The machines also tell players how much they will spend each game if theymake a particular choice, as well as their spending per minute and per hour.Launching seven of the Aristocrat brand machines at Brisbane’s ConradTreasury Casino today, Jupiters Ltd managing director Xavier Walsh said thecompany recognised some customers had difficulties gambling responsibly.This could lead […]
Monthly Archives: November 2006
If no gambling zone appears in Krasnoyarsk Territory, there will be noslot-machine in the region by 2009, Deputy-Governor Sergey Sokol announced.Speaking about possible arrangement of a gambling zone in KrasnoyarskTerritory, Sokol said the administration has ready proposals to build agambling zone in a southern district of the region. “We are not striving atthis, yet we […]
A former part-time scout for the Washington Nationals who was arrestedWednesday on charges of taking part in a major sports gambling operation wasnot in position to affect Major League Baseball games, prosecutors in thecase said yesterday. The scout, Frank Falzarano, whose contract with theNationals was not renewed last month, was one of 27 people charged […]
A pub with three machines would see initial fees rocket from £32 to £200when the Gambling Act goes live next September. Councils are asking for evensteeper fees. The proposed changes are included in the consultation on thegambling fees from the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS). Itsuggests fee levels for the new Licensed Premises […]
Labor immigration, anti-extremism measures and the decriminalization of thegambling business were among the key issues the Russian president discussedduring a meeting with the leadership of the pro-Kremlin party Friday.“Russia is interested in attracting workers and experts from abroad, and wewill consistently develop civilized relations in the labor migration field,”Vladimir Putin told United Russia. The president […]
Rumors of another online gambling company indicted by the US JusticeDepartment have sent shockwaves through an industry still reeling from thetakedown of 33 stateside bookies and agents utilizing various offshoregambling components. The stories circulating remain vague at this time,however they have nothing to do with the high profile New York case thatcame to light on […]
The Poker Players Alliance and executives for the American GamingAssociation (AGA) say they are hopeful that the recent political changes inthe U.S. Congress will help them overturn the Unlawful Internet GamblingEnforcement Act of 2006 (UIGEA). You may recall how the UIGEA was appendedonto to the sure-to-be-passed Safe Port Bill when most Senators had alreadycast their […]
A pub with three machines would see initial fees rocket from £32 to £200when the Gambling Act goes live next September. Councils are asking for evensteeper fees. The proposed changes are included in the consultation on thegambling fees from the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS). Itsuggests fee levels for the new Licensed Premises […]
Rumors of another online gambling company indicted by the US JusticeDepartment have sent shockwaves through an industry still reeling from thetakedown of 33 stateside bookies and agents utilizing various offshoregambling components. The stories circulating remain vague at this time,however they have nothing to do with the high profile New York case thatcame to light on […]
US prosecutors charged 27 people on Wednesday after breaking up what theydescribed as a criminal international Internet gambling operation that hadtaken billions of dollars in wagers. The network, which operated severalgambling Web sites including Playwithal.com, was alleged to be based in NewYork with satellites in the Caribbean and Central America and to have takenmore than […]
The shock news that Fairground Holdings is to terminate business as a resultof having to abandon US-facing online gambling activities arrived as theweek ended, a sad close to a brief but promising business future for theagglomerator. In a public announcement Fairground reports that it isvoluntarily winding up its affairs following the need to halt US-facingonline […]
Government proposals for gambling fees for premises and permits have beenslammed by trade officials as “outrageous”. The Department for Culture Mediaand Sport (DCMS) has published its long-awaited consultation on the fees,which detailed a number of gambling price hikes. Business In Sport andLeisure, an umbrella group which represents over 100 private sectorcompanies in the sport, hospitality […]
Gaming industry leaders say Internet gambling will thrive despite a recentlaw effectively barring online betting in the United States. In October,President Bush signed legislation making it illegal for U.S. banks andcredit card companies to process payments to gambling Websites But sometraditional U.S. casino operators view the rules as temporary and say ashift away from online […]
THE Bracks Government has buckled to pressure over the integrity of itsgambling licence reviews, rushing out a confused policy late yesterday toput a retired judge in charge of the process. Opposition Leader TedBaillieu, who called for a judicial inquiry into gaming issues on Wednesday,said the Government’s reaction was the “boldest admission” something“stinks”. Mr Bracks was […]