FBI investigators have visited Second Life's Internet casinos at theinvitation of the virtual world's creator Linden Lab, but the U.S.government has not decided on the legality of virtual gambling. "We haveinvited the FBI several times to take a look around in Second Life and raiseany concerns they would like, and we know of at least […]
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Last year the Unlawful Online Gambling Bill looked to have made it illegalfor US Citizens to gamble online, including games like poker and at onlinecasinos. However, almost 6 months since the bill was passed there are stillpoker rooms and casinos allowing US players to play at their sites. Are theybreaking the law?Are the players breaking […]
It's an open secret that fraternal organizations and veterans groups financemany of their activities, including works of charity, through small-timegambling. Punchboards and pool sheets have long been passed along the bar,with at least the tacit approval of law enforcement. These devices now arelegal as long as the clubs buy a license for small games of […]
The Macau government confirmed that 2006 was a record year for gamblingrevenues as it revealed that casino income exceeded 7.0 bln usd last year,outpacing that of Las Vegas' famous strip. The tiny southern Chineseenclave's 22 casinos generated 16.7 bln patacas in the final quarter, takingthe year's total gross gaming revenues to 56.2 bln patacas (7.2 […]
According to a lifestyle study conducted by the Maltese organisationAgenzija Sedqa in collaboration with the National Focal Point for Drugs andDrug Addiction and the national commission on the abuse of drugs, alcoholand other dependencies, online gambling usage is relatively low. Just under60 percent of respondents aged between 18 and 24 admitted to having playedthe lottery, […]
Two weeks ago, if someone wanted to read the casino-and-slots bill thatwould pass the Legislature and make perhaps the biggest social and politicalchange in Kansas in the past 20 years, its sponsors didn't have a copy toshare. Even some supporters didn't see the text of the 98-page gamblingproposal until the House began debating it March […]
Clark County officials hoping to land a riverboat casino are worriedcampaign talk among Kentucky's gubernatorial candidates about expandinggambling in that state could harm the southeastern Indiana county's casinodreams. With Kentucky's governor's race unfolding, gambling has emerged asone of the top issues. Although all three candidates in Kentucky's May 22Republican gubernatorial primary oppose expanding gambling, most […]
Online gamblers with an interest in the Eastern European nation of Polandhad reason to celebrate this week with news that the government of Poland ispreparing to license and regulate online gambling. A recent European Courtof Justice ruling in favor of British bookmakers who had been banned fromoperating in Italy without a license is expected to […]
Early Thursday, thanks to a bizarre series of procedural moves and missteps,arm twisting and 12 hours of filibustering, the long odds finally paid off.The bill passed 21-19 and is on its way to the governor, who said Thursdayshe will sign it. In a strange twist, it was actually attempts to kill thebill by anti-gambling lawmakers […]
When Congress passed the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA),which forced online gambling companies to adhere to Federal and Stategambling laws, it wouldn't have been out of the ordinary to assume that thereason for the crackdown was the attempt to protect compulsive gamblers fromdescending into a morass of debt via their home computers. But, like […]
PLANS to build Britain's first supercasino in Manchester were THROWN OUT bythe House of Lords yesterday. In a disaster for Prime Minister Tony Blairand Culture Secretary Tessa Jowell, peers blocked the Government's GamblingOrder by 123 votes to 120. The shock result leaves the vision of LasVegas-style casinos in Britain in tatters. And plans for 16 […]
After a 13-hour filibuster, gambling proponents found the Senate votes theyneeded early today to expand casino gaming across the state. Followingspeeches that dragged late into Wednesday night, the Senate voted 21-19 –the minimum needed for passage – just after midnight to allow casinos inSedgwick and three other counties and as many as 2,800 slot machines […]
The Kansas House of Representatives passed a bill this week allowing casinosand slot machines. Lawmakers are betting that gaming will be a cash cow forthe state. If you listen to supporters, "destination" casinos will attractpeople from around the region, and their money will boost the state andlocal economies. That's enough to sway many legislators. What […]
In advance of Wednesday's votes in Parliament on the geographicaldistribution of casino premises licences, The Salvation Army and theMethodist Church have re-stated their general concerns relating to increasedgambling opportunities, particularly the potentially devastating effects onthe vulnerable. 'Evidence suggests that the new casinos, the increasingpopularity of online gambling and the general drift towards the"normalisation" of gambling […]