The hot-button topics in Britain these days regarding the Americans aren’tonly about Iraq. It’s also about business. The CEOs of two British Internetgambling sites (both publicly listed) were arrested this summer when theywere changing planes on U.S. soil. More have been targeted and legislatorsare looking at other options to prevent Americans from betting online. Theact […]
Monthly Archives: September 2006
Stories of suicide, bankruptcy and broken families were heard at aninternational problem gambling conference held in Auckland. A New Zealandteenager has even written a song about how his mother’s addiction made hislife hell. Although there are less gambling addicts seeking help this year,researchers say it may be a simple blip caused by anti-smoking laws. “Youdon’t […]
The total net takings from gambling in the year 2004-2005 were $15.5billion, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics. This was up from$13.8 billion four years earlier. The preferred form of gambling is inpokies, with takings now reaching $8.7 billion, or $1 billion more than in2000-2001. Other major sources were off-course TAB takings ($2.1 billion),casino […]
The legalization of video gambling is gaining attention this week after 40arrests and the seizure of millions of dollars in the case of John Neal. Thefallout could change this year’s election. Neal, a former Teamster boss, wasarrested in Daleville Monday on charges relating to a video gambling ring inthe region. The arrest came after an […]
Earlier this year, a study released shows that 600,000 young adults betweenthe ages of 14 to 22 have reported gambling on the Internet on a weeklybasis. The study, conducted by the Annenberg Foundation, also found the agegroup had the highest rate of gambling addictions. “I like gambling becauseof the high risk/high reward idea, but I […]
As reported by the (Harrisburg) Herald-Standard: “A cleanup of the state’stwo-year gambling law is becoming the most prominent issue on lawmakersplates as they begin returning from summer recess in the next two weeks. “Aseries of hearings are being held in House and Senate chambers to findcommon ground on more than 40 measures to fix the […]
France was likely to face a legal challenge from the European Commissionover its restrictions on gambling operators, Brussels said on Tuesday,warning it could target Paris as early as next month in a broader sweepagainst national governments. The threat was made following last week’sarrest in France of two senior executives of Bwin, an Austrian online sportsbetting […]
The Las Vegas Sun looks at a former gambler who is coming after theindustry. The morality of gambling is not really an open topic in Las Vegas.If you are really uncomfortable being around it and are opposed to it, don’tlive here. You will hear the sound of slot machines in every grocery storeand corner store. […]
A former state teamsters boss has been arrested after authorities found morethan $1 million stashed in the wall of his home as part of an investigationinto a video gambling operation. John Neal was arrested during a trafficstop near his Daleville-area home. He’s facing felony charges ofprofessional gambling, promoting professional gambling, money laundering andcorrupt business influence. […]
The Web sites are getting some big numbers and young visitors, and therehave been reports of some servers just unplugging and taking people’s moneywithout ever being heard from again. In a one-week period, more than half amillion gamblers ages 14 to 22 go online to wage real-money bets. For many,it can quickly become an expensive […]
The campaign behind a proposal to expand gambling in Ohio submitted enoughvalid signatures in its second attempt to get the initiative on the Novemberballot, state elections officials said Tuesday. The group, which ispromoting a plan to put slot machines at Ohio’s seven horse racetracks andtwo freestanding sites in downtown Cleveland, failed in its initial attemptlast […]
RICHMOND, Va. State legislators are considering a new form of pari-mutuelbetting aimed at horse racing fans to help pay for transportation projects.Newport News Delegate Phil Hamilton filed the bill for the GeneralAssembly’s special session that starts next week. The legislation would pavethe way for “instant racing,” a game in which bettors can wager on racesthat […]
CHAU MA had returned from a morning walk with the dog when a man whoappeared to be a courier banged on the front door of her home in Concordwith a package for her husband, Dominic Li. When she summoned him to thedoor he was “violently and brutally” attacked and doused in hydrochloricacid as part of […]
Indiana House Minority Leader B. Patrick Bauer, D-South Bend, has a curioustake on the current video-gambling controversy. It’s all the fault ofRepublican Gov. Mitch Daniels’ administration, which has “pushed the issue”to the point where the legislature may have to decide soon whether to makethe machines legal or not. By cracking down on the American Legion […]