There’s been a lot of talk around Canada about initiating online gambling in the country. At a time when the US is already struggling with the future of online gambling, Canada is trying to capture the North America market. Nova Scotia is the next one that’s hoping to adopt online casinos. The Atlantic Lottery Corporation that mandates New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland and Labrador and Nova Scotia itself has been opposed to it, but the province isn’t going to let that little fact stop their plans. Full Article

The BC online casino site PlayNow.com was put back online on August 20th once the approval was granted by the gambling policy enforcement. However, this decision was not come to lightly since first there was review done by consulting firm Deloitte and the privacy commissioner. It was essential to ensure that at the time of the relaunch, player privacy could be guaranteed. Following the review, the source of the problem was found and indicated a glitch in the software that couldn’t be anticipated. In took approximately 5 weeks to narrow down the problem and then resolve it which resulted in the long delay in the huge loss of revenue for PlayNow.com the investigation completed by Deloitte naturally came with big costs as well, but the total amount has not yet been reported. Full Article

As Chili Poker became the first Playtech poker operator to be legally licensed in France, Playtech followed suit and recently launched the iPoker Network which has already become a huge success in France. Full Article

Microgaming has been a leader in the industry for some time. This company is responsible for developing some of the most popular online casino games in the world. In this extremely competitive industry, Microgaming has managed to attract the best gaming operators simply because of the quality of games that the company produces. Recently, Microgaming has added two new names to a very long list of existing clients. Full Article

British Columbia has broken into the online gambling market with the opening of the first online casino run by North America’s government. OpenBet, a UK software provider, is providing the platform for PlayNow.com. This website is operated by the BCLC, British Columbia Lottery Corporation, and is allowing residents of the province to engage in online gaming that includes games such as craps, roulette and blackjack. Currently, more than 140,000 people from BC are registered on the new site. Full Article

Cryptologic and Marvel have had a seemingly shaky history over time. While a number of slot games were released, nothing new has come out since December 2008. Soon after, another rival software provider, Playtech, announced its deal with Marvel to produce themed games using the world’s best known super heroes and villains. Cryptologic has since filed for breach of contract against Marvel Entertainment. Full Article

Microgaming's latest software release includes two new video slot games - Sugar Mama and Magic Multiplier online slots. Full Article