Online Gambling Attracting The Attention Of Politicians

Recent news reported this week on the VOCM regional radio station, which is located in Newfoundland, Canada, involved a report on increasing political concerns being directed toward an online lottery and iBingo site that is operated by the Atlantic Lottery Corporation which has been approved by the four provincial governments. The site functions through the Alc.ca website.

The concern expressed through Opposition leader Lorraine Michael is for the site’s promotion of online gambling and for the level of online gambling offered through the website. She contrasted this with a reduction of VLT's by the provincial government and its current promoting of responsible gambling and its concurrent permitting of the ALC to offer online gambling, an example being iBingo.

She summed all this up as reflecting the counter-productive efforts of the government and went on to express her concern for the fact that that an insufficient investigative effort has been in existence regarding the impact and ultimate affect of the site and the public, and she queried whether or not a proper and full risk assessment had been carried out regard the site’s activities.

This website is very professional looking in its appearance and it makes available a variety of lottery and bingo themed interactive games. These gaming opportunities may be downloaded from their site through software powered by Boss Media. There is a standard across the board charge of $3 for each game downloaded and played online. Among the games being offered are Texas Hold'em Poker, Gong, Mini-Golf, Eldorado and Memento in addition to a variety of lottery applications as well as bingo.

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