Rebuilding Value in Online Games
Article By:  Andy Amada, President, Relationship Marketing Systems
In 1995, online lotto games generated $10.2 billion in sales in the US. During the next 11 years the Consumer Price Index grew 32% and population grew 14%. Sales for those same states in 2006 should have reached $14.9 billion just to keep pace. Instead, sales only amounted to $9.5 billion resulting in a current annual shortfall of $5.4 billion (57% deterioration) and growing...............Subscribers

Gaming Research Foundation Supports Ideology of Responsible Gaming
Article By: Ilkka Juva, Communications Director, Veikkaus Oy
VEIKKAUS, Finland (May 13, 2008) -- The detriments of gaming are investigated widely in Finland. According to the Lotteries Act, the research activities are at the responsibility of the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health and they are financed by the national gaming organizations. The planned amendments to the Lotteries Act involve a widening of the research activities by the ministry, yet continue to limit them to cover nothing but gaming detriments...................Subscribers

Three Upcoming Gambling Events in Turkey
Article By: Rob van der Gaast, Gambling Analyst & Publicist, Email: robvan@gamblinganalysts.eu
ISTANBUL, Turkey (March 28, 2008) -- The present political turmoil in Turkey will not stop three huge major gambling events which are planned for this year. Of course there is the European championship football, for which the national Turkish squad has been qualified. And this event will create very good times for the bookies, worldwide and in particular for the Turkish Iddaa sports football betting.............Read the full story at: Vol.43 No.1

Turkish Sports Betting Tender
Article By: Rob van der Gaast, Gambling Analyst & Publicist, Email: robvan@gamblinganalysts.eu
ISTANBUL, Turkey (March 10, 2008) --Turkish “Inteltek Internet Teknoloji Yatirim ve Daniflmanlik Ticaret A.fi.” (Inteltek) under the authority of the Turkish Youth and Sports Directorate and Spor Toto Organization, provides the infrastructure for the central betting system used by Spor Toto and Iddaa games and is also responsible for risk management...............Subscribers

Tackling the Detriments of Gaming Without Spoiling the Good Reputation
Article By: Ilkka Juva, Communications Director, Veikkaus Oy.
VEIKKAUS, Finland (February 14, 2008) -- The Finnish Lotteries Act will be reformed this year. We have an exceptionally strong unanimity about gaming policy in Finland. Throughout the political sector, there is a consensus that to ensure the gaming activities taking place according to the best standards of responsibility, they must be operated within a carefully controlled and supervised environment...............Read the full story at: Vol.42 No.8