SPOKANE, Wash. The Washington State Gambling Commission is seeking to revokethe license of a Spokane Valley card room security officer because of histies with the Hells Angels outlaw motorcycle club. Frank S. Nakayama, asecurity supervisor at Ringo's Little Vegas Casino was seen on casinosurveillance tapes wearing his club "colors" in the card room. Because theHells […]
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Dreams that the United Kingdom would become the standard bearer for theonline-gambling industry were dashed yesterday when UK Finance Minister(James) Gordon Brown announced a new 'Remote Gaming Duty' (tax) of 15%, amove ensuring that online firms will not move from friendlier tax havens tothe UK in the near future. In addition, Brown's new budget increases […]
There's good news for seniors who may have a gambling problem. A freenational helpline offers information and resources. When it comes togambling, the stakes for many seniors may be higher than they suspect. Thenumber of seniors who gamble has grown; in fact, seniors have become one ofthe fastestgrowing groups of gamblers. A recent study found […]
The Washington State Gambling Commission is filing charges against a HellsAngels member working at a Spokane Valley casino. Frank Nakayama wasphotographed during a raid of the Hells Angels club house in Spokane in2006. Nakayama says he quit the club and is working security at Ringo's CardRoom on east Sprague. An anonymous tip to the Gambling […]
Casinos and slot machines are again front and center in the KansasLegislature, and their fate – for this year anyway – could be decidedFriday. Frustrated pro-gambling lawmakers forced the issue into the openWednesday, getting it to the House floor. Debate on three bills is set forFriday. "I expect it to be a full-body fight," said […]
A new 50% tax on the profits of larger casinos will reverse years offavourable treatment for the gambling trade. Industry analysts are nowpredicting a huge slump in investment in new and existing sites and saidBritain's first super-casino in Manchester could end up looking 'more like abig shed full of gaming machines' than a Las Vegas-style […]
The number of problem gamblers doubles within a 50-mile radius of a casinoor slot machine parlor once one is built, according to a professor andproblem gambling expert speaking Wednesday in Waterville. Gambling might begood for the economy, but it can have devastating effects on gamblers whopotentially could lose everything, said Thomas Broffman, an assistantprofessor at […]
Gambling provides big revenue to municipalities with casinos. Butpoliticians in Colwood also worry about the social problems that accompanygambling. That is why the municipality decided last week to join the B.C.Partnership for Responsible Gambling. The partnership, a product of the B.C.Lottery Corporation, brings together casinos and municipalities like Colwoodthat benefit from casino revenue, to look […]
Amador County is challenging a group that plans a casino in the Plymoutharea, questioning whether it qualifies as a legitimate American Indiantribe.County officials fear another casino would usher in a wave of traffic,environmental destruction and gambling addiction. They say the U.S.Department of Interior was wrong to list the Ione Band of Miwok Indians as afederally […]
Britain's gambling firms and casino operators were left disappointed byWednesday's budget after Finance Minister Gordon Brown slapped higher tax onlarge casinos and did little to tempt Internet gambling onshore. Internetgambling firms looking to locate back to Britain from tax havens such asGibraltar and Cyprus were dismayed after Brown set the Remote Gaming Duty inline with […]
Two new casinos in Central Indiana are one step closer to reality. The votewas nine to three in a state Senate committee for the bill to permit slotmachines at horse tracks in Anderson and Shelbyville. "We need help and weneed your help. We need slot machines at Indiana's two race tracks," saidRick Moore of Hoosier […]
Online casinos have conquered the world, and Turkey is no exception. It hasbeen determined that approximately $ 2 million is spent on online gamblingthrough credit card transactions in Turkey. Turkish authorities, however,were not happy with the spread of online gambling in the country and theGovernment decided to stop its citizens from accessing and playing on […]
The Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe has filed a federal lawsuit alleging thatGov. Mike Rounds and other state officials have unfairly prevented the tribefrom adding more slot machines at its casino in Flandreau. The lawsuitalleges that the state has negotiated in bad faith as the tribe pursues alonger gambling compact that allows more slot machines. The […]
The Catawba Indian Nation's push to offer electronic gambling took a hitMonday when the S.C. Supreme Court ruled a state ban on video poker alsoapplies to the tribe. The Catawbas, South Carolina's only federallyrecognized tribe, argued their 1993 land deal with the state allowed them toput video poker machines on their reservation, despite a statewide […]