A service called gamAid that provides instant online help to people withgambling problems has the green light to go live this month after asix-month trial. The service has already had more than 55,000 visits andprovided 1,000 one-to-one help session during the first four months of itstrial. With gamAid, online gamblers can find instant, real-time, one-to-oneaccess […]
Monthly Archives: September 2006
West Virginia’s gambling industry plans another push in the Legislature nextyear for local option elections to allow table games at the state’s fourracetrack casinos.In preparation for next year’s effort, a poll released by the state RacingAssociation earlier this week shows 61 percent of West Virginians favorlocal option elections, up from 51 percent in a similar […]
The Rev. Patrick Walsh understands slot machines at Seven Springs may be adone deal. But though most of those playing the quarters at the popularresort likely will be from out of town, Walsh is concerned about theimplications gambling could have on families closer to home. “You can’t sayit’s not going to impact people in our […]
The accused ring leader of the state’s largest suspected illegal gamblingring faced a judge and official charges Friday. The Madison CountyProsecutor filed 71 counts against former Teamster’s boss John Neal,accusing him of illegal gambling, money laundering and corruption. For 72hours, the man prosecutors claim controlled illegal operations at dozens ofcentral Indiana taverns sat behind jail […]
In a surprise move yesterday, the Ohio State University Board of Trusteescame out in strong opposition to the Learn and Earn issue on November’sballot that would allow casino and slot gambling in Ohio. “If we are silentit implies we support it because we could benefit from it,” said trustee LesWexner, Limited Brands founder. “I think […]
Activision video gaming boss Robert Kotick spoke this week of the role in–game gambling could play in the future, describing it as the ‘HolyGrail’ of the games business. Kotick reckons the cross-over between gamingand ‘gambling’ could potentially be huge, and far more extensive than atpresent. Discussing the potential of wagering with regards to online games,he […]
Several European states have taken action against online gaming companies ina bid to protect their own gambling operations, but the tactic looks likelyto accelerate the demise of their own monopolies, says a report in Hemscottthis week. The report quotes a European Commission spokesman who said thebody is prepared to target more EU member states deemed […]
During the month of September, cable and television networks paradedprograms on the subject of online and offshore gaming. These programs airedjust in time to stir up more debate as lawmakers on Capitol Hill were poisedto vote on whether or not to attach an online gambling ban to the currentdefense bill. One network program on the […]
Senator Bill Frist attempted to attach the Internet Gambling Bill to aMilitary Defense Bill but received much unexpected opposition and sourcessay that attempt is now dead. Although the online gaming industry isbreathing another sigh of relief the fight is not over yet. Senator Frist,from Iowa, is looking to run for president in 2008 and he […]
Despite the recent spate of online gambling related arrests in America,incoming Sportingbet Plc CEO, Andrew McIver, has announced that the popularonline sports betting website will continue to market to U.S. based onlinegamblers. Clearly McIver has balls of titanium and does not intend onvacationing in the United States anytime soon! He has replaced Peter Dickswho was […]
Ohio Governor Bob Taft and US Senator George Voinovich have talked withstate higher education officials about a plan to pay for collegescholarships with slot machines. The two politicians have been outspokenopponents of casino gambling. Taft has asked the Ohio Board of Regents tostudy the proposal, which will go before voters November Seventh. Slotswould be allowed […]
A former state Teamsters boss accused of money laundering and helping to runa multicounty video gambling operation could still have $4 million stashedsomewhere, investigators say. A magistrate on Wednesday ordered John Nealheld with a cash bond set at $2 million because prosecutors argue he is aflight risk.Earlier this week, authorities raided Neal’s Yorktown home, seizing […]
Sampdoria striker Francesco Flachi has been suspended for two months by theItalian Football League following an investigation into allegations hehelped gather information for gamblers. The Football League’s disciplinarycommission ruled that Flachi had “sought to gain information on the outcomeof games” for a third party. Flachi’s former Samp team mate MorisCarrozzieri, now with Atalanta, was also […]
Bwin Interactive, the firm behind BetandWin, filed a formal complaint inMarch to the European Commission, company spokeswoman Karin Klein toldOUT-LAW. The complaint claims that France’s gambling monopoly breachesArticle 49 of the EC Treaty which enshrines the freedom to provide crossborder services. “It asks the Commission to force France to comply with EClaw on the freedom […]