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Canada’s most populated province, Ontario, has been debating for over a year as to whether or not it should offer an online gaming service and it was, therefore, great news when lottery officials announced recently that the eastern province will be following British Columbia in launching an internet site of its own by 2012.

The new Internal Markets Commissioner of the European Union, Michel Barnier has addressed the confused state of online gambling on the continent and said that one of his first tasks would be to seek coherency in legislation governing this field. The issue of online gambling continually comes up, with the EU currently following a policy of insisting that member states allow foreign operators to offer their services within their borders, in line with free trade agreements. However, confusion reigns in the matter, with many states still flouting monopolies or outright bans on internet gambling.

Jackpotslot announced a few days ago that it had launched the branded online gambling game Bejeweled which they promise will be followed by many future gaming brands.

Reputable online casino, Sky Vegas Casino, announced the release of a new five- reel and twenty paylines slot game called Little Devil slot offering a maximum payout of GBP 250,000.

The Canadian province of Quebec took an important step towards opening its doors to online gambling after it was announced this week that a state run online gaming operation will be launched in September.

Casino.com, the Gibraltar-licensed online casino reported that a healthy baby boy was recently born to a couple who fell in love while playing traditional card and table games at Casino.com.

Lottery officials in New Hampshire have postponed the debut of the state’s online casino until August in order to give state leaders time to be educated on the system.

In another blow to US online gamblers, another processor is cracking down on payments made through its system. Mastercard, which has until now shown no signs of letting US gamblers down, toughened its stance on the industry by coding transactions that originate from the internet betting world. This is an attempt to block US players from using their Mastercard credit cards to make deposits at online casinos and poker sites.

Playtech, the leading online gaming software provider and SEGA Games Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Japanese video software giant SEGA Corporation, have entered into an agreement in terms of which Playtech will provide SEGA with its huge range of online casino and poker products for it’s SEGA branded platforms, SEGA Casino.com and SEGA Poker.com.

Despite the fact that Australia’s Productivity Commission suggested in an official report a short while ago that steps should be taken to liberalize Australian gambling laws, the Federal government has rejected the recommendation.

According to a report in the Washington DC publication, the Hill,a British research and consultancy firm H2 Gambling Capital conducted a study recently on US gambling that could be very useful to the pro-legislation lobby.

Vegas Technology recently released four new diverse slot games that will result in every player having a chance to find at least one game to his liking.

Malta-based NeoGames International Limited, the leading online scratchcard provider, has announced that it has recently aided operator LMA Gaming in launching a new scratch and instant-win site at CrazyScratch.com.

Red Flush online casino is thrilled to be releasing the follow up to the most widely enjoyed online slot games ever developed when Thunderstruck II comes onto the computer screens next month.

All Slots Online Casino, a member of the Jackpot Factory Group, recently unveiled its new Flash casino platform offering instant play on over 300 games with no download.  This includes All Slots Casino’s new Live Dealer table games suite where Baccarat, Blackjack and Roulette tables are featured, hosted by live dealers.