This week, Youth Eastside Services launched the first state-funded programto help teens battle gambling addiction. The program is funded by a new taxapproved last year by the Legislature to pay for prevention and treatment ofproblem gamblers. The tax is paid by the Washington Lottery, WashingtonHorseracing Commission and groups with recreational gaming licenses. So far,much of […]
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Utah consumer protection officials have cited four companies for sendinge-mail solicitations to minors for Web sites promoting gambling, alcohol andpornography. It was the second time this year state investigators issuedcitations under the state’s controversial Child Protection Registry law,which requires adult-oriented Web sites and e-mailers to screen outaddresses on the list from their distribution databases. Named […]
A senior Finance Ministry official told gambling operators to prepare forhard times, while scantily clad girls danced outside the conference hall atMoscow’s annual international gaming expo Thursday. Dancers dressed ascowgirls moved to the din of slot machines at Crocus Expo, where hundreds ofcasino bosses, slots operators and manufacturers of gambling equipmentgathered in the hope of […]
Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman John Warner, a Virginia Republican,raised a “strong objection” to attaching any unrelated legislation to apending defense bill, which has been viewed by supporters of the gamblingbill as a prime vehicle for it. “I have firmly opposed putting any(unrelated) bills in the conference report,” Warner wrote in a letter datedMonday to […]
Italy has had an interesting relationship with online gaming. In February,the country attempted to ban all IP addresses of online gaming sites, andthen a few days later reportedly tried to set up an ‘exclusive’ relationshipwith an online poker room, allegedly for a slice of the pie. Now, Italy hastaken the step that the U.K., and […]
The jingle of slot machines from neighboring Pennsylvania could serve as awake-up call for West Virginia lawmakers to approve table gambling, DelegateGil White believes. White, R-Ohio, said without table gambling West Virginiacould lose up to $50 million in revenue the first year Pennsylvania comeson-line with its slot machines. Pennsylvania officials on Wednesday approvedlicenses for five […]
Hoosiers who sit at their computers gambling online may be subject togreater restrictions in the near future. State Rep. Joe Micon, D-WestLafayette, and Republican candidate Connie Basham both believe restrictionson the practice are necessary. Micon commented on state law, stating“Currently, participating (in online gambling) is not illegal.” Indiana lawallows such participation but prohibits the operation […]
After a brief skirmish over new identification requirements for cross-bordertravel, it appeared House GOP leaders have agreed to let the $34.8 billionFY07 Homeland Security appropriations conference report come to the floor asearly as today, GOP aides said. House Speaker Hastert and Judiciary ChairmanSensenbrenner, key architects of the 2004 intelligence overhaul lawstipulating the requirements, had pressured […]
Catholic schools in Calgary have agreed to stop fundraising through casinosand bingos, but it’s “business as usual” until they figure out how to makeup the $2-million shortfall, says the chairwoman of the school district’strustees. The issue arose when Calgary Bishop Fred Henry threatened to stripthe schools of their Catholic designation if they continued to raise […]
British bookmaker William Hill said today it had stopped taking casino andpoker bets from US customers amid confusion over internet gambling lawsthere. Online sports betting contravenes the 1961 Wire Act in America, whichbans the placing of bets on sporting events via the telephone line in thestates. William Hill already has measures in place to prevent […]
Senator Frist failed again to attach an Internet gambling bill to a defensebill today. However, Republicans are looking for other avenues to banonline gambling before Congress adjourns for the November 7 elections. Anaide told Reuters today, “Frist wants to get it done…We are still workingthings out. Everyone is still talking.” A senior Democratic aide was […]
Fiscal protectionism masked by political manoeuvring and adroit publicrelations the real agenda Veteran industry professional and soon to standdown Sportingbet CEO Nigel Payne spoke out against online gambling bans inan interview with The Times of London this week. Long an articulateproponent of government regulated and taxed online gambling, Payne explainedhow not so hidden agenda have […]
Louisiana police have warned all online gambling companies to stopaccepting bets in the state or risk having their executives and directorsarrested if they visit the US, the Financial Times reported, citing aninterview with Captain Joe Lentini, head of the casino section ofLouisiana’s Police Gaming Enforcement division. The FT quotes Lentini, thepolice official responsible for the […]
Wisconsin’s Indian tribes have spent millions of dollars in the past decadeto influence politics. A review of state and federal donations by theMilwaukee Journal Sentinel shows the tribes and gambling interests committedabout $5.5 million in the past 10 years to political spending. That includescampaign contributions and advertising campaigns. The review showedDemocrats are the biggest beneficiaries […]