The online casino industry has been faced with difficult decisions,especially those catering to customers in the United States, since thepassing of the Unlawful Online Gambling Act. Although it has been a roughride for some, a report by the European Commission suggests that onlinegambling, online casino business is still booming in Europe despite thelosses by their […]
Monthly Archives: November 2006
A former township chief in south China has been sentenced to 20 years injail after gambling away more than 110 million U.S. dollars of public fundsin Macao and Hong Kong. Li Weimin, 43, former head of Tangxia Township inDongguan City, a major manufacturing center in south China’s GuangdongProvince, was convicted of embezzling more than 110 […]
A new study of the Spanish gambling market, undertaken by consulting firmMECN, has promoted Spain as a potential key region for future growth forboth the online and land based gambling industry. The report highlights thepotential for imminent growth over the coming years particularly within theretail betting sector and online gambling, as companies eagerly search fornew […]
Police are gearing up for a much-anticipated comeback of underground lotterybetting after the government suspended two draws of the two-digit andthree-digit lottery. Pol Lt-Gen Chongrak Chutanont, national assistantpolice chief, said police have been told to strictly enforce theanti-gambling law especially during the suspension. An extendedinvestigation is also required in cases where the value of seized […]
The Gambling Bill President Vladimir V. Putin proposed in October, withplans to set up four gambling zones in Russia, has been approved at itsfirst reading by the Duma last week by a vote of 440-0 and one abstention.The president had proposed the bill after the Interior Ministry launched anoperation to check the financial, tax and […]
A top anti-addiction official in the western Canadian province of Albertaskimmed nearly half a million dollars from his employer to feed his owngambling habit, the province’s top auditor said on Friday. Auditor GeneralFred Dunn alleged in a report that Lloyd Carr, who ran the tobacco-reductionunit of the Alberta Alcohol and Drug Abuse Commission, used five […]
The German online gambling market is experiencing rapid growth, withpredictions that by the year 2010 German betting revenues will haveincreased by Euro 7.6 billion, additionally spurred by the imperative toreplace lost American business with European and Asian opportunities.Cashing in on this attractive business environment, Danish Internet companySunCore Innovation A/S has made a strategic move this […]
Up to one million people a year could become hooked on internet gamblingbecause of a new law, a Birmingham addiction expert has claimed. ProfessorJim Orford, of Birmingham University, believes the Government is being“naive” and “playing dice” with people’s health over its plans to liberalisegambling laws. The Gambling Act 2005, which will fully come into force […]
As many as one million individuals each year might become addicted togambling on the Net due to a new piece of legislation, a professional hassuggested. Professor Jim Orford, of Birmingham University, feels that theGovernment is “naive” and “playing dice” with the health of some members ofthe public over its proposals to change gambling laws. The […]
Investigators confiscated gambling equipment from a professional cardplayer’s home at Ripon the day after he was charged with killing his wife.Asearch warrant shows that Ripon police took a slot machine, ledgers, hiddencameras and other items from the home of 44-year-old Kevin Moore. Moore hasbeen charged with first-degree intentional homicide in the death of his43-year-old wife, […]
When most people think of the World Series of Poker, they think ofgambling – at least in the form of poker – but many may not realize thegambling begins well before the first cards hit the air in Las Vegas. Withthe passing of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act and Harrah’sEntertainment – the owner of […]
With operations due to commence in the third quarter of next year to givelife to Britain’s liberalised gambling reforms, the Gambling Commission hasclearly been kept busy checking out the initial batch of license applicants,reporting this week that 29 companies had been successful in clearing thefirst hurdles in a thorough and probing process. Casino operators now […]
A former senior bureaucrat with Alberta’s anti-addictions agency created$634,000 in ”false contracts” to spend most of it on his own gambling,auditor general Fred Dunn reported Thursday. Lloyd Carr, the formerexecutive director of the Alberta Alcohol and Drug Abuse Commission’stobacco reduction unit, also kept his past criminal record from him bosses,and falsely claimed to have a […]
Dan Gustafson, a former three-term state legislator from Haslett, has alwaysopposed casino gambling in Detroit. Yet for the past four years he hasserved in an unlikely position: executive director of the Michigan GamingControl Board, the watchdog state regulatory agency that oversees the $1.2billion casino industry in Detroit. Today, Gustafson is stepping down fromthat post to […]