A 40 minute debate raised by a Brit Labour MP in the House of CommonsThursday on football shirt sponsorship, mobile gambling and the absence ofprosecutions for breaches of current gambling regulations, grabbed theheadlines the following day. During the forty minute sitting, also attendedby Minister for Sport Richard Caborn, Labour MP Ben Chapman said that he […]
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It’s been a tough year for online gambling to say the least and now theBritish Gambling Commission is investigating the legality of shirtsponsorship deals for English Premier League football clubs. All bets couldbe off for companies such as Mansion and 888 Holdings to continue sponsoringPremiership clubs like Spurs and Middlesbrough. There are four premierleague teams […]
SPONSORSHIP deals between online gambling companies and football clubs couldbe banned in the UK if it is decided that they encourage children to gamble.The news comes after the Gambling Commission announced that it willinvestigate whether shirt sponsorship deals – such as those at Middlesbroughand Tottenham Hotspur – unfairly expose young fans to online casinos orgambling […]
It doesn’t exactly look like Casino Royale, tucked into a far corner of ahardly glamourous shopping centre far from Singapore’s glitzy Orchard Road.The smell of fat used by cheap food stalls lingers in the air, and the arrayof shops offer kitsch and knick-knacks at bargain prices. But behind thethick glass door and past wood-panelled walls […]
Australian mother of two Kate Jamieson was jailed today for a maximum ofseven years by Judge Roland Williams in the Victorian County Court. Jamiesonpleaded guilty to 13 counts of obtaining financial advantage by deceptionand 23 counts of theft. The court was told that while she was working as aloans officer for a bank between 2001 […]
The transportation minister in Macau, China’s booming casino capital, hasbeen arrested for allegedly accepting bribes, the government said Thursday.The suspect, Ao Man-long, is the most senior leader to be detained in theformer Portuguese enclave since it returned to Chinese rule in 1999. Hisarrest comes as the territory off China’s southern coast tries to shed itsreputation […]
The first settlement in New York Harbor was established by Dutch fur tradersin 1613 and was called New Amsterdam. These early traders were adventurers,gamblers, willing to take big risks for big profits. One particularly shrewdplayer, Peter Minuit, convinced the resident Native Americans to sell himManhattan Island and Staten Island for about $24 worth of goods. […]
According to a state law that is more than a century old, gamblers canrecoup money lost, and now a new lawsuit is aimed at the Birmingham RaceCourse with that goal in mind. A judge at the Jefferson County courthousewill decide whether the case can go forward as a class-action lawsuit. Mostpeople think that it’s a […]
Following the lead of Great Britain, Spain is the latest country to embraceonline gambling and it is only a matter of time before the United Statesdoes so to….or we can dream it does. According to IGamingBusiness,Madrid’s regional government is set to regulate gaming through theintroduction of licenses. “The move comes in the wake of Italy’s […]
There’s no denying it, punters in the UK love to have a flutter. Thatexplains why there are more than 8,000 bookmaking outlets huddling amongBritain’s clothes shops and restaurants. But you don’t even have to leavethe comfort of your own home to place a bet these days. The online world isquickly catching up with its high-street […]
It’s been a little over two weeks since the first legal slot parlor inPennsylvania opened at the Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs racetrack. Three moreslots parlors are expected to open at other racetracks within the next threemonths. Ultimately, 14 parlors are expected to open in Pennsylvania,bringing in what is hoped will be sufficient additional revenue […]
It could also prove the defining event in his personal corporate andbusiness development — cementing his commitment to a Pacific and thenglobal gaming future. For the first time, we can reveal the full detail ofthis extraordinary resort casino proposal, dubbed “Harry’s Island”, onSingapore’s Sentosa Island. Ostensibly, the “Harry” is mid-20th centuryHoward Hughes-style adventurer Harry O’Brien, […]
Oliver Drewes is spokesman for the internal markets commissioner, CharlieMcCreevy. He was approached by Darik Radio to comment amendments toBulgarian law on gambling. Tsvetana Minkova from Darik News spoke to OliverDrewes. Q: Do you think changes in the law for gambling might lead to someimpediments for competition in this area in Bulgaria? A: We have […]
People who gamble also have an increased risk of health problems such asangina and liver disease. Gambling can be as serious an addiction assubstance abuse or alcoholism. The latter are both associated with otherhealth problems and so, also, is gambling according to a new study from theUniversity of Connecticut. Their data comes from the National […]