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Details on Play Now Incident

Play Now is the state-run new online casino gambling site that launched earlier this month through the British Columbian provincial government. Play Now was a highly anticipated launch within the BC and Canadian community because it would mark the first time that a provincial government in the state was running and regulating an internet gambling site. In the days after the launch though the enthusiasm is waning and gamblers are now concerned about the major security leak that occurred on the site’s launch day. The Play Now online casino site malfunctioned on its launch day because of the huge volume of new accounts and interested players accessing the site simultaneously.

The BC Lottery Corporation is running the online casinos in the province with the Play Now site being the first and test-run. The site malfunctioned and crashed by mid-day and gamblers were left wondering. What appeared as a simple overload of the site, however, was much more serious when the reports began to surface that the huge influx of data running through Play Now had actually caused a security malfunction (possibly a hack) that caused the site to crash and for some private player data to appear on the hacker’s computer screen. The New Democratic Party did not release the new information about the online casino incident until days after the event as the Play Now security team investigated the site crash and the needed follow up actions to protect player data.

The fact that the Play Now site crashed so soon into the online casinos launch is what has some critics and gamblers really concerned and that reeks of foul play in the situation. This incident with the BC government’s attempt to create a safe and fair internet gambling environment failing shows an alarming level of incompetence in the BC Lottery Corporation to contend with the major international internet gambling sites that have strong security measures already in place and a high level of experience in the industry as well.