"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. ".Confrontedwith the first examples of players who had flouted the AFL's anti-gamblingcode framed after the Shane Warne-Mark Waugh bookie scandal, the leagueresisted the […]
Monthly Archives: March 2007
I was somewhat puzzled to read your editorial opposing the introduction of"gambling machines" to help fund transportation needs. While I assume yousupport more funding for transportation, you evidently have a problem withallowing consenting adults to make the decision on whether they want toentertain themselves with what are essentially slot machines. You trot outthe old anti-gambling […]
Legal gambling operations make $13 billion a year from California's boominggaming industry but do little to aid the hundreds of thousands whose livesit ruins or ease damage to society, lawmakers said Tuesday. A Senatecommittee, which intends to swiftly tackle the problem, was surprised atsome findings during a nearly four-hour informational hearing: A governmentWeb site for […]
Meanwhile, John Anderson, the former chief executive of 888 Holdings, hasbeen summoned for interview by the French authorities, prompting speculationthat French authorities are about to crackdown on online gambling. This initself is prompting speculation that the French and American governmentsactually agree on something. After the US clampdown on internet gamblinglast October, the last thing PartyGaming […]
A decision on whether Catholic schools should get funding from the proceedsof gambling is hanging in limbo. Catholic school board spokesman Lori Nagysaid yesterday that debate on the issue was halted when Edmonton ArchbishopTom Collins was reassigned to another diocese. "We did have a discussionwith (Archbishop Collins) initially about it," Nagy said. "Right after that,he […]
Wanna make a bet? How about a wager that gamblers would get better odds fromlegal sports books in Nevada than from Canada's provincially sponsored SportSelect lottery? Well, don't take the bet. The fact is, Las Vegas pays muchbetter on its sports bets than the Alberta-sponsored lottery, according toan in-depth report into sports and gambling by […]
For pioneering mobile gambling operator Slotland.com, news at the recent3GSM mobile conference in Barcelona was all good. Developing technologiesare making it easier, cheaper and more fun to play casino games like slotmachines on mobile phones and that puts a smile on the face of JohnLancelet, Mobile Games Director at Slotland.com. There was a lot to […]
Industry leaders have expressed disappointment at the high level of gamblinglicence fees set by the Government. The Gambling (Premises Licence) (Fees)Regulations 2007, tabled in Parliament on 21 February, shows only a modestdecrease from the fees proposed in last year, which were labelled"preposterous" by Business in Sport and Leisure (BISL). Premises licencefees for gambling will be […]
Melbourne believes Daniel Ward's naming, shaming and fining for breaking theAFL betting code could be the catalyst for him to shake his gamblingaddiction.Ward was one of four players sanctioned by the AFL for breaches of itsanti-gambling rules. The Demons defender was fined $10,000, half of whichwas suspended to be invoked should he re-offend. Ward was […]
The AFL have decided not to suspend four players who were found to havegambled on league fixtures. A report handed down by AFL investigators AllanRoberts and Bill Kneebone found Simon Goodwin (Adelaide), Daniel Ward(Melbourne), David Hale (the Kangaroos) and Kieren Jack (Sydney) were notguilty of corrupt behaviour. However, all four players have been punishedwith Goodwin […]
Seeing licensed gambling establishments popping up in the St. Paul Diocese,Bishop Luc Bouchard decided to speak out. "If the bishop doesn't do it, whowill?" Bouchard told the WCR. On Ash Wednesday, Bouchard issued a 2,800-wordpastoral letter on legalized gambling, tracing its rather innocentbeginnings in Alberta to its development as a billion-dollar boon forprovincial coffers – […]
According to statistics just released by the UK Gambling Commission as partof a new information service, almost one in 12 adults in Britainparticipated in at least one form of online gambling in the previous month.Including playing the national lottery, just under 8 percent took part inone form of online gaming or another last year, a […]
After a lot of questions, Sedgwick County agrees to be a part of a coalitionto include south central Kansas in expanded gambling discussions. Fivecounties are considering this coalition: Sedgwick, Harvey, Sumner, Cowleyand Kingman. On Wednesday, Sedgwick County Commissioners questioned what itmeans to be a part of the group, which will be known as the South […]
Nevada gaming regulators said Tuesday that MGM Mirage's 50-50 partnershipwith Chinese businesswoman Pansy Ho in an under-construction hotel-casino inMacau was suitable under the state's regulations covering investmentsoutside the Silver State. After a hearing that lasted more than five hours,the Gaming Control Board unanimously approved the arrangement in which MGMMirage will own 50 percent of a […]