ONLY a week after voters in Ohio once again made clear their opposition tothe expansion of legalized gaming in the Buckeye State, thousands ofresidents of Pennsylvania were moving in entirely the opposite direction asthe Keystone State’s first slot-machine parlor opened, and gamblers seekingeasy money poured through the doors. The Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs nearWilkes-Barre […]
THERE are many similarities – and a substantial difference – between the $4billion media joint venture Kerry Stokes and Kohlberg Kravis Roberts enteredinto yesterday and the deal James Packer struck with CVC Asia Pacific only amonth ago. While at face value they appear identical, with both mediaproprietors selling half-shares in their media business, built around […]
It has been five weeks now since the signing into law of the UnlawfulInternet Gambling Prohibition Act. Here is an update of online casinos,sports books and online poker rooms that still welcome USA customers…Thelist of online gambling sites that accept USA players seems to be settlingdown for the moment. We will continue to update the […]
Expect to hear a lot about gambling expansion in the coming months. WestVirginia’s four racetrack casinos should make another push in theLegislature for local option elections to allow table games. They wantpeople in the four counties with racinos — Kanawha, Ohio, Hancock andJefferson — to vote on allowing games such as blackjack, poker and roulettealong […]
The machines also tell players how much they will spend each game if theymake a particular choice, as well as their spending per minute and per hour.Launching seven of the Aristocrat brand machines at Brisbane’s ConradTreasury Casino today, Jupiters Ltd managing director Xavier Walsh said thecompany recognised some customers had difficulties gambling responsibly.This could lead […]
If no gambling zone appears in Krasnoyarsk Territory, there will be noslot-machine in the region by 2009, Deputy-Governor Sergey Sokol announced.Speaking about possible arrangement of a gambling zone in KrasnoyarskTerritory, Sokol said the administration has ready proposals to build agambling zone in a southern district of the region. “We are not striving atthis, yet we […]
A former part-time scout for the Washington Nationals who was arrestedWednesday on charges of taking part in a major sports gambling operation wasnot in position to affect Major League Baseball games, prosecutors in thecase said yesterday. The scout, Frank Falzarano, whose contract with theNationals was not renewed last month, was one of 27 people charged […]
A pub with three machines would see initial fees rocket from £32 to £200when the Gambling Act goes live next September. Councils are asking for evensteeper fees. The proposed changes are included in the consultation on thegambling fees from the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS). Itsuggests fee levels for the new Licensed Premises […]
Labor immigration, anti-extremism measures and the decriminalization of thegambling business were among the key issues the Russian president discussedduring a meeting with the leadership of the pro-Kremlin party Friday.“Russia is interested in attracting workers and experts from abroad, and wewill consistently develop civilized relations in the labor migration field,”Vladimir Putin told United Russia. The president […]
Rumors of another online gambling company indicted by the US JusticeDepartment have sent shockwaves through an industry still reeling from thetakedown of 33 stateside bookies and agents utilizing various offshoregambling components. The stories circulating remain vague at this time,however they have nothing to do with the high profile New York case thatcame to light on […]
The Poker Players Alliance and executives for the American GamingAssociation (AGA) say they are hopeful that the recent political changes inthe U.S. Congress will help them overturn the Unlawful Internet GamblingEnforcement Act of 2006 (UIGEA). You may recall how the UIGEA was appendedonto to the sure-to-be-passed Safe Port Bill when most Senators had alreadycast their […]
A pub with three machines would see initial fees rocket from £32 to £200when the Gambling Act goes live next September. Councils are asking for evensteeper fees. The proposed changes are included in the consultation on thegambling fees from the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS). Itsuggests fee levels for the new Licensed Premises […]
Rumors of another online gambling company indicted by the US JusticeDepartment have sent shockwaves through an industry still reeling from thetakedown of 33 stateside bookies and agents utilizing various offshoregambling components. The stories circulating remain vague at this time,however they have nothing to do with the high profile New York case thatcame to light on […]
US prosecutors charged 27 people on Wednesday after breaking up what theydescribed as a criminal international Internet gambling operation that hadtaken billions of dollars in wagers. The network, which operated severalgambling Web sites including Playwithal.com, was alleged to be based in NewYork with satellites in the Caribbean and Central America and to have takenmore than […]