Writer condems government embrace of ‘drinking, gambling, whoring’
Vancouver Sun columnist (no, not David Baines) gets pretty much everything wrong in an anti-gambling, anti-drinking, anti-whoring editorial.
BCLC dreaming if it expects $150K/day revenue from PlayNow
Calvin Ayre welcomes BCLC's PlayNow.com back into the online gaming world, but thinks BCLC's projections of $150K/day revenue are out to lunch.
BCLC’s revamped PlayNow fails to launch, reps plead for ‘patience’
The relaunch of BCLC's troubled PlayNow.com fails to appear on schedule, despite getting the go-ahead from provincial regulators.
Self-regulated BCLC regulators say wonky PlayNow all better now
British Columbia's troubled online gaming site PlayNow is back up and running after a month offline. Provincial regulators claim all problems fixed.
Money laundering ‘rampant’ at Canadian land-based casinos
Internal RCMP documents claim money laundering is rampant at Canadian land-based casinos.
Calvin Ayre likes Ontario Lottery And Gaming’s online plans, doesn’t like baseless accusations
Calvin Ayre likes Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation's plan for online gaming site, but takes issue with their attacks on other sites.
Calvin Ayre tells CBC’s The National he hopes Ontario’s online gambling site doesn’t suck
Calvin Ayre gives CBC's The National his thoughts on the Ontario government's plan to launch its own online gambling site.
Tabloid hack David Baines misses working at Pravda
Vancouver Sun hack writer David Baines' pro-government gambling monopoly stance is reminiscent of editorial positions taken by Soviet-era Pravda.
Governments need to look before they leap into gambling
Calvin Ayre talks to the National Post's Diane Francis about the need for governments -- like BC's -- to look before leaping into online gambling.
Calvin Ayre talks PlayNow, convergence, Asia in Lunch Box interview
Calvin Ayre discusses everything from BCLC's PlayNow debacle to the importance of having a competent Asian market strategy in this video interview.
