According to eog.com On September 12, 2006, the Poker Players Alliance,along with the support of other leading Poker forums who oppose anylegislation that would prohibit online poker, have organized a ‘Phone March’on Capital Hill.The Phone March definitely made a dent in the legislation atleast five thousand calls were made, since most of the phone calls […]
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Louisiana State governor Kathleen Blanco is rejecting the idea of allowingeBingo games to be used by charitable organizations as a way of fundraisingbecause her administration believes that would be an expansion of gambling.Blanco administration spokespeople replied to our inquiry about the delay inapproving the Bingo games for charitable organizations, “We are beingcareful in our decision […]
State-owned monopoly Holland Casino is to be given a licence to offer gamesof chance on the Internet. The Lower House has supported a proposal byJustice Minister Piet Hein Donner for a two-year trial. The Netherlands hasan estimated 300,000 people who sometimes try their luck with an illegalgame of chance on the Internet, according to Donner. […]
Asia Pulse reports this week that the South Korean authorities intend tounilaterally block Internet access of Koreans to some 128 “online gamblingrelated” sites this year.”As of the end of August, we have blocked localpeoples’ access to such illegal gambling sites which operate their serversoverseas and target Korean customers,” Information and CommunicationMinister Rho Jun-hyong told a […]
The US Department of Justice has admitted that the 1961 Wire Act which ituses to prosecute executives of online gambling companies is “dated”. TheDepartment insists, though, that the law is sufficient for the prosecutionof gambling executives.Referring to the laws under which it prosecutes,including the controversial 1961 Act, Justice Department spokeswomanJacqueline Lesch told OUT-LAW: “They include […]
The chairman of British online gambling company Sportingbet PLC, who wasarrested last week after New York customs officials discovered his name on aLouisiana warrant charging him with illegal online gambling, resigned onThursday, the company said. “Further to its recent announcements regardingMr. Peter Dicks, Sportingbet confirms that, with great reluctance … theBoard accepted the resignation of […]
SENATE MAJORITY Leader Bill Frist is trying to use a bill authorising USmilitary operations, to prohibit people from using credit cards to settleInternet gambling debts. Frist, who might be having a crack at thepresidency in 2008, wants to make it illegal for punters who gamble onlineto use US credit cards to pay any gambling debts […]
The government is continuing to shut down access to Korean-language gamblingWeb sites, whose operations are based in foreign countries.The Ministry of Information and Communication yesterday said it had blockedthis month alone up to 53 gambling sites, which had moved servers overseasto avoid the grip of the local laws. The measure is unprecedented becausethese gambling sites […]
By The Associated Press and N-B Staff Some Indiana residents want the stateto legalize video gambling in American Legion halls and other clubs – a movesupporters say would allow the state to regulate the machines and collect apiece of the pot.The Indiana Licensed Beverage Association has plannedpublic meetings around the state to convince lawmakers that […]
Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson is ready to gamble. Jackson on Wednesdayannounced he will support a November ballot proposal that would bring twoslot machine parlors to the core of his struggling city. Jackson said theprospect of 5,300 jobs and $75 million yearly in economic development moneyfor the city and county are worth risking his political capital. […]
Hollywood Sportsbook features odds on the MLB game between the WashingtonNationals and the Arizona Diamondbacks on September 13th 2006. The Nationalsand the Diamondbacks met last week in Washington, with the Nationalssweeping the three-game set. It was a particularly frustrating series forArizona as Washington rallied in the eighth inning or later in all threegames. However, it […]
As reported by the San Diego Union-Tribune: “The Sycuan Indian band mightsomeday build a second large casino in East County. “Under a provision thatthe tribe negotiated into its amended, 5,000-slot compact with Gov. ArnoldSchwarzenegger, Sycuan could open a second casino on 1,600 acres of adjacentland – including the golf course – that the tribe has […]
As reported by the Louisville Courier-Journal: “The Indiana GamingCommission is expected to vote tomorrow on whether to sanction developers ofa casino in Orange County for failing to secure all financing for the $382million project by a May 1 deadline. “The disciplinary action, if approvedas expected, would come nearly six weeks before the French Lick casino’sunveiling, […]
As reported by the Miami Herald: “A Sunny Isles Beach man who was declared acasino winner — then later was told he was a loser — might get good newstoday, casino officials said. ‘.’We hope we can come to an amicableagreement,’ said Mike Bloom, president of the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel &Casino near Hollywood. “Bloom […]