State and local law enforcement busted an illegal gaming operation at aBaltimore City bowling alley Thursday. Agents with the Maryland Comptroller'sOffice and officers with the Baltimore City Police Department seized morethan $3,000 in cash and more than 900 containers of beer along with two halfkegs, and two quarter kegs of beer from Charm City Duckpin […]
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West Virginia's racetracks would pay an additional 1 percent of net profitsfor the privilege of offering table gambling under legislation passedThursday out of the Senate Finance Committee. The tax rate would be raisedfrom 35 to 36 percent under an amendment proposed by state Sen. Vic Sprouse,R-Kanawha. The additional money would be used for the gradual […]
Austrian internet bookmaker bwin.com said on Friday it would temporarilywithdraw its online gaming offers from Turkey after a new law was passed onFeb 28."Although on one hand, the new law prohibits online games of chance, on theother it also provides for the possibility of acquiring a license at a laterdate," bwin said in a statement. […]
The National Council on Problem Gambling (NCPG) is announcing the NationalProblem Gambling Awareness Week which is set to run from March 5 – 11. Theinformation displayed during the week will help people decipher warningsigns of problem gambling and make people aware of places they can call ifthey discover a problem. The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board […]
"Don't do it" is the wrong message to send teenagers if you want them not togamble, a new study says. Based on 30 focus groups with teenagers insoutheastern Ontario and Montreal, two researchers concluded that it's easyfor ad campaigns designed to discourage certain behaviours to run afoul ofthe target audience.Carmen Messerlian and Jeffrey Derevensky concluded […]
State gambling regulators have agreed to delay until next year a debate onwhether to issue new licenses allowing additional casinos in the state. TheIowa Racing and Gaming Commission decided unanimously Thursday that moretime is needed to assess the financial performance of four new casinos thatwere granted licenses in 2005 before deciding if the state can […]
The state Public Regulation Commission wants to have its workers attendtraining sessions on gambling in the wake of an investigation intoallegations that PRC employees took part in a type of lottery dubbed "dollarroll." PRC Chairman Ben R. Luján on Thursday sent a letter asking the GamingControl Board to conduct two training sessions, which would be […]
As parents we worry. We worry about whether our kids are too fat or toothin, how to get them into good schools and whether they'll fall off theirbikes or be abducted. Then they get a bit older and we anguish over whetherthey're smoking pot, having sex or hanging out with the wrong crowd. Then,no sooner […]
I cannot quite remember whether it was the Vino Tinto – perhaps you know thesort, slightly gruff and moody but heart-warming nonetheless. Or maybe itwas the outrageously sensuous and fickly-named Serradura, a pudding soseductive it would have broken laws in any other incarnation. Either way Ifinished my meal at La Lorcha with the conclusion that […]
The latest paper from UK Gambling Commission has shed light on the extent ofthe nation's gambling habit. It found that eight percent of the country'sadults have dabbled in at least one form of remote gambling in the previousmonth. According to the 'Survey Data on Remote Gambling Participation', theNational Lottery was the most popular form of […]
Once you leave the U.S. the situation becomes rather clear and quitedepressing. The rest of the world is full of potential and opportunity whenit comes to online gambling. New choices and options merely awaitimplementation in this business which seemingly changes every six months.The U.S. once held all the cards in this market, but has been […]
New research suggests the risk of becoming a problem gambler is more thanfive times higher for teens whose parents aren't aware of their gamblingactivities. The research by the Responsible Gambling Council stems from apreviously released study about the gambling habits of Ontario teenagersaged 15 to 17. The council is launching a campaign to persuade parents […]
Attorney General Charles Foti on Tuesday will present to the LouisianaAssociation on Compulsive Gambling a proclamation declaring the week ofMarch 5-11 National Problem Gambling Awareness Week in Louisiana. ProblemGambling affects more than 100,000 Louisiana families, and millions ofpeople nationwide, according to the association. In addition, the Office ofAddictive Disorders will announce its assistance in the […]
The AFL has vowed to do "everything in its power" to detect and punishplayers who gamble on football matches and warned that any future breachesof its anti-gambling rules will trigger automatic suspension. But inrevealing the penalties for four players caught betting on games lastseason, league football operations manager Adrian Anderson admittedinvestigators did not have access […]