The launch of two high-profile online gambling sites over the few weeks hasprovided further evidence that the online gambling industry, far fromcrumbling in the wake of the UIGEA, is still as strong as ever. The highestprofile launch was that of Playboy Gaming, whose investment in the marketshows that even established big-name brands are confident in […]
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The two-year period comes due this Thursday. Even Goldberg now realizes hisprediction was totally wrong — with poll after poll showing most Americansdo not "agree that the war was worth it." So shouldn't Goldberg — orsomebody — pay off the $1,000? The bet was offered near the end of anoverheated blogo-debate between Goldberg and Dr. […]
Nothing in this world can be said to be certain, Ben Franklin noted in aletter to a friend, except death and taxes. And, he should have noted,there’s one more thing: Every new governor of Massachusetts looks at casinogambling as a potential source of revenue. Daniel O’Connell, the state’ssecretary of housing and economic development, confirmed in […]
After Nick Colangelo won more than $110,000 on a $2 slot machine bet inJuly, the 47-year-old Fontana man paid off his car and truck and eveninvested in the stock market. But his winnings “created a monster,”Colangelo says. He returned to Highland’s San Manuel casino less than twodays after the jackpot and has since lost $20,000 […]
Charles Barkley said Monday that he won “about $700,000” gambling in LasVegas over the weekend. “That was all profit (from) blackjack and I bet onthe Super Bowl. I had the Colts,” Barkley said in an interview with Phoenixtelevision station KTVK. “I played a lot of blackjack.” Barkley did not sayhow much be bet on Sunday’s […]
CONCORD, N.H. A survey finds about one-in-five New Hampshire residentsvisited Connecticut casinos in the past year. The figures released today bythe U-Mass-Dartmouth Center for Policy Analysis are part of a study of NewEngland residents’ attitudes toward gambling. In a survey of 220 NewHampshire residents between September and November last year, 19 percent ofrespondents said they’d […]
Several different types of gambling are conducted through the Internet inHungary, and they are taxed depending on the type of operation. Gambling islegal in Hungary. Online gambling organizers in Hungary are required to filetax returns and pay taxes on the basis of self-assessment. The tax ratesvary for different types of gambling operations, including: a casino,money-winning […]
There are sights you just don’t see anymore in La Salle County. For example:In the 1950s, La Salle County State’s Attorney Harland Warren brought thehammer down on gambling in the county. One day during that time, he and oneof his assistants, Craig Armstrong, raided Becker & Currie’s Cigar Store inPeru, where sporting gentlemen took pleasure […]
Some of you may have done well last night, and are rejoicing to the heavens.And others — maybe you’re trying to bury your head in the sand. Why? Youeither won a load of cash or you’re dead broke from betting on the SuperBowl. Whether you won or lost, you must beware of a disease that […]
Gambling won’t save West Virginia, but it may drag it a little closer tohell. The juggernaut in favor of table games seems unstoppable, leading tofurther expansion of gambling in the state. Yes, revenues from the additionof table games will likely shore up the state’s coffers for a while, leadingto a sense of satisfaction among legislators […]
A new global initiative and international code of conduct to addressresponsible online gambling procedures is under discussion by the industryfollowing a top-level roundtable discussion held at a recent London tradeshow. The roundtable, convened by top software developer Microgaming,discussed the need to review what is currently being done by the industryand how a single common code […]
MILLIONS OF Americans have engaged in criminal behavior leading up totoday’s Super Bowl. You know who you are – those of you outside Nevada whoplaced bets on the Indianapolis Colts or Chicago Bears. It’s estimated thatabout $5 billion will be on the line this afternoon in a nation in whicheven office pools are technically illegal […]
A simple bet on which team will win today’s Super Bowl matchup between theChicago Bears and Indianapolis Colts won’t be enough for hard-core gamblers.Bookmakers are taking hundreds of side bets that range from choosing thewinner of the opening coin toss to picking the direction of the first errantfield goal, wide left or wide right. Wide […]
With the increase in casinos, lottery games and TV coverage of professionalpoker tournaments, it’s not a surprise that the culture of gambling hasspread to teens.Now, there are data to support what local kids have been saying – that kidsin the mid-Hudson have increased gambling as much as teens across thecountry.A recent study of teen risk […]