Neteller Ceasing Internet Gambling Transactions In Canada

NeTeller to cease doing on-line gambling transactions in Canada and Turkey
April 9th is the cutoff date for gambling related transactions involving Canadian customers, and InstaCash transactions stopped today.
I'm a little perplexed. Not sure who is turning up the heat here. Internet gambling in Canada has been a grey area for quite some time, and I haven't seen anything to change the colour into black and white.

Ontario Lottery and Gaming ignored obvious fraud cases; Ombudsman report gives 23 recommendations

Canadian internet gambling billionaire Ayre, doesn't dare set foot in the USA.

Canadian Stallion Cat's At Home dead at 10

Centaur Inc buys Hoosier Park from Churchill Downs
H/T 4 Horse Racing Blog

Fair Grounds set handle record while giving out record purses


Trainer David Nunn only gets 60 days for using illegal drug and possessing syringe in a detention area at Aqueduct In Ontario, he would have got at least 6 months, but I think Kentucky Red is legal here....trainers with syringes are not.

Jack Moiseyev records 9000th win

Border passport laws still being lobbied against
I have an idea, make Ontario the 51st state, or at least US territory.

Cutest Female Jockey Of All Time, Chantal Sutherland, To Return To Woodbine

After two years of riding against America's toughest jockey, Chantal Sutherland returns to Woodbine. I think she will do very well on the Polytrack. I'm thinking it will really suit her riding style. Last year, she posed for Vogue. Can't find the pics online though.

Ontario Lottery and Gaming CEO Resigns
Resigns, told to quit, fired.......same difference. The OLGC has been under fire over the fact that retailers have been hauling in a much higher percentage of big prizes than they should have over the years, and the OLGC until recently, was doing a lot of dancing, and when tired of dancing, rested like an ostrich. The former CEO will probably get a lot of dough to send him off in the sunset and to keep his mouth shut. Sometimes, big corporations suck.

X-treme Horsepower event scheduled at Georgian Downs on July 14th.

Horse racing could be on the way out in California All because tribes in California have exclusive rights to slots.

UN supporting Alberta tribe internet gambling initiative????

CTHS announces Improvement Program for 2007

Pennsylvania Slots Have Generated $17.5 Million For Purses In Only 3 Months

Racing may return to Sandown Park in BC

Headlines For March 22nd: Hudon Gets Reinstated

Instant Racing Bill introduced in Ohio

Texas Holdem offered at PEI Racino It is about time Ontario offers the same. Might as well try to win back some of the patrons they have lost to internet poker sites.

Pat Hudon's fine and 10 year suspension for using potent form of EPO thrown out.
“The (ORC) administration’s case against Mr. Hudon was based solely on statements that Mr. Hudon had made to an Ontario Provincial Police detective who works with the racing commission branch,” explained the lawyer, who went on to say, “What the (ORC) panel found was that the statement was obtained by deceitful means and that the racing commission has to act with honesty, integrity and social responsibility, and anybody they delegate authority to has to act in that same manner…

“What they found was the detective did not act that way, and the statement was not obtained fairly, and as a result they ruled the statement was inadmissible.”


Magna Entertainment adds over 700 slot machines at Gulfstream

Magna going concern qualification

Baymount Announces New Meeting Date

Neteller working on freeing up US Funds seized

Queen Elizabeth 2nd is going to the Derby. After many Queen's Plate viewings, the Derby is going to be a first for her.

Indiana slots bill amended


Nova Scotia racino possibly in the works

Games of skill like Instant Racing in Arkansas might become more popular than live horse racing

New rules for pylons on Ontario harness tracks

For Sale Sign Goes At Fort Erie Racetrack

I forgot to mention that I recently joined the Thoroughbred Bloggers Alliance. Check my sidebar for some real good insight from various knowledgable bloggers. Of main interest to me is Jen Morrison's blog ThoroughBlog. She is a well known and well respected journalist, who mainly covers racing in Ontario.

For Sale Sign Goes Up At Fort Erie Racetrack Purses have been drastically dropping, so have race dates. Buffalo has a possible/probable casino coming soon and people will need passports to get over the border shortly. I guess everything has a price.

Great Canadian Gaming releases 2006 financials



Chartwell releases 1st quarter results

OHHA Appoints Review Committee

Neteller accused of not be forthcoming


Neteller coalition demands release of US Funds

A Day At The Races. The classic tout scene. Remember, this was way before the internet, but it was at a time when a lot more people could relate to horse racing too. What happened?:

Horse Racing Testing Shocker:Another Drug Causes Appearance of Aminorex

The test results make it appear aminorex was in the horses system, but an OTC drug that has no aminorex in it, caused the faulty readings.
Here we have the ORC, who has the power to take away a trainer's livelihood based on drug tests. Yet the drug tests can't be trusted. The ORC is in a tough spot.
Aminorex positives are not from aminorex but from levamisole phosphate. This is a bad precedence. This means that possibly any drug positive could be wrong. At least to a layman like me. I wonder how this will be spun by the industry.

