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 […]
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 […]
William Hill Plc, the second- largest U.K. bookmaker, said it will stop taking online poker and casino bets from American customers until the scope of a U.S. crackdown on Internet gambling becomes clearer.William Hill already blocks U.S. sports bettors, Chief Executive Officer David Harding said today in a telephone interview. The new measures also will […]
A controversial Internet gambling measure may hitch a ride on a DefenseDepartment authorization bill, but as of press time, a standoff over addinglegislation to improve courthouse security and crack down on illegalimmigrants in gangs continued to hold up action on the overall Defensepackage. While it was not clear that Senate Armed Services Chairman JohnWarner (R-Va.) […]
Could be bad news for the over 20 million online poker players According tothehill.com yesterday the online gambling poker bill is back and alive.Controversial language to curb illegal gambling on the Internet snuck backinto the defense authorization bill over the weekend. While the language inthe bill was not finalized as of press time last night, […]
The Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska wants to open negotiations with Nebraska, soit can expand gambling on its on its reservation. Winnebago officialsbelieve many Nebraskans want casinos even though the petition to legalizecasinos that the Winnebago, Santee Sioux and Omaha tribes backed earlierthis year failed to gather enough signatures to get on the ballot. Andearlier this […]
Pennsylvania seems eager to make up for lost time. According to theAssociated Press, the state hasn’t even opened a slot machine but officialsare already talking about table games. At a recent hearing, the state GamingControl Board asked racetrack owners seeking slot-machine licenses if theywere prepared to go to table games. They all answered yes. Table […]
Software developer CryptoLogic Inc. is relocating its head office to a more“friendly” environment in Ireland, highlighting a growing moral dividebetween North America and Europe over Internet gambling. The Toronto-basedcompany, which makes software that Internet gambling sites run on, yesterdaysaid it will move its head office — including top executives, humanresources, business development and investor relations […]
Fears that more senior executives working for online gambling firms could bearrested were fuelled today following the resignation of a lawyer who servedunder former US President George W. Bush from the roles of chairman andchief executive of World Gaming. Almost all of the internet betting firm’sbusiness comes from the US, and the resignation of James […]
How many times will the American people witness their government taking theeasy way out to dealing with terror? President Bush pushes and advocatesthat we must be on the offense to dealing with our enemies. But our Senate,and other government agencies are not operating that way. They are toomired in politics, in the proper rules of […]
The adage, “they’ll get what’s coming to them” finally came true for themany bars in central Indiana that ran illegal gambling, either throughillegal slot-like machines, called “cherry masters,” or by running numbers.For those of you who think of “running numbers,” as slum-centered it’s beengoing on in area bars for years. Here, it’s called “drawings,” where […]
MARK Vaile’s departure from the trade portfolio after seven years presentsan opportunity to rethink what Australia wants to achieve in trade, what weneed to do to get it, and what changes that will require. Any honestassessment has to conclude that Australia’s trade is in terrible shape.Until 1980, our trade was more or less in balance, […]
The crackdown on internet gambling in the US has begun to frighten offsenior directors. World Gaming chairman James Grossman and non-executivedirector Clare Roberts have both resigned from the online gaming group onfears they will be arrested in the US. advertisementDavid Carruthers, chiefexecutive of Betonsports and Peter Dicks, chairman of Sportingbet, have bothbeen arrested in the […]
Spin3, the leading wireless casino system provider powered by Microgaming,the world’s largest online gaming software provider, won the ‘Best GamblingCompany’ award at the first ever ME Awards, hosted by Mobile Entertainmentmagazine. Spin3 was declared the winner by a judging panel comprising over300 mobile content executives. The Mobile Entertainment award recognized thepioneering work Spin3 has done […]