A Summerdale man faces allegations of setting up a cockfighting ring outsidehis home where dozens of people bet on battles between the birds, alaw-enforcement official said. Francisco Hurtado, 34, is charged withcockfighting, conspiracy to promote gambling and cruelty to animals. Allthree of the counts are misdemeanors. Baldwin County sheriff’s deputiesreceived an anonymous call Sunday morning […]
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One of nine men indicted for running a gambling ring that took bets onfootball and basketball games pleaded guilty Wednesday in federal courtafternoon.And Joesph Saladino’s plea may be the first of several guilty pleas from menwhom prosecutors allege were connected to a conspiracy that runs as far backas the 1980s. “There’s a total of five” […]
Good news! The proceeds from new table games at the state’s racetracks willgo to help the elderly and infirm stay at home instead of being trundled offto nursing homes. What a relief. I thought the cash was headed for gamblingoperators and political pork projects. Gov. Joe Manchin suggested this weekat a press conference that if […]
The major ring, led by Ngo Tien Dung alias Dung Kieu, was found to have handled bets of over US$10 million within three months from December 2005 till February 2006. Dung and his subordinates will face two counts of gambling and organized gambling after earning illegal profits of $200,000 from betting pools during the period, […]
A professional poker player accused of running a $3.3 billion illegal sports gambling operation was ordered held without bail Wednesday. The balding and bearded James Giordano stood silently with hands cuffed behind his back at his arraignment in Queens Criminal Court as his lawyer entered a not guilty plea on his behalf. Giordano, 52, was […]
When a person continues to gamble, despite the fact it is causing financial, marital, family, legal, employment, social, or school difficulties, it is a problem.Last week’s article depicted an example of how a woman’s gambling behaviour destroyed many aspects of her life, as well as those of others. That was a true story. She would […]
The police team under the guidance of puttur assistant superintendent ofpolice Dr P S Harsha raided a gambling den at Kashigudde near Kokkada andarrested nine persons. An amount of Rs 1,127 was confiscated from them.Uppinangady sub-inspector R Ramesh, Sampya SI Nagaraj and police constablesVishwanath Rai, Devraj, Raghuram, Deviprasad, Uday, Krishnaiah, Surendra,Monappa, Lokesh, Krishnappa and Suresh […]
Northampton County’s human services department is trying to prepare for aninflux of gambling and alcohol addicts a Lehigh Valley casino may create.During a council budget hearing Tuesday night, county Councilman Ron Anglesaid it doesn’t matter which Valley proposal is chosen, Northampton Countywill be affected. Angle asked if officials have begun assessing costs andprograms. “The drain […]
A contingent of nearly a dozen New York City police offers arrived in MiamiBeach Monday morning to transfer several defendants being held in an “onlinegambling” bust back to New York for a Tuesday arraignment. The sophisticatedInternet-based gambling scheme took in $3.3 billion in cash wagers from40,000 bettors nationwide since 2004, authorities said. They announcedcharges against […]
Despite the potentially negative impacts of a federal online gambling law,profits at Tyler Hancock’s online poker Web site are almost back to wherethey were before the law passed in October. Hancock, an interdisciplinarystudies senior, runs FuturePokerPros.com, which makes its money by taking apercentage of thewinnings of each player it recruits for other online poker sites. […]
If you were a con artist looking to separate an unsuspecting victim from hisor her life savings, what is the first thing you would do? Get your targetgood and liquored up, of course. There’s nothing like copious amounts offree booze to dull the senses, lower the defenses and cause you to throwcaution to the wind. […]
A new gambling tax proposal would be better for local gambling businesses,city officials said. The proposal is for a lower tax on area businesses –the Highway 9 Casino and some restaurants and taverns – than the one theycurrently pay to Snohomish County. “This would be considerably less thanthey are used to paying the county,” Mayor […]
Police are gearing up for a much-anticipated comeback of underground lotterybetting after the government suspended two draws of the two-digit andthree-digit lottery. Pol Lt-Gen Chongrak Chutanont, national assistantpolice chief, said police have been told to strictly enforce theanti-gambling law especially during the suspension. An extendedinvestigation is also required in cases where the value of seized […]
The Gambling Bill President Vladimir V. Putin proposed in October, withplans to set up four gambling zones in Russia, has been approved at itsfirst reading by the Duma last week by a vote of 440-0 and one abstention.The president had proposed the bill after the Interior Ministry launched anoperation to check the financial, tax and […]