Online Poker – Despite having a small population of just 23 million people, Australia has the highest adult gambling rate in the world with more than 80% of Australians involved in some gambling activity. Each year the country generates $4.6 billion in gambling revenue, two thirds of which comes from slot machines, known as pokies. Despite a vibrant land-based casino industry, online gambling is controlled by the Interactive Gambling Act of 2001, which makes it an offense for gambling companies to offer ‘real-money’ internet gambling to Australian citizens. Like most other countries, however, Australia’s online gambling industry operates within a…

Card Player – The Pennsylvania study on the condition of the gambling industry in the state, with particular emphasis on the potential impact of online gaming, is coming back earlier than expected. Commissioned by the State Senate last December to be completed by the beginning of May, the study from the Senate Legislative Budget and Finance Committee is on the schedule to be presented Wednesday morning. “We wanted to see what the overall health of the casino industry is in the state and whether or not there’s room for expansion without cannibalizing what’s currently in place,” said State Sen. Kim…