Adelaide's Simon Goodwin, Melbourne defender Daniel Ward, Sydney rookieKieran Jack, and Kangaroo David Hale are all under investigation forgambling on ALF games. While none of the players actually bet on or againsttheir respective teams, it is believed they did place wagers on otherfootball games. Ts is in direct contravention to the very strict AFL rulesagainst […]
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The AFL and the Australian media are caught up in a story about 4 playersaccused of betting on AFL matches or some aspect thereof. All of theplayers, to the extent public comment has been made, deny betting on theirown club and claim that the bets were small potatoes stuff, as little asA$10. Perhaps that will […]
Problem gambling is a serious issue in Louisiana facing as many as 200,000of our state's residents. To help raise awareness about Louisiana's servicesfor those who experience problems with gambling, Gov. Kathleen BabineauxBlanco has declared the week of March 5 as National Problem GamblingAwareness Week."Problem gambling is a serious health issue in our state," said Departmentof […]
So much concern is placed on the individual who has a gambling addiction. Ofcourse, treating an individual with a gambling addiction is very important.What about the families of those with gambling addictions? Often times as asociety we forget about the loved ones of those with addictions. Likealcoholism, concern must be shown for the family members […]
Gambling is on the rise among young people between the ages of 18 and 24,according to a survey commissioned by the Responsible Gambling Council.The survey, which examined the gambling behaviours and attitudes of 3,604young adults in Ontario, said poker games and online gambling have grown inpopularity since 2001. Anik Bay, a project co-ordinator with the […]
Jay Melancon hunkered down in an auditorium chair for his morning psychologyclass at the University of Minnesota, flipped open his laptop and logged on.The instructor yammered on at the front of the room, but Melancon wasn'tlistening. He was exhausted from staying up all night playing online poker.Now, sitting in the back of the class, he […]
There is an old adage that one of the worst things that can happen to afellow is to win a bet on a horse at a young age. Buttressing that homespunhorse sense with statistics and psychological evidence, Rep. Deborah Fellelaof Johnston pitched her bill to raise the minimum age to gamble in RhodeIsland from 18 […]
These days, 10,000 Norwegian citizens are finding a questionnaire by SINTEFHealth Research in their post-boxes. The form has been sent to a randomsample of the population aged between16 and 74. The main focus of the surveyis cash gambling, ranging from scratchcards and Lotto to one-armed banditsand Internet poker. "For the survey to offer a true […]
Behaviors associated with impulse control-including compulsive shopping,hypersexuality, binge eating and pathological gambling-have been associatedwith dopamine agonists, medications used to treat Parkinson's disease. Instudies examining the relationship between dopamine agonists and compulsivegambling, the likelihood of gambling problems was unrelated to themedication dosage. This suggests that an underlying trait may interact withthe drugs and make an individual […]
Under current North Dakota law, a race is defined as a live event wherehorses run to see who comes in first. And it's going to stay that way. OnMonday, the state House defeated a measure that would have expanded thedefinition to include horse races run on a prior date. The North DakotaHorse Park in Fargo […]
US scientists have found an association between the characteristics ofincreased risk for compulsive gambling and Parkinson's disease medication.Dr. Valerie Voon from National Institute of Neurological Disorders andStroke in Bethesda and colleagues found that patients with Parkinson'sdisease who developed pathological gambling when receiving dopamine agonistshad a younger age at Parkinson's disease onset, higher novelty-seekingscores, a personal […]
Americas Watchdog discovered the new legislation has had little effect withOnline Casinos. With the exception of one indictment, its been business asusual, or the off-shore online casinos have invented new schemes tocircumvent the new US laws. After the 2006 legislation was signed by thePresident; many casinos in England or other countries moved their onlinegaming/casino web […]
A 43-year-old woman who admitted Tuesday to embezzling cash from a drivers'education program at Rockford Schools faces up to 10 years in prison. Schoolofficials and Kent County Sheriff's Department investigators say Tamara SueOsech, who lives in the school district, turned herself in last fall andconfessed to taking cash payments intended to go to a state-run […]
It's home to Gambling911.com, which is purely an industry-focused news andinformation website, and soon may be home to a number of online gamblingentities that actually take bets from around the globe. Alberta Canada isseriously considering regulation of online gambling. Maxine Maudie of SunMedia reports that a spokesman for the Alberta Gaming and Liquor Commissionyesterday said […]