Atlantic City – More than a week after online gambling began in New Jersey, casinos and their partners are still struggling to verify the location of people who want to play on the new websites. Steve Callender, the general manager at the Tropicana Atlantic City, said about 75 percent of people who have tried to play on the resort’s online gaming website —
TropicanaCasino.com — have been denied because the system could not verify they were in New Jersey. [
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HARRISBURG — — A month after New York voters approved casino gambling and two weeks after New Jersey officials publicly opened online gambling, Pennsylvania lawmakers are looking to up the ante. A Senate committee on Tuesday passed a resolution to have the Legislature study whether the state should legalize online gambling. The full Senate will vote on the resolution Wednesday. The panel’s unanimous vote comes nine years after the Race Horse Development and Gaming Act ushered casino gambling into Pennsylvania. Just last month, the law was expanded to allow wagering in local bars and social clubs. [
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Online betting and gaming services firm Betfair has reported strong earnings growth for the first half of its financial year, adding that it intends to grow more aggressively in the US and mainland Europe. The London-based firm — which employs more than 100,000 people in its Irish operations — yesterday reported revenues of £188 million (€227m) for the six months to the end of October; down by 6% on a year-on-year basis. However, underlying pre-tax profits rose 56%, on a year-on-year basis, to £32.5m, with EBITDA up 16% to £48.9m. [
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