Driving down Highway 61 from Memphis, Tennessee to Tunica, Mississippi, thefields are flat, with occasional bursts of swampland, and cotton ballsblowing on the tar. As you edge south, the billboards grow more insistent,offering endless variations on the notion of chance: “Best cash back!”,“Best dealers”, “$10k Fridays”. Follow your luck, and you end up ridingtowards Mississippi’s […]
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The United States government has shown a chink in their armor during theirwar against online gambling. On Friday they admitted that the WTO had ruledagainst them in the most recent stage of their long standing dispute withAntigua. Gretchen Hamel, a spokeswoman for the US Trade Representative atthe WTO, said the interim report “did not agree […]
am writing to express my thanks to Mr Peter Browne for his published letterentitled “Organised gambling will only create more poverty and crime.” Ifind his letter rather intriguing and needless to say I share most hisexpressed views on this issue. Incidentally, on the same day Mr HudsonGeorge’s letter (“Organised gambling can erase poverty”) was published; […]
Internet gambling has been on a roller coaster ride since the UnlawfulInternet Gambling Enforcement Act was passed back in October. The Netellerarrests last week and the following pull outs of all major third partybilling companies has seriously damaged the $12b a year industry. The rollercoaster ride got another twist as a result of the report […]
The historic ban on betting in pubs could be swept away after ministersannounced plans for a gambling free-for-all. Pubs, bars and clubs will beallowed to stage poker games without a gaming licence. The proposal wascondemned as an “atrocious” encouragement to problem gambling. Experts saidthe mix of drinking and betting would be disastrous. Golf clubs, politicalparties […]
Teenage gambling is a growing problem in Southwestern Ontario, a localexpert says. Though she didn’t have hard numbers available, Bonnie Orvidassaid it’s clear to everyone involved more young people are seeking addictiontreatment services. “It’s in the last two to three years that we have beenhearing from young people. Most of them are males,” said Orvidas, […]
The son of a deceased West Virginia mobster pleaded guilty in federal courtto playing a role in a multimillion-dollar bookmaker ring. ChristopherHankish, 44, of Scott Township, pleaded guilty Wednesday to one count ofconspiracy to conduct an illegal gambling business, federal prosecutorssaid. Hankish is the son of Paul Hankish, a Wheeling, W.Va., native who diedin prison […]
More than one-third of Ontario teens who participated in the first-everstudy to examine the gambling habits of students aged 15 to 17 are alreadygambling, and their ranks will likely double by the time they’re 20, thestudy’s authors say. The study, to be released Thursday, was conducted bythe Responsible Gambling Council, an independent, non-profit organizationdedicated to […]
Macau may have dethroned the Las Vegas Strip as the world’s biggest casinocenter, according to figures available Wednesday that show the Chineseterritory’s gambling revenue jumped 22 percent to $6.95 billion last year.The former Portuguese enclave has been booming since the government bustedup a casino monopoly three years ago and began welcoming U.S. gamingpowerhouses like Las […]
With only about a month to go before the provincially licensed ChancesCowichan gaming centre opens its doors for the first time, gamblingaddiction experts are wondering how it will affect those who like to take achance. “Right now we have no idea how it will affect the population,” saidIan Gartshore, executive director and chief therapist of […]
Malibu homeowner John Lefebvre, a Canadian national, was released on a $5million U.S Bond following his arrest last week on charges of allegedlylaundering billions of dollars in illegal online gambling proceeds. CanadianStephen Lawrence was also released on $5 million bail. The two are formerdirectors of NETeller, a company that transfers money globally for a fee.Lefebvre […]
A proposed Spokane Tribe of Indians gambling agreement is unfair to othertribes and represents a major expansion of tribal gaming, skepticallegislators said.The Eastern Washington tribe is asking the state and federal government toend more than a decade of legal challenges and approve the gaming compact,which would make the Spokanes one of the state’s largest casino […]
The results show online casino and poker fans play more for excitement andentertainment than to win and the typical amount gambled during a gamblingsession on the internet is between £15 and £30. The survey also shows agender divide as men prefer to play poker while women like to playblackjack. Professor Leighton Vaughan Williams from the […]
Casinos will be allowed to open 24 hours a day because of a loophole inLabour’s gaming laws. Experts fear this will give problem gamblers theopportunity to lose money round the clock. They said Culture Secretary TessaJowell had ditched her pledge to protect the vulnerable from the dangers ofcasinos. Currently, casinos can open from 2pm until […]