I think levamisole was being used as a worm paste. Anyway, here it what it is and what is known about it. It seems to work well on elephants.

SUCCEED® Digestive Conditioning Program® was speculated to contain Aminorex, but tests show that it does not.

Ontario Lottery Chairman Asked To Resign

Sports Betting Kiosks Introduced in Dutch Caribbean

Raymond James likes Canadian gaming industry

March 16th Updates: Never Trust A Horse

With the Woodbine thoroughbred season quickly approaching, remember, you can never trust horses:


Critics Wants Ontario Lottery Corporation To Be Cleaned Up

Lotto 6/49 over-estimating jackpots
Hey, I thought that was illegal in Canada.


Using Canadian dollars and other non US currencies may be way to get around US internet laws Where there is a will there is a way. And the US should just legalize Internet gambling and allow operators out of Vegas to handle everything. This way money will stay within the US, and everyone will be happy, except for the Church groups and the offshore houses. Bettors would prefer to gamble with a Vegas internet hub then some Caribean house.

Sona Mobile signs deal with Daily Racing Form

3 more Torsemide positives. Trainers David Menary, Mary Paulic and Randy Zhok get fines and suspensions.

ORC Releases Financial Directives

Headlines for March 14th:Will Heather Mills Lose Her Fake Leg

As I predicted: Trainers with Aminorex positives are reinstated while investigation continues

Torsemide positives cause 4 suspensions in Ontario The drug is not approved in Ontario yet, so Alfred Carroll, Richard Carroll, Todd Clements and Dan McFadden get to ride the pines. Update: Four more trainers get fines and suspensions for Torsemide

Antigua on line casino taking bets on whether Heather Mills (McCartney)'s leg flies off on Dancing With The Stars

Fair Grounds announces third purse increase of the season

Youbet has 14 cent 4th quarter loss
But they expect their future to be profitable: share buyback announced.

Anti-slaughter opposition has created a glut of unwanted horses This is tragic and almost a no win situation

Twilight Meteor is the early money favorite for Queen's Plate

New York state wants $200 million in tobacco taxes; Senaca Nations says No Smokem Peace Pipe

Puerto Rico Pick 6 winner score $14 Million payoff

Puerto Rico Pick 6 winner score $14 Million payoff.
25 cent minimum bet...that is how you build a pool and get the average Joe involved.

Aminorex source still bewildering to horsemen and regulators

Canadian Pari-Mutuel Agency Renews Bet Monitoring Contract with ESI Integrity

Oaklawn keeps raising their purses Instant Racing most likely gets slot players interested in horse racing. Great idea, but it is getting the cold shoulder in most jurisdictions.

Quebec's Mohawk First Nations scoffs at idea that they are advising Alberta's Cree

Slots, lobbying and integrity focus of day three at HTA/TRA joint meeting


Canadian Bred Sunny Halo's 1983 Kentucky Derby victory:

March 9th Updates: More About Aminorex Positives

Ben Wallace mystified over Aminorex positive. Thinks it might be tied in to the drug Tramisol that he used 36 hours out Also, the link explains why Bill Robinson's horses were scatched (I guess the atmosphere just wasn't hot enough for him yet):
'Yesterday, John Blakney, head of the Ontario Racing Commission said investigators found a vial containing a substance, some powder and five syringes that contained substances. They are currently trying to investigate what the substances are. Robinson, who was not with the horse van, has not yet been charged.'

Vets put their heads together to figure out Aminorex source Maybe some of these trainer were "cheating" with a different drug or drugs and were unaware that something included Aminorex.

ORC Bulletin regarding positive tests

MI Developments reassessing their tie to Magna Entertainment

Senacas Under Pressure Now. Subpoenaed In Casino Probe
Maybe this is why a couple of Seneca execs mysteriously jumped ship over a month ago.


Steve Wynn back to bid on New York tracks


Gambling has benefits for seniors: study

Cree in Alberta warned about setting up an illegal internet gambling hub

March 7th Updates

Origin of where the Aminorex came from is questioned. I don't think all these trainers are using the drug knowingly. It must be in something they thought was safe.

