Former employees of gaming companies in Antigua & Barbuda may soon have new job opportunities once the new BiLLe lottery begins to fire on all cylinders.

It was a bittersweet moment for those 156 workers of Call Centre Services (CCS) – formally Bodog – as they collected their promised severance cheques yesterday.

Police have issued a strong warning to people who insist on issuing bomb threats that they are breaking the law and could be prosecuted for public mischief.

BodogEurope, a licenced online gaming company in Antigua, has said it would not be affected by indictments filed against Bodog.com, a Canadian company