A ban on TV adverts for gambling is being lifted under new laws. Casinos,betting shops and online gambling sites will be able to advertise ontelevision for the first time but the commercials must comply with a codewhich aims to ensure they are "socially responsible". This means the advertsmust not imply gambling can be a solution […]
Monthly Archives: March 2007
Officials of two Northern Panhandle racetracks are betting local voters willsupport the addition of table gambling to their facilities. Ohio Countyofficials are working with Wheeling Island Racetrack and Gaming Center tohold a special election that could take place as early as June 20 – theMountain State's birthday – while Mountaineer Racetrack & Gaming Resort isaiming […]
How about the secret of getting free gambling junkets? Junkets, along withcomps, provide a lot of free services to the crapshooter! For example, youcan get RFB (Room, Food and Beverages) from both junkets and comps. Further,once you establish yourself as a steady gambler you will be invited back,and in doing so, the casino will offer […]
GOING after alleged operators of Internet casinos seemed easy enough for theNational Bureau of Investigation (NBI). But in the real world, where lawenforcement and investigative tasks ought to be conducted "by the book,"such is one hard thing to do. Here's some background on the NBI's raid andfiling of illegal gambling case against an alleged Internet […]
"With six days to go in this year's legislative session, lawmakers havealready answered what amounted to a $5.7-billion question. ".The Senatelistened to four hours of testimony Sunday on revising the tribal-stateagreements governing gambling. "The new compacts were negotiated by tribesand representatives of the Governor's Office. They have the backing of 10 ofthe 13 tribes that […]
Even before its bill is out of committee, a coalition of gambling supportersis pushing to change the legislation to focus more on casinos than slotmachines at pari-mutuel racetracks. Dubbed the "industry bill," it wasconsidered Monday by the House Federal and State Affairs Committee in a roompacked with spectators, many wearing yellow stickers of support. Thecommittee […]
Since the passing of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA),online casino CEO's Calvin Ayre, founder of Bodog, and PartyGaming foundersRussell DeLeon and Ruth Parasol, did not make this years billionaire listfor Forbes Magazine. Calvin Ayre, the founder of online casino favorite,Bodog.com, was dropped off the list after being on the cover of ForbesMagazine for […]
Although the Chinese government recently announced a purifying moratorium oninternet cafes – the same week the Communist Youth League penned a contractwith leading gaming developer Playtech to provide software for large scaleinternet-based gambling tournaments – the cadres in Beijing know thatinternet cafes are only an embodiment of something much larger and morethreatening, according to the […]
Bill Frist, then Majority Leader of the U.S. Senate and now ex-would-bepresidential candidate, designed the Unlawful Internet Gambling EnforcementAct ("Prohibition 2.0") to cover Internet poker. He defined "bet or wager"as including risking something of value on the outcome of a contest, sportsevent "or a game subject to chance." Is there any game, even chess, that […]
Thinking of going online and wagering on a few games in the upcoming NCAAbasketball tournament? Uncle Sam doesn't want you to, but he's havingtrouble stopping anyone. The government's latest effort to get Americans tostop gambling via the Internet has been largely ineffective, according tothe online gambling industry. In autumn, Congress passed — and PresidentBush signed […]
Pressure in the Statehouse to expand gambling in Kansas may not come thisyear from inside the Sunflower State. Thank Oklahoma for that. In recentyears, the debate among legislators has focused on the number of casinos inKansas City, Mo., the four American Indian casinos in northeast Kansas andthe flights leaving for Las Vegas and Atlantic City. […]
State gambling regulators have opened the door to more slot machines,24-hour casinos, high-stakes games and more. Although the deal seems certainto go through, Republicans in the Washington Legislature are voicingconcerns about the largest expansion of gambling in the state's history. Bya 5-3 vote, the Washington Gambling Commission approved a series of newcompacts with 27 tribes […]
Five town residents are now in jail after their arrest Saturday for violation of Republic Act 9287, or illegal gambling, in Brgy. 2 poblacion, E.B. Magalona, Negros Occidental. Nabbed were John Renato Gonzales, 19; Jesus Gonzales, 49; Antonio Gonzales, 56; Renato Maja,68; and Maruy Grace Puray, 26, all of the barangay. Senior Inspector Santiago Rapiz, […]
At least two private schools in Britain have responded to the increasingproblem of student gambling by offering courses about the risky pursuit.With many British students become increasingly active in the world of onlinegambling, both the Harlow School and King's College School have responded byteaching students of the dangers of gambling, the Sunday Telegraph said.King's College […]