Veteran Ben Wallace latest trainer to get a positive for Aminorex

Dave Perkins article in the Toronto Star about cheating and a drop in wagering.
He states handicapping is made tougher by cheats, but this has been a growing concern way before the current wave of suspensions. The drop in wagering mostly has to do with the waking up of the gambler.....the game is unfair because of ridiculously high take outs. Sorry to sound like a broken record. Lets face it, wagering on horse racing has been made so much easier with phone betting and computer betting, yet the numbers are dwindling instead of going up exponentially....illegal drugs aren't the problem, though they don't help.

Runaway Groom pensioned at 28
I was 21 when I was at home watching the 1982 Travers. By then I was already a major horse racing fan and bettor. For some reason I can't remember why I was home that day and not at Woodbine. This was probably the second biggest national pride moment I had in my life. The biggest was when Paul Henderson scored the goal that beat the Russians.


OK, here is the number one National Pride moment I had:

I was 11, and watched it in my Jr. High School's gymnasium with a bunch of other students. The game was so important, the school closed early that day to give everyone a chance to go home and watch it.

West Virginia OKs Table Games at Racetracks


Fun Technologies announces that it has over 30 million players worldwide

Youbet stock downgraded on news of Magna and Churchill deal

Why were Bill Robinson's horses scratched? I guess we will find out soon enough

March 5th Update: And More Twilight Zone

I remembered another classic Twilight Zone. Back in 1964, when this one with Mickey Rooney playing a jockey was made, race fixing and horse doping were the biggest issues tainting the sport. Times haven't changed much:

Twilight Zone - Last Night of a Jockey
Uploaded by asteve001

Ontario based jockey Rui Pimentel charged with internet luring a girl under 14

Magna And Churchill Announce Customer Focused Agreements
1. Foster an open and competitive business environment where horse racing content is readily available to customers through a wide variety of distribution points and wagering platforms
2. Create an innovation-based environment of sustainable growth for the North American horse racing industry domestically and internationally;
3. Enhance wagering integrity and security to address horse racing signal piracy and ensure content creators are compensated; and
4. Benefit the horsemen and racetracks that together create racing content through new industry growth.
Magna Posts Large Loss for 2006

HOW SOME US CUSTOMERS ARE BYPASSING THE POKER BAN
Disclaimer: This is not an endorsment and it should not be seen as an endorsement by Cangamble.
In order to bypass the US poker ban you will first need to hide your ip address so that instead of showing up as an American citizen you will be now shown as a Canadian. This is important as the ban only affects American citizens and not Canadians, who can freely register on all the various poker sites.

Step 1: Go To Canada411.Ca
Find someone with a common last name in either Ontario or Quebec province.

Step 2: Get Address
Pick one of these real addresses and phone numbers as your gaming account information.

Step 3: Signup at findnot.com
Findnot.com is a ip redirecting service that will forward your US ip address through Canadian servers located at Ontario and Quebec.

Step 4: Install findnot software
Now whenever you are going to log into your favourite poker site, you will first need to connect to one of findnot’s Canadian servers. The servers are fast and you will hardly notice the difference.

Step 5: Signup With Neteller, Click2pay, Epassporte Or Citadel
Sign up at the sites using your real name and the Canadian address that you came up with. The US Internet Gambling Enforcement Act makes it illegal for online gambling sites to accept electronic fund transfers, however, you are free to deposit money from your bank or credit card into a third party pay site in this case Neteller, Click2pay, Epassporte or Citadel.

HT: Midas Oracle.org


Call for nominations for 2007 Canadian Hall of Fame

Elderly owners of trotting mare Meconopsis interrogated by ORC

Neteller US Client Money May Never Go Back To The Players

Headlines For March 2nd

Since Horse Racing is starting to become something out of the Twilight Zone when it comes to drug charges, here is a classic episode with a horse racing theme. Enjoy:)

Twilight Zone - A Most Unusual Camera
Uploaded by mg217

Rick Zeron and 6 other trainers willing to take lie detector test to prove innocence. Claiming complete ignorance of where Aminorex comes from. Considering multi million dollar lawsuit. He also says ORC stopped the investigation and will just act on the positives.

Harness Racing losing credibility with the bettors in Ontario Willmot states that he has seen double digit drops in betting over the last 18 months. Cites drugs for the drop.
Sorry David, it is also the high take out. Bettors have woke up. They have no chance to win in today's climate.

OHHA and Georgian Downs reach agreement

Presque Isle Downs opens for slots
Horse racing expected to begin there later this year

How slots have saved horse racing....at least temporarily

Bill Finley writes that NYRA should do what Ontario does when it comes to dealing with casinos at racetracks

Magna Entertainment looking to expand via the internet

Tioga and Vernon announce purse increases thanks to slots