FCP Bob 1,312 Posted August 23, 2009 Share Posted August 23, 2009 The B.C Lottery Corp. is planning to add casino games and poker to their online offering in March.This appears to be a government monopoly and not the start of setting up regulation of other online casinos and poker sites and I'm pretty sure that they won't be allowed to offer games to people from outside of B.C. in other Provinces.http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/cbc/090821/cana...on_casino_games B.C.'s online casino plan draws criticismFri Aug 21, 11:55 PM VANCOUVER (CBC) - The B.C. Lottery Corp. is defending its decision to introduce casino games online that could generate up to $100 million a year in revenue by 2014.Games like blackjack, roulette and poker will be available by next March on the corporation's PlayNow website, according to a release issued Thursday.The corporation wants to tap into the estimated $87 million that British Columbians already spend on unregulated offshore gaming websites."Rather than it all going offshore to places like Antigua, there's an opportunity to keep it here in British Columbia," corporation CEO Michael Graydon told CBC News.The news comes on the heels of a controversial Aug. 17 announcement that the lottery corporation plans to raise the weekly limit on its PlayNow website from $120 to nearly $10,000. Link to post Share on other sites
rivergirl 2 Posted August 23, 2009 Share Posted August 23, 2009 i'm willing to bet the olg won't be far behind this... Link to post Share on other sites
StrippersNBlow 0 Posted August 23, 2009 Share Posted August 23, 2009 They must be high. Link to post Share on other sites
grocery_mony 8 Posted August 23, 2009 Share Posted August 23, 2009 Only makes sence to regulate and profit from something that people are gonna do elsewhere anyway. I just hope this doesnt meen that they will try to shut down people from BC who play on Stars, Tilt ect which I fear might be the case. Link to post Share on other sites
aucu 3 Posted August 23, 2009 Share Posted August 23, 2009 Best idea in a long time, will be interesting to see what the software, rake, traffic,,, will be like. Link to post Share on other sites
rcgs59 15 Posted August 23, 2009 Share Posted August 23, 2009 i'm willing to bet the olg won't be far behind this...QFTinteresting approach to take.really how supportive and successful will the program be compared to pokerstars and fulltilt. Also the payouts?I know the slots payout here in Ontario stink in comparison to Vegas, AC or the casino's in the States. The percentages payoffs are much higher south of the border. I was talking with an OLG manager one day about the % payoffs comparisons and how they differ and she explained it to me. It starts at 85% that is put into the machine can go upwards depends on the play ability %. I believe they start at 90-93% or higher in the States Link to post Share on other sites
JubilantLankyLad 1,957 Posted August 24, 2009 Share Posted August 24, 2009 if this is real poker, and not Caribbean Stud or Video Poker, this will make me a very happy boy. Link to post Share on other sites
FCP Bob 1,312 Posted August 24, 2009 Author Share Posted August 24, 2009 if this is real poker, and not Caribbean Stud or Video Poker, this will make me a very happy boy.That's a good point. It could easily just be casino games that they call poker and not real poker.Running an online casino where players play against the house is much easier than running a real cardroom with poker being played by players against each other. Link to post Share on other sites
JubilantLankyLad 1,957 Posted August 24, 2009 Share Posted August 24, 2009 That's a good point. It could easily just be casino games that they call poker and not real poker.Running an online casino where players play against the house is much easier than running a real cardroom with poker being played by players against each other.Man, the thought of playing poker against people like my mother in law, who spends unknown amounts of money on keno (SHE HAS SYSTEMS), has got me..... i was going to say 'hard' but i'd prefer to not have that phrase and my mother in law in the same sentence. Link to post Share on other sites
dereeekho 0 Posted August 24, 2009 Share Posted August 24, 2009 i hope they'll spread pai gow poker. just another table game to lose my money in. Link to post Share on other sites
Image17 0 Posted August 24, 2009 Share Posted August 24, 2009 QFTinteresting approach to take.really how supportive and successful will the program be compared to pokerstars and fulltilt. Also the payouts?I know the slots payout here in Ontario stink in comparison to Vegas, AC or the casino's in the States. The percentages payoffs are much higher south of the border. I was talking with an OLG manager one day about the % payoffs comparisons and how they differ and she explained it to me. It starts at 85% that is put into the machine can go upwards depends on the play ability %. I believe they start at 90-93% or higher in the StatesYou're absolutely right about the payouts for machines here in Ontario...they are absolutely pathetic and that's why the crowds are drying up by the day, BUT.....Simply put (as I was told by "people" inside the OLG run Casinos it is ALWAYS cheaper to pay the fine for not having the specified % payout on the machines than it will ever be to actually set them to where they ought to be. As always, it's all about the hold percentage and the $$$ that flows into the OLG...not out. Link to post Share on other sites
Naslund44 0 Posted August 24, 2009 Share Posted August 24, 2009 so will players in BC still be able to play on PS, FT etc??? Link to post Share on other sites
Tosh 0 Posted August 25, 2009 Share Posted August 25, 2009 hmm best friends gf's dad is head of BCLC will have to ask him about this Link to post Share on other sites
Merby 3 Posted August 25, 2009 Share Posted August 25, 2009 if this is real poker, and not Caribbean Stud or Video Poker, this will make me a very happy boy. That's a good point. It could easily just be casino games that they call poker and not real poker.Running an online casino where players play against the house is much easier than running a real cardroom with poker being played by players against each other.It looks like there is no real poker on their website. They are only offering Pacific Hold'Em which is played against the house in a bingo-like fashion. Link to post Share on other sites
FCP Bob 1,312 Posted August 25, 2009 Author Share Posted August 25, 2009 It looks like there is no real poker on their website. They are only offering Pacific Hold'Em which is played against the house in a bingo-like fashion. I think they are adding new games in March and that was what their news release was about.That probably won't include real poker though. Link to post Share on other sites
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