Nevada lawmakers will be asked to continue fees imposed for the first timein 2005 on slot machines to fund programs to help problem gamblers in thiswide-open gambling state. The fee, approved by the 2005 Legislature, startedout at $1 per slot machine and then rose to $2. That has brought in $2.5million for problem gambling programs […]
Monthly Archives: February 2007
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s bet that the state could balance its budgetnext year with revenue from bigger Indian casinos is unrealistic, a reportreleased Friday by the state’s nonpartisan Legislative Analyst said.Schwarzenegger’s proposal to let tribes install some 22,500 new slotmachines and then collect more than $500 million in new fees and taxes fromthem is critical to […]
The Pennsylvania Gambling Control Board has three words for Donald Trump onwhy he lost his bid to build a slots casino in Philadelphia: location,location, location. The board decided in December against licensing theproposed $350 million TrumpStreet Casino complex on the edge of NorthPhiladelphia. Instead, it approved projects on two riverfront parcels. OnThursday, the board disclosed […]
Manchester will be the home of the United Kingdom’s first super casino,ushering in new “hard forms” of gambling never before seen in the islandnations, including unlimited-prize jackpot machines. British MethodistChurch officials say the new Gambling Act has paved the way for theManchester super casino, announced on Jan. 30, and 17 smaller casinos aroundthe country, expected […]
CHINA has secretly harboured the eldest son of North Korean dictator KimJong-il in Macau for three years, despite the US-led crackdown on NorthKorea’s finances in the former Portuguese colony, local reports say. KimJong-nam, the North Korean leader’s eldest son and former heir apparent, hasbeen living with his family in Macau, dividing his time between five-starhotels […]
A Coshocton man has waived his right to a speedy trial in anticipation ofwhat’s happening in Franklin County Common Pleas Court. Rich Pica, owner ofHigh Caliber Pit Stop on Chestnut Street, entered a not guilty plea inCoshocton Municipal Court on a first-degree misdemeanor charge of allowinggambling on his premises in November 2006. Pica contacted the […]
Unlike past public hearings on legislation to legalize racetrack games,which were split evenly, Thursday’s hearing on the latest version of thebill was a one-sided affair. Pro-table games speakers outnumberedanti-gambling advocates by a 52-16 margin at a two-hour, 40-minute hearingin the House of Delegates Thursday.For the first hour, the hearing alternated between supporters and opponentsof the […]
Israel has effectively banned online poker and casino websites from offeringservices to Israeli customers following a court case ruling against VictorChandler’s CEO Michael Carlton. The new ruling closes a legal uncertaintythat online gambling companies previously operated in. “A foreign companyoperating an online gambling site may not hide behind the fact that thecompany and its servers […]
THE world’s biggest gaming company could join the race to build Britain’sfirst supercasino in Manchester. Harrah’s Entertainment, the Nevada-basedfirm behind Caesar’s Palace in Las Vegas, said it was `looking forward’ tofinding out about the bidding process and claimed it would offer `the mostcomplete package for the UK’. Stanley Leisure, Britain’s biggest casinofirm, also confirmed its […]
As The Gazette launches its most important ever campaign – to saveBlackpool’s casino and regeneration dreams – SHELAGH PARKINSON and NICK HYDEspeak to those who believe it is vital we keep fighting That is message asthe dust settles on the resort’s supercasino snub. Amazement, anger,bewilderment – the list is endless when trying to describe the […]
The California Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs released a study onthe prevalence of problem gambling “in the nation” this week, but did notidentify which company conducted the research, how big a sample it coveredor whether it was confined solely to land gambling. The department’s Officeof Problem Gambling (OPG) said that the study had revealed […]
Over the years bettingmarket.com has provided a comprehensive analysis ofEuropean and US gambling law. In the case of Europe, we did not succumb tothe post-Gambelli euphoria that befell many leading lawyers in the field andmany online gambling companies. In the case of the US, we refused toperpetrate the myth that the only person ever charged […]
The Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006 makes unlawful thereceipt by a gambling business of proceeds or monies in connection withunlawful internet gambling. The Act, which represents the first piece ofFederal legislation to explicitly deal with online gambling, makes clear theUS government’s intention to stop the flow of funds from Americans to onlinegaming operators […]
Online gambling 24 hours a day. EuroMillions jackpots in the tens ofmillions of pounds, and now the UK’s first “super-casino” in Manchester.Never before have there been so many opportunities – and incentives – forpeople to become seriously addicted to gambling. According to the BritishMedical Association there are an estimated 300,000 ‘problem gamblers’ in theUK, and […]