The early odds of passing the General Assembly are uncertain, but thelatest, yearly push to authorize slot machines at horse-racing venues inIndiana will at least get a chance of clearing the gate this session. HouseSpeaker Patrick Bauer, D-South Bend, said Thursday that at least oneproposal for slots at the tracks would get a hearing before […]
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Since 1998, Pinnacle Sports has been doing online business with US citizenswho enjoy gambling, but when American gamblers signed onto their accountsthis morning, they were informed they could no longer place bets with thissports book located in Curacao. Pinnacle’s “main man” gave EOG an exclusiveinterview this morning and here is some of what he had […]
Proponents and opponents of gambling are preparing to square off again thisyear as the new Legislature considers whether slot machines should beallowed in places other than the Hollywood Slots parlor in Bangor. Threestate legislators are drafting four bills that, if approved, would allowcasino gambling in Maine, create another so-called racino with slots andharness racing, and […]
A girlfriend and I often argue about which is better? Online gaming or goingto the Brick and Mortar casino? For years I have been an online girl. But,it is the silly season, so I decided to jump into the car with her andsettle in my own head once and for all the answer to what […]
Twenty counselors from Wyoming Valley Alcohol and Drug Services were due tocomplete training Wednesday to treat possible slot-machine gamblingaddictions, said Carmen Ambrosino, the agency’s chief executive officer.Ambrosino said he had already received three requests for assistance fromgambling addicts, though none were related to the state’s first slot-machinecasino, Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs. The early requests […]
The Turkish newspaper Yeni Safak reported this week that a controversiallaw, Penal Code Article 301, is to be applied vigorously by Turkishauthorities against *Internet crimes* that include online gambling. Thelegislation is apparently targeted on “indecent broadcasting and onlinegambling”, and the Information Technology Security Agency will have the taskof blocking broadcasts and offending sites as defined […]
According to a Turkish newspaper, new restrictions are to be vigorouslyintroduced by Turkish authorities against ‘indecent broadcasting and onlinegambling’. The new amendment to the existing censorship laws, Article 301 ofthe Penal Code, will see the Information Technology Security Agency, censorand block offending websites in the hope of contravening offending websitesthat are ‘denigrating Turkishness, the republic, […]
Gambling group Ladbrokes, which operates Ladbrokes Online Casino, isexpanding its European operations by targeting the Spanish market. TheBritish bookmaker is starting an alliance with Spanish slot machine firmCirsa Slot, whose machines are found in bars and arcades. The new alliancewill apply initially for a betting licence in Madrid, which comes under newbetting regulations. The move […]
WHEN the ministerial association of Terrace, BC learned that a local bingopalace was asking city council to change a bylaw so it could bring slotmachines to their northern BC community, they knew they had to speak outagainst the proposal. Joel Ringma, the pastor of Terrace’s ChristianReformed Church, was delegated to speak at a public forum […]
It is eminently sensible to teach mathematics with reference to everydayactivities in the real world, whether that be the probability of a certaincard being dealt, a winning ticket being bought in the National Lottery, orof a particular bus arriving within the next five minutes. I recall that Iwas taught probability with reference to the outcome […]
Hundreds of slot machines were rolling last week in Broward County, wherecrowds thronged a new “racino” at the former Hollywood Greyhound Track,newly dubbed the Mardi Gras Racetrack and Gaming Center. At nearbyGulfstream Park, slots were introduced in mid-November and more than $77million has already flowed through its machines. Two more tracks plan toopen rooms for […]
According to the BBC, although HSBC customers will now immediately payinterest of between 21.9% and 27.8% instead of the previous charge ofbetween 15.9% and 22.9%, they will not be charged the one-off fee applied toother cash transactions such as the purchase of foreign currency.AdvertisementThe BBC reported that, in the last year, all major banks haveprotested […]
Dozens of Costa Rican employees have been laid off by one of the onlinegambling industry’s larger companies, BetUS.com, according to a report fromsportsbook portal Gambling911 this week, which suggests that the company isthe latest group to significantly downsize its Costa Rica operations.Bodog.com announced similar plans last month. Costa Rica’s economy, in whichthe offshore gambling sector […]
Four men, including an Arvada postal worker, have been indicted in analleged sports gambling operation that took in as much as $85,000 in betsevery week for a year. The alleged ring was broken after undercover Arvadaand Lakewood police officers were introduced to Mark J. Evans, 38, ofArvada, who investigators say recruited bettors and collected and […]