When Chris Armentano called Linda Piotrowicz with his cookbook idea, she wasimmediately enthused. What a great way to publicize Connecticut-grownagricultural products. And for Armentano, it could shed more light on thedangers of sports gambling. Collaborating, the two could serve bothpurposes. For the past 25 years, Armentano has been director of problemgambling treatment services for the […]
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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 […]
Betonsports Plc, the British Internet sports book indicted in the U.S. oncharges of racketeering and violating interstate gambling laws, was found incontempt of court for failing to answer those charges. U.S. District JudgeCarol Jackson today in St. Louis found the company in contempt for violatinga Dec. 28 order to appear in court. Prosecutors asked her […]
Wyoming poker fans are one hand closer to the return of “social” poker gamesto state bars and restaurants. A House committee is backing a bill thatwould allow friendly poker circles to play games in public establishments.The Senate has already approved the legislation. Attorney General Pat Crankeffectively banned poker games from bars and restaurants in 2004. […]
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s bet that the state could balance its budgetnext year with revenue from bigger Indian casinos is unrealistic, a reportreleased Friday by the state’s nonpartisan Legislative Analyst said.Schwarzenegger’s proposal to let tribes install some 22,500 new slotmachines and then collect more than $500 million in new fees and taxes fromthem is critical to […]
CHINA has secretly harboured the eldest son of North Korean dictator KimJong-il in Macau for three years, despite the US-led crackdown on NorthKorea’s finances in the former Portuguese colony, local reports say. KimJong-nam, the North Korean leader’s eldest son and former heir apparent, hasbeen living with his family in Macau, dividing his time between five-starhotels […]
A Coshocton man has waived his right to a speedy trial in anticipation ofwhat’s happening in Franklin County Common Pleas Court. Rich Pica, owner ofHigh Caliber Pit Stop on Chestnut Street, entered a not guilty plea inCoshocton Municipal Court on a first-degree misdemeanor charge of allowinggambling on his premises in November 2006. Pica contacted the […]
Unlike past public hearings on legislation to legalize racetrack games,which were split evenly, Thursday’s hearing on the latest version of thebill was a one-sided affair. Pro-table games speakers outnumberedanti-gambling advocates by a 52-16 margin at a two-hour, 40-minute hearingin the House of Delegates Thursday.For the first hour, the hearing alternated between supporters and opponentsof the […]
As The Gazette launches its most important ever campaign – to saveBlackpool’s casino and regeneration dreams – SHELAGH PARKINSON and NICK HYDEspeak to those who believe it is vital we keep fighting That is message asthe dust settles on the resort’s supercasino snub. Amazement, anger,bewilderment – the list is endless when trying to describe the […]
The California Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs released a study onthe prevalence of problem gambling “in the nation” this week, but did notidentify which company conducted the research, how big a sample it coveredor whether it was confined solely to land gambling. The department’s Officeof Problem Gambling (OPG) said that the study had revealed […]
Over the years bettingmarket.com has provided a comprehensive analysis ofEuropean and US gambling law. In the case of Europe, we did not succumb tothe post-Gambelli euphoria that befell many leading lawyers in the field andmany online gambling companies. In the case of the US, we refused toperpetrate the myth that the only person ever charged […]
The Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006 makes unlawful thereceipt by a gambling business of proceeds or monies in connection withunlawful internet gambling. The Act, which represents the first piece ofFederal legislation to explicitly deal with online gambling, makes clear theUS government’s intention to stop the flow of funds from Americans to onlinegaming operators […]
The World Trade Organisation (WTO) has ruled against the US in an onlinegambling dispute with the Caribbean island of Antigua and Barbuda. The US isbreaking international trade rules, it is expected to say. Though the rulingis still private, Reuters has reported that the WTO has found the US guiltyof not complying with a 2005 order […]
The impulsive behavior that sometimes develops as a side effect of treatmentwith “dopamine agonists” drugs may not be limited just to patients withParkinson’s disease. Patients with restless legs syndrome who are treatedwith a drug belonging to this class may also be at increased risk forpathologic gambling, according to a report in the medical journal Neurology.Dopamine […]