A magistrate released the Casino Royale from federal court control Thursday. The ship’s owner settled claims from crew members, who obtained a court order for federal marshals to seize the vessel last week. The ship has been docked at Tampa Bay Shipbuilding & Repair Co. since April, while owners try to get U.S. Coast Guard […]
Monthly Archives: November 2006
Just a week after the La New Bears popped champagne bottles to celebrate their winning the Taiwan pro baseball title, local fans and the sports community are stunned by allegations that underground gambling syndicates may have tried to influence game results with threats, bribes and large payoffs. In a dramatic development on Thursday, the champion […]
Hong Kong- Police have arrested eight men and seized betting records totaling 1.4 million US dollars following a raid on a triad-controlled gambling gang, a media report said Friday. Investigators believe the gang hired overseas accomplices to watch European football matches and phone the gang every time a goal was scored. This enabled syndicate members […]
A Republican-sponsored effort to clamp down on Internet gambling may turn out to be a bad bet for the Republican Party just days away from congressional elections. The Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act, which President George W. Bush signed into law Oct. 13, has infuriated many voters who enjoy betting on sports or playing poker […]
For eight years, the state’s growing gambling industry has faced a staunch opponent in the governor’s mansion. Gov. Jeb Bush has never hidden his disdain for gambling, including his fight against adding Las Vegas-style slot machines at Broward County pari-mutuel facilities. State and Broward voters approved the machines, however, and he grudgingly signed the law […]
I join many Ohio clergy leaders in urging defeat of Slot Machine Issue 3 on November’s ballot. Issue 3 aims to amend Ohio’s Constitution to allow casino-style gambling. Video slot machines are extremely addictive and gamblers can lose entire paychecks in minutes at a video slot machine. The pro-gambling initiative has been dressed seductively as […]
Richard Caborn chaired this week’s international summit on Remote Gambling which took the island’s industry as an example of how the sector could be efficiently regulated. Home minister Mike Torode and legislative and administrative coordinator Elizabeth Dene were among delegates from over 30 jurisdictions at the summit at Ascot racecourse. It was hosted by UK […]
Online gambling operator gambling.com is reportedly looking to accelerate its international expansion strategy outside of the US, following the release of figures which highlight a year-on-year tax profit growth of 400 percent to £2.5 million in the year to September 2006. Gambling.com‘s parent company Media Corporation plc has targeted accelerated international expansion, outside the US, […]
Moscow has no ambition of ever becoming Russia’s Las Vegas and is strongly against plans for a gambling zone within the city or anywhere near it, Deputy Mayor Iosif Ordzhonikidze told the media on Thursday. "Moscow will not lay claim to hosting a zone of gambling outlets and will never accept such an offer," he […]
The next couple of months are filled with exciting poker tournament action right here in our own back yard. Fantasy Springs Resort Casino and Spotlight 29 Casino, both homes to small but fiercely competitive daily tourneys, are upping the ante with big payout competitions. On Nov. 10-12, Fantasy Springs presents its Second Annual Dick Van […]
The latest statistics from comScore Networks, specialists in measuringInternet activity, revealed the top European Internet properties forSeptember, based on data collected through its comScore World Metrixaudience ratings service. These statistics are for September and thereforedo not yet reflect the impact of the Unlawful Internet Gambling EnforcementAct. The online gambling category showed a general traffic increase […]
The respected Bloomsberg columnist Matthew Lynn slammed the US government’sUnlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act this week, describing itsconsequences as the worst crisis in online gambling’s short history, butpredicting that major companies affected by the Act would prosper regardlessof the US challenge. “The U.S. stance on Internet gambling is illogical andmisconceived,” the columnist wrote. “Like most […]
Ty Masterson has plans to continue representing the 99th District of theKansas House of Representatives. And the Republican incumbent intends tokeep taxes down. “Between me and my opponent, he’s a tax-and-spend guy, I’ma tax-cutter and responsible budget guy. I’m pro-life and he’s pro-choice.He’s pro-gambling and I’m anti-gambling,” he said. Masterson, 37, who ismarried with six […]
Like ripping off a bandaid, the worst may be over for large public onlinegaming companies that have shut down their United States Web sites. OnHalloween, the UK government announced it has designs to regulate Internetgambling. Critical of the U.S government decision to effectively ban gamingtransactions, UK officials said the gaming law made in haste will […]