GPWA Times Magazine - Issue 45 - October 2019

January 2009 Grand Prive Casino Group, Russ Hamilton, Steve Beshear, Spencer Bachus June 2009 Stephen Conroy, John Kindt September 2009 Southern District of New York January 2010 Australian Senator Nick Xenophon April 2010 Senator Jon Kyl June 2010 National Football League January 2011 WA Senator Margarita Prentice May 2011 Daniel “The Canary” Tzvetkoff October 2011 The Washington Post February 2012 Sheldon Adelson March 2012 Chris Ferguson, Howard Lederer, Ray Bitar May 2012 Groupe Bernard Tapie February 2013 PokerStars April 2013 Caesars Entertainment June 2013 Isai Scheinberg February 2014 Sheldon Adelson April 2014 Sen. Lindsey Graham July 2014 American Gaming Association October 2014 Newsweek February 2015 CA Assemblyman Mike Gatto June 2015 PokerStars October 2015 GR88, Mojo Affiliates February 2016 Christiaan Alexander Van Dalen July 2017 The State of California November 2017 The Australian Senate February 2018 FCC and Ajit Pai July 2018 Advertising Standards Authority October 2018 MGM Resorts International February 2019 NetEnt July 2019 Rich Ricci, BetBright April 2009 Church of England Talk about hypocrisy! Back in 2009, the Church of England opposed online gambling because it can lead to “tragic consequences” for many families. At the same time, it allowed individual churches to accept money from bingo and lottery events. OK, we get it. It’s fine to support gambling when the Church is lining its pockets with cash, but it’s not acceptable for people to gamble online? Sure, that makes sense. September 2011 Bet24 If your information was in jeopardy of being hacked, you would want to know about it, right? Well, Bet24 online casino did inform its customers that their information may have been hacked. The only problem is it took the online casino 19 months to do so. That’s right, it took nearly two years for unassuming customers to hear that their encrypted payment card numbers, names and addresses were in danger. Why tell them immediately, when you can wait 19 months? February 2017 UK Parliament In November 2016, the House of Lords pass the Investigatory Powers Act. This bill basically gave the government the right to spy on people. The government can request internet companies hack into devices they have sold so they can keep an eye on you. Officials claim the justification for the bill is that it protects the people. Well, they’ve got us there. Protecting through spying is certainly one way to do it! Wall of Shame Inductees