Internet gambling websites are taking bets on who will the father of BritneySpears' next child. Spears is mother to seven-month-old Jayden James and19-month-old Sean Preston with estranged husband Kevin Federline. Gamblingsite Bodog.com has given model Isaac Cohen, who briefly dated Spears earlierthis year, high odds for becoming the father to her next baby. Federlinefollows close […]
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There's good news for seniors who may have a gambling problem. A freenational helpline offers information and resources. When it comes togambling, the stakes for many seniors may be higher than they suspect. Thenumber of seniors who gamble has grown; in fact, seniors have become one ofthe fastestgrowing groups of gamblers. A recent study found […]
The European Commission is not satisfied with the Dutch government's defenceof its policy regarding sports betting. The Commission is asking The Haguetoday for more information, sources in Brussels told the FinancieeleDagblad. The restrictive gambling policy in the Netherlands gives the Lottocompany exclusive permission to run sports betting. European Commissionerfor the Internal Market Charlie McCreevy already […]
I'll see Kim Meltzer's ante and raise her the repeal of state-sponsoredhypocrisy. The state House member from Clinton Township this week proposedthat the state decriminalize NCAA office pools. "What makes March Madnessunique is that all kinds of people and sports fans of all levels fill outtheir brackets and enjoy the tournament," she said. "It's a […]
Casinos and slot machines are again front and center in the KansasLegislature, and their fate – for this year anyway – could be decidedFriday. Frustrated pro-gambling lawmakers forced the issue into the openWednesday, getting it to the House floor. Debate on three bills is set forFriday. "I expect it to be a full-body fight," said […]
A new 50% tax on the profits of larger casinos will reverse years offavourable treatment for the gambling trade. Industry analysts are nowpredicting a huge slump in investment in new and existing sites and saidBritain's first super-casino in Manchester could end up looking 'more like abig shed full of gaming machines' than a Las Vegas-style […]
Gambling provides big revenue to municipalities with casinos. Butpoliticians in Colwood also worry about the social problems that accompanygambling. That is why the municipality decided last week to join the B.C.Partnership for Responsible Gambling. The partnership, a product of the B.C.Lottery Corporation, brings together casinos and municipalities like Colwoodthat benefit from casino revenue, to look […]
The Saint Landry Parish District Attorney's Office says Internet gamblingcharges against an executive with a British company have been dismissed inexchange for 400,000 dollars after extradition issues left the case nearlyimpossible to prosecute. State police, working with Saint Landryprosecutors, had secure warrants in May in an investigation that focused onSportingbet PLC, a company that operates […]
Internet gambling charges against an executive with a British company weredismissed Tuesday in exchange for $400,000 after extradition issues left thecase nearly impossible to prosecute, St. Landry Parish District Attorney'sOffice announced. State Police, working with St. Landry prosecutors, hadsecured warrants in May in an investigation that focused on Sportingbet PLC,a company that operates out of […]
Online casinos have conquered the world, and Turkey is no exception. It hasbeen determined that approximately $ 2 million is spent on online gamblingthrough credit card transactions in Turkey. Turkish authorities, however,were not happy with the spread of online gambling in the country and theGovernment decided to stop its citizens from accessing and playing on […]
It's not quite characteristic for a city clerk to not like a source of cityrevenue. But Clerk Pat Garrity sees one particular revenue stream on Hibbing'sbooks that he doesn't like, and he wants something done about it. Garrityasked the council to consider elimination of the charitable gambling tax,better known as the 10 percent contribution fund, […]
Every March, as Americans fill out their NCAA Basketball Tournament bracketsand shell out cash to compete in March Madness pools, gambling enters thepublic spotlight, and this year, it is under more scrutiny than usual. InNew Jersey, Rutgers University's School of Social Work recently announced itwould look deeper into the nature of gambling and its effects […]
West Virginia lawmakers have wrapped up the 2007 legislative session, andthe major piece of legislation emerging from the 60-day session was the billpermitting racetracks to add table games, pending approval by voters of thefour counties where the tracks are located. In the last election, thegambling interests spent nearly $400,000 in direct contributions to theirfavored candidates, […]
Police arrested a Hamilton man for allegedly running a speakeasy andgambling parlor that netted more than $1 million a year, police DirectorJoseph Santiago said yesterday. It's the fourth time Alvin D. Brown, 61, ofCrawford Court, has been arrested for gambling-related charges. This time hewas charged with operating a gambling facility out of a room on […]