will soon share players' spending data

Betting shops, casinos and gambling websites will find out how much customers are spending Betting shops, casinos and gambling websites will soon be able to find out how much customers are spending, East Riding councillors have heard. East Riding councillors heard a recent data protection ruling had cleared the way for the sharing system to go…
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East Riding gambling operators will soon share players' spending data
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Neil Bluhm mulls bid for Chicago casino amid a changing gambling industry

Neil Bluhm, the longtime king of legalized gambling in Illinois, isn't much of a gambler. While he might hit the craps tables every few years in Las Vegas, his big bets, he says, are "when I try to do one of these deals." Bluhm means the bidding for Chicago's first casino. His Rush Street Gaming is widely considered by industry insiders to be the…
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Neil Bluhm mulls bid for Chicago casino amid a changing gambling industry
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Gambling safety app set for mainstream roll-out following acquisition

A gambling protection app developed by the son of a former gambling addict will be offered to potentially millions of at-risk players following its acquisition by compliance specialist Crucial Compliance. BetProtect is an innovative player awareness space that offers tools and professional advice to help players better understand and manage their…
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Gambling safety app set for mainstream roll-out following acquisition
Harrogate Informer

The gambling landscape in Yorkshire compared with the rest of the UK

The gambling industry is huge. Worldwide it was worth over US$60 billion in 2019 and is expected to grow to over US$90 billion as early as 2023. In the UK, gambling laws are fairly relaxed, with most forms of gambling being legal. In 2019, the industry was worth £14.3 billion in the UK alone, and employed over 90 thousand people. It's also a…
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Why Wizz Sees Slot Waivers As State Aid

As the aviation industry continues to rebound, budget carrier Wizz Air is firmly taking a position against waiving slot usage requirements - a measure enacted to help airlines during the worst parts of the pandemic. During Simple Flying's July 15th webinar, Wizz Air's Chief Operating Officer went so far as to call the practice a form of state aid.…
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Why Wizz Sees Slot Waivers As State Aid
Daily Mail Online

The deadly truth about betting: Gambling addicts are more likely to die early, research shows

The scale of Britain's gambling epidemic was laid bare today in a shocking study that linked problem betting with early death. The Oxford University research found that more than half a million Britons are spending £900 a month on their habit - and 200000 are paying out more than £1800. The study also showed the devastating impact on the health of…
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The deadly truth about betting: Gambling addicts are more likely to die early, research shows
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Scarlett Moffatt's mum Betty 'took tens of thousands of pounds from account to fund gambling habit'

Scarlett Moffatt has reportedly helped her mother, Betty, get therapy after her online gambling habit'spiralled out of control' during lockdown. According to new reports, the Gogglebox star, 30, was left'betrayed and confused' after her mother allegedly took'tens of thousands of pounds' from her account. Betty, who has been working for Scarlett…
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Scarlett Moffatt's mum Betty 'took tens of thousands of pounds from account to fund gambling habit'