In a recent casino press release WinADay Casino announced that a progressive jackpot of $96,466 has been won by one of its regular players, Glenn P, on the Irish themed online slot machine Leprechaun Luck which is a 5 reel and 31 pay line slot game.

The historic launch of PlayNow Casino by the British Comumbia Lottery Corporation (BCLC) on July 15, 2010, saw it being the first online casino in a Canadian regulated regime.  However, due to a hacking attempt it was necessary to shut down the casino within a day.

Canada’s most populated province, Ontario, has been debating for over a year as to whether or not it should offer an online gaming service and it was, therefore, great news when lottery officials announced recently that the eastern province will be following British Columbia in launching an internet site of its own by 2012.

Harrah’s Interactive Entertainment, the internet arm of the US Harrah’s gambling group, has launched a UK-facing online bingo site. The bingo room, to be known as Caesarsbingo.com will be accessed by UK residents only and will be launched in cooperation with Gamesys.

Lottery officials in New Hampshire have postponed the debut of the state’s online casino until August in order to give state leaders time to be educated on the system.