THE Bracks Government has buckled to pressure over the integrity of itsgambling licence reviews, rushing out a confused policy late yesterday toput a retired judge in charge of the process. Opposition Leader TedBaillieu, who called for a judicial inquiry into gaming issues on Wednesday,said the Government’s reaction was the “boldest admission” something“stinks”. Mr Bracks was […]
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Gaming industry leaders say Internet gambling will thrive despite a recentlaw effectively barring online betting in the United States. In October,President Bush signed legislation making it illegal for U.S. banks andcredit card companies to process payments to gambling Websites But sometraditional U.S. casino operators view the rules as temporary and say ashift away from online […]
Government proposals for gambling fees for premises and permits have beenslammed by trade officials as “outrageous”. The Department for Culture Mediaand Sport (DCMS) has published its long-awaited consultation on the fees,which detailed a number of gambling price hikes. Business In Sport andLeisure, an umbrella group which represents over 100 private sectorcompanies in the sport, hospitality […]
The shock news that Fairground Holdings is to terminate business as a resultof having to abandon US-facing online gambling activities arrived as theweek ended, a sad close to a brief but promising business future for theagglomerator. In a public announcement Fairground reports that it isvoluntarily winding up its affairs following the need to halt US-facingonline […]
If this past election was a referendum on congressional budget earmarkingand good, old-fashioned pork-barreling, West Virginians did their part inendorsing those practices when they re-elected certain congressionalincumbents. Now that Democrats have regained control of both houses ofCongress, you can bet West Virginia is about to see the federal dollars flowonce again. Remember the dire predictions […]
Twenty-seven people, including a Pince Crest man and a former pro baseballscout, were charged in a billion-dollar-a-year gambling ring. New York CityPolice Commissioner Ray Kelly says the illegal gambling ring quote —“rivals casinos for the amount of betting.” The massive betting ring was runthrough a web site called Playwithal-dot-com, run by the poker player, JamesGiordano, […]
WEB SECURITY FIRM ScanSafe has detected a 40 per cent increase in US-basedrequests for online gambling sites, even after legislation was passed byGeorgey Bush with the “Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act.” The actmakes it illegal for US banks and brokers to transfer funds to and from webgambling sites. The firm delivered its findings in its […]
Critics of the recently released study on problem gambling are beingneedlessly harsh in their dismissal of the research. The study by UPEIprofessor Jason Doiron is neither misleading nor irrelevant. Rather it isincomplete. Doiron looked at the prevalence of problem gambling in thespring of 2005 and compared it to the numbers from a similar study conductedin […]
Michael Jordan could become an investor in a slot-machine parlor inPhiladelphia, state gambling regulators were told Wednesday. ThePennsylvania Gaming Control Board concluded hearings on applications by fivegroups competing for licenses in what could be the nation’s largest citywith stand-alone casinos. Las Vegas-based Pinnacle Entertainment Inc. saidif it gets a license, Robert L. Johnson, founder of […]
With the opening of the Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs, Pennsylvania’sslot-machine era is officially underway. For better or for worse, thePoconos racino proudly announced “Phase One of casino project is now open.”It features two floors packed with nearly 1,100 slot machines, from thepopular Wheel of Fortune to Double Diamonds to the brand spanking new Dealor […]
Twenty-seven people, including a Pince Crest man and a former pro baseballscout, were charged in a billion-dollar-a-year gambling ring. New York CityPolice Commissioner Ray Kelly says the illegal gambling ring quote —“rivals casinos for the amount of betting.” The massive betting ring was runthrough a web site called Playwithal-dot-com, run by the poker player, JamesGiordano, […]
Criminal charges have been brought against more than two dozen people andcorporations in four states in connection with a billion-dollar-a-yeargambling website, authorities said yesterday. Authorities declined to nameany of those charged. One of the corporations is an offshore Internetcompany with an American counterpart, said Kevin Ryan, a spokesman forQueens District Attorney Richard Brown. Ryan said […]
The fate of a stalled plan to bring the largest video gaming parlor in thecountry to Queens could rest in the hands of Governor-elect Eliot Spitzer.The 4,500-Video Lottery Terminal parlor was set to open this year atAqueduct Racetrack in Ozone Park, but is now on indefinite hold after thetrack’s owner declared bankruptcy.“The delay in approving […]
A massive online gambling operation was shut down Wednesday with theindictment of 27 individuals and three corporations on charges of unlawfullyoperating a highly sophisticated operation in Queens County and elsewhere inthe world that booked more than $3.3 billion in wages over a 28-month periodon a wide variety of sporting events ranging from horseracing, football,baseball, basketball […]