Internet gambling charges against an executive with a British company weredismissed Tuesday in exchange for $400,000 after extradition issues left thecase nearly impossible to prosecute, St. Landry Parish District Attorney'sOffice announced. State Police, working with St. Landry prosecutors, hadsecured warrants in May in an investigation that focused on Sportingbet PLC,a company that operates out of […]
Monthly Archives: March 2007
Online casinos have conquered the world, and Turkey is no exception. It hasbeen determined that approximately $ 2 million is spent on online gamblingthrough credit card transactions in Turkey. Turkish authorities, however,were not happy with the spread of online gambling in the country and theGovernment decided to stop its citizens from accessing and playing on […]
The Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe has filed a federal lawsuit alleging thatGov. Mike Rounds and other state officials have unfairly prevented the tribefrom adding more slot machines at its casino in Flandreau. The lawsuitalleges that the state has negotiated in bad faith as the tribe pursues alonger gambling compact that allows more slot machines. The […]
The European commission is to intensify its legal action against Denmark,Finland, Hungary and Sweden in an effort to open the gambling market acrossthe entire European Union, Reuters quoted unnamed sources as saying onTuesday. A source told the news agency that the commission was "making finalenquiries" in relation to Germany and the Netherlands. The warning is […]
A New Castle man arrested during Friday's drug sweep was wanted on a benchwarrant for a gambling charge. Jeffrey Zona, 39, was picked up by police aspart of the city and state police drug sweep in New Castle. He was wanted ona bench warrant on a gambling-related charge dating back to 2005. Accordingto information from […]
Every March, as Americans fill out their NCAA Basketball Tournament bracketsand shell out cash to compete in March Madness pools, gambling enters thepublic spotlight, and this year, it is under more scrutiny than usual. InNew Jersey, Rutgers University's School of Social Work recently announced itwould look deeper into the nature of gambling and its effects […]
West Virginia lawmakers have wrapped up the 2007 legislative session, andthe major piece of legislation emerging from the 60-day session was the billpermitting racetracks to add table games, pending approval by voters of thefour counties where the tracks are located. In the last election, thegambling interests spent nearly $400,000 in direct contributions to theirfavored candidates, […]
Police arrested a Hamilton man for allegedly running a speakeasy andgambling parlor that netted more than $1 million a year, police DirectorJoseph Santiago said yesterday. It's the fourth time Alvin D. Brown, 61, ofCrawford Court, has been arrested for gambling-related charges. This time hewas charged with operating a gambling facility out of a room on […]
The Catawba Indian Nation's push to offer electronic gambling took a hitMonday when the S.C. Supreme Court ruled a state ban on video poker alsoapplies to the tribe. The Catawbas, South Carolina's only federallyrecognized tribe, argued their 1993 land deal with the state allowed them toput video poker machines on their reservation, despite a statewide […]
A Miami, Florida, executive and his wife, charged with participating in anunlawful online gambling operation that booked more than $3.3 billion inwagers over a 28-month period, have pleaded guilty to felony charges in thecase. Daniel B. Clarin, 32, and his wife, Melissa Clarin, 31, both of Miami,Florida, both entered guilty pleas. He pleaded guilty to […]
Lake Stevens city officials are looking at ways to make sure the city's lowgambling tax doesn't bring a flood of card rooms and casinos to the city. Amoratorium on such gambling establishments is one option city administratorJan Berg plans to discuss with the City Council tonight. "They asked me tolook at all the options," Berg […]
Recently, the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department cited dozens ofpatrons and arrested organizers of an illegal gambling house on the city'sNortheastside. While police should be commended for monitoring thissituation and ultimately stepping in, it is disturbing that known illegalgambling elsewhere in Marion County is being ignored. The Star reported on,and even gave the address for, an […]
Patrick Partouche, the head of French company Groupe Partouche, has beenhanded a 40,000 Euro fine and a 12 month suspended prison sentence.Partouche's punishment relates to his involvement with online poker sitePoker770. France appears to be following in the footsteps of America bycracking down on online gambling and poker. Patrick Partouche and PartoucheInternational were handed stiff […]
Two Nevada lawmakers are working on legislation for an 18-month study ofonline gambling to determine whether online gambling can be effectivelyregulated in the United States. U.S. Reps. Shelley Berkley, D-Nev., and JonPorter, R-Nev. are expected to reveal the co-sponsored legislation withinthe next few weeks, and they hope to gain a powerful ally in Rep. BarneyFrank, […]