The blame game is beginning among Republicans, even as Sen. John McCain struggles to catch up in the polls in the campaigns final days, report a trio of top Politico writers. Jonathan Martin, Mike Allen, John F. Harris write: With despair ...

Stanleybet International Plans More Outlets in Greece (Update3)Bloomberg - 7 hours agoOpap, which is the biggest publicly traded gambling company by sales in Europe, paid the Greek government seven years ago for a license that gave it the ...

Sports reporter Jacob Carpenter examines sports issues from the past and present.

James Bond 007 at MI6 Headquarters - Latest news on Quantum of Solace (2008) the 22nd James Bond movie starring Daniel Craig as 007 due out November 7th 2008 (AKA Bond 22), plus complete coverage of all 007 movies including Casino Royale, the new videogame from Activision, the Ian Fleming centenary, Devil May Care and Young Bond, plus the largest discussion forum.

Seven minutes were left on the clock at St James' Park Monday night when Manchester City's Stephen Ireland flicked the ball up and hit a swerving volley from 25 metres. Initially unsighted, Newcastle 'keeper Shay Given threw himself to his right and ...

A preoccupation with gambling causes an increasing number of teens to risk more than money - their health, education and future. In the past 10 years, the number of youth reporting serious gambling problems has increased by 50 percent nationally ...

WHEN last we discussed James Surowiecki, he was warning the world's headline writers to write accurate headlines, lest they wind up worsening financial conditions. I wish we could stop saying things like markets swoon on recession fears, with ...

Harrah's Changes Its GameWall Street Journal - 15 hours agoBy TAMARA AUDI, PETER LATTMAN and JEFF MCCRACKEN Gambling giant Harrah's Entertainment recently cut the hours at some of its casino VIP lounges, ...

Jillian's Sky Eats Airplane, Foxy Shazam, Eyes Like Diamonds and This Romantic Tragedy will all be performing live at Jillian's. Local pop rockers Eyes Like Diamonds will pump up the downtown crowd at ...

They've been silent on the proposed casino in Oxford County, but two Maine tribes and Penn National Gaming are paying close attention to the outcome of the statewide vote.

Both sides filed court papers Friday in the heated battle over the legality of the Seneca Nation of Indians' casino in downtown Buffalo.

Assistant Minority leader Rep. Todd Book, D-McDermott (89th District) said it is for that reason he holds his election-year sessions to explain the issues. Thursday night Book spoke to constituents at the Portsmouth Public Library main library on ...

Learn more about the candidates for the 20th Senate seat being vacated by Sen. Joy Padgett. And don't forget to check out our online voter guide for information on all the contested races in Coshocton County!

With polls suggesting Canada is headed towards another minority government, party leaders criss-crossed the country Monday, hoping to sway as many undecided voters as possible.

College Football Betting: Is Florida State Back?Casino Gambling Web, FL - Oct 16, 2008The Florida State Seminoles and their fans know what it is like to be on top of the college football world. They have not been there in a while, ...

Public sector lotteries set to make move into online gaming activitiesMass Media Distribution LLC (press release), FL - 2 hours agoHe and other opponents of the older legislation, the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006, maintain that online gambling can't be outlawed ...

CryptoLogic Limited(TSX: CXY)(NASDAQ: CRYP)(LSE: CRP), a leading software developer to the global Internet gaming market, announced today that it is embarking on a focused strategy centred on its highly successful Internet casino business, as exemplified by today's licensing of casino games to PartyGaming Plc.

The founders of www.DrizWare.com are opening their online store with a bang - including unheard of pricing on exclusive Turnkey Website solutions.

Just in time for Halloween, Agoda.com, the Asian online hotel service that is part of priceline.com (Nasdaq: PCLN) today released its list of the most celebrated haunted hotels around the world. Halloween falls on a Friday this year, making it ...

Casino Tropez Mobile has been named Top Mobile Gaming Platform at the prestigious 2007 Gambling Online Magazine Awards, held recently in London.

Spread betting firm IG Sport and sister fixed-odds operator extrabet.com have launched the first UK Gambling Commission licensed online casino powered by Chartwell Technology Inc.

NOTICE how betting has come to permeate community life?

Dallas Morning NewsWith upfront payments, toll operators gamble on more money down ...Dallas Morning News, TX - 35 minutes ago... a potentially hazardous strategy with the global economy in freefall. Toll road operators are gambling billions that your tolls will lead to long-term ...

Chartwell Technology Inc., a leading provider of gaming software systems to the remote gaming industry is pleased to announce that Extrabet, a wholly owned subsidiary of IG Group Holdings plc, has launched the first Gambling Commission licensed online casino powered by Chartwell.

Google is set to reintroduce gambling ads to Adwords, something that will quickly generate many millions in additional revenue for the search giant. Licensed gaming operators will from tomorrow be able to buy paid search ads. Google previously allowed free games to be promoted via Adwords, but a blanket ban ( of sorts, as we shall discover) came into effect in summer 2007.

The bet is offTODAYonline, Singapore - 10 hours agoIn an email reply, he said discussions had been held with the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (Iras) and the Gambling Suppression Branch (GSB) over ...

An effort by the state of Kentucky to seize more than 140 online gambling Web site names is raising novel legal questions about the physical location of digital property and the reach of local and regional governments on the global Internet. Last ...

ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) -- Rich Rodriguez acknowledged his first season on the sideline at Michigan has been rougher than he expected.

Big Mal: Ultimate Managerial MaverickFootball365.com, UK - 15 hours agoHe was still boozing and gambling hard. He went to Portugal and won the league with Sporting Lisbon, but power-mad Big Mal wanted to run the whole club. ...

Source: Press Release - Former Senator Alfonse D'Amato, chairman of the Poker Players Alliance , the leading poker grassroots advocacy group with more than one million members nationwide, issued the following ...

HARRISBURG, Pa.,, Oct. 2 -- The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board has been presented the first annual Award for Outstanding Contribution by a Government Agency in the field of Problem Gambling from the Council ...

The Gambling Commission has warned home owners that they could be breaking the law if they operate internet-based schemes to offload unsold houses. The draw for the most famous of the schemes will take place on Thursday. The Wilshaw family generated ...

Casino copes with SLOTS SLOWDOWNWilkes Barre Times-Leader, PA - 17 hours agoGambling industry veterans say that for the first time theyre on the losing side in an economic slowdown that is hurting casino business nationwide. ...Slots-license applicant backs out Philadelphia Inquirerand more

ENGLAND -- As reported by The Guardian: "An online ad campaign featuring Eric Cantona has been banned for suggesting gambling was an escape from personal problems.

Texas Officials Alarmed By Drop In Revenues From State LotteryAHN - Oct 6, 2008To address the drop in gambling revenues, the commission tapped the services of LatinWorks to unveil a one-year branding and advertising campaign. ...

A Franklin Circuit Court judge this morning will begin sorting through a host of legal arguments in a hearing on Gov. Steve Beshear's attempt to crack down on illegal Internet gambling.

The Jackpot Factory , a leading online casino group known for first-rate customer support and a wealth of games, and BrightShare , the Jackpot Factory's exclusive affiliate network program, are back in the ...

Unlucky StrikeWillamette Week, OR - Oct 8, 2008This little twist in the Lotterys story only adds to the many ironies of state-sponsored gambling. As Oregon expanded gambling, a known addictive product, ...

Online gambling advocates say Kentucky's governor is entering potentially dangerous territory with his administration's attempt to enforce a state law against Web sites based across the globe. Groups opposed to Gov. Steve Beshear's ongoing civil ...

The doughty Icelanders know that they have only squatters' rights on their volcanic island. White steam hisses and spumes its way through the thin crust of the earth; nature seems to be constantly irritated.

The Dubuque Diamond Jo Casino said today it is hiring 196 additional employees for its new $80 million, land-based gambling complex that will open at the Port of Dubuque on the Mississippi River on Dec. 11.

Dozens of registered nurses convicted of crimes, including sex offenses and attempted murder, have remained fully licensed to practice in California for years before the state nursing board acted against them, a Los Angeles Times investigation found.

Not all smooth sailing for Mo. casinosForbes, NY - Oct 1, 2008By AP 10.01.08, 1:31 PM ET Missouri voters approved gambling in 1992, but it wasn't until 1994 that the first casino boats opened. ...

Analysis: Casino design key, but service importantFort Mills Times, SC - 9 hours agoWhile the managers may build and operate the casinos, it's the Kansas Lottery with the real clout since it owns the gambling. Casino managers have been ...

Independent information portal and industry news service, Online Gambling Insider, has published reviews of the latest games releases from online casino software powerhouse, Microgaming.

A review of the NBA's officiating program found no evidence of illegal activity by any referee other than Tim Donaghy, though it recommended significant changes for monitoring gambling and game integrity.

ACCORDION CLUB: The Medford Accordion Club meets from 7 to 9 p.m. on the first Friday of the month at the Central Point Senior Center, 123 N. Second St., Central Point. Accordion players and fans of the instrument are invited to meet for fun and ...

STOCKHOLM- French novelist Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clezio is the name on everyone's lips in Stockholm's literary circles in the run-up to this year's Nobel Literature Prize as the annual guessing game reaches a climax. 'This time I think it could be Le ...

I'm going to try to briefly accomplish in a few paragraphs what it seems to me our government has completely failed to do in this financial crisis. No, I don't have $700 billion of my own to shell out. But to me, Congress' failure came not today on ...

We helped bankrupt the banks. Now we're doing the same thing for health care! What does mental health "parity" legislation, which has now been incorporated into the big "rescue" bill passed by the Dem-controlled Senate,, have to do with the nation's ...

When the biggest casino in the country starts to lay people off, it is a sign of just how bad the economy has become in the United States. Casino companies continued to act quickly in response to a struggling economy. Foxwoods Resort Casino has ...

SEOUL (AFP)--South Korean prosecutors have busted an online gambling ring operated by Koreans from the Philippine capital Manila, which cleared some $100 million over 18 months, officials said Tuesday.

Mandalay Bay Bulldog Bikes will deliver two exhibitions with BMX riders flying though the air and simultaneous performances from the world famous DJ Jay Ski and 5th Door Blogger, Bulldog Bikes CEO/ Founder ...

IT MAY NOT BE moving the pop-culture needle as far into the red zone as it did earlier in this decade, but we're still going all-in for poker. "It seems to me more people are playing than ever before," said poker superstar Jamie Gold during a break ...