Back in the early 1960s, no states ran lotteries, only one — Nevada —allowed casinos and Indian tribes had yet to discover bingo or glitzy casinohalls. Today, 42 states operate lotteries, 37 have commercial, Indian orracetrack casinos and only two — Utah and Hawaii — don’t allow any form ofgambling. The gaming industry is a […]
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Neteller was by far the most popular online gambling payment method, butthere are many excellent online payment methods now that Neteller hasdecided to no longer facilitates gambling transactions…The followingonline gambling payment methods will be accessible from the cashier functionin most online casinos, poker rooms and sports books. They are allalternatives to Neteller for US-based players. […]
After losing a pile of money at an Atlantic City casino in July 2004, afrustrated gambler drove directly to the Casino Control Commissionheadquarters and put his name on a list of people banned from the city’scasinos. It’s a decision he immediately regretted – even more so when helearned that in this case, what happens in […]
The recent arrests of Neteller ex-directors Stephen Lawrence and JohnLefebvre whilst visiting the United States highlights once again that ifAmerican officialdom can get its hands on Internet gaming executives, it isprepared to bring charges that stride over international boundaries. Anyonereading the press release from the US Attorney General’s office thatreported the arrests can have little […]
District attorneys statewide plan to use a recent Supreme Court decisionoutlawing a type of video gaming machine at Birmingham’s dog track to shutdown adult arcades and casino-like operations across Alabama, a keyprosecutor said Tuesday. The ruling, which overturned a lower court orderthat allowed so-called “sweepstakes” machines operated by Birmingham RaceCourse owner Milton McGregor, means that […]
A state lawmaker who favors legalizing and regulating the video gamblingmachines now common in bars and social clubs has decided against filinglegislation to make that change. Rep. Win Moses, D-Fort Wayne, saidyesterday that he instead is seeking to create a committee to study theissue this summer and consider such matters as how much to tax […]
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Steve Beshear yesterday said he wants togive people a chance to vote next year on whether to legalize expandedgambling at racetracks and to open some casinos in Kentucky. Beshear saidexpanding gaming would generate $500 million a year for the state, help thehorse industry and stop Kentuckians from going to Indiana and other […]
gambling addict who swindled a Chicago bank out of millions of dollars tofeed his obsession and ended up driving it out of business was sentencedTuesday to more than three years in federal prison. Adam B. Resnick, 34, ofsuburban Buffalo Grove also was ordered by federal Judge Wayne R. Andersento pay $10.4 million in restitution for […]
The manager of a 23,000-member private card club in London was convictedtoday of violating Britain’s gambling laws after a jury decided poker is agame of chance, not pure skill. Derek Kelly argued that he didn’t need agambling license to take a share of profits from players at his club becausethe U.K.’s Gaming Act 1968 covers […]
Despite the strengthening of legal barriers to its development in the US,prospects for the development of the global mobile gambling market remainstrong, according to Juniper Research. In new forecasts for the mobilegambling market, Juniper predicts that the global market for all forms ofmobile gambling (casinos, lotteries and sports betting) will grow from $1.35billion in 2006 […]
A new survey, commissioned by consultancy firm Morse, claims that onlinegambling while at work is costing English firms more than £300m every yearin lost productivity. The research reveals that 30 percent had used anonline casino, bought a lottery ticket or made a bet while on office time –or new someone who had. The survey suggested […]
The Kaieteur News article captioned “Govt MP blasts church on opposition to‘casino’ legislation” (Jan., 12, 2007) reported the Rev. Alphonso Porter assaying, “…the church was not against casino gambling from a theologicalstandpoint, but was against it on moral grounds and also based on studiesdone in other Third World countries.” If this is indeed what the […]
AIM-listed mobile phone gambling specialist Probability PLC said it haslaunched a pilot of Lady Luck’s, its proprietary mobile phone gamblingservice, in South Africa following a successful technical and marketingtrial in 2006.The service offers South Africa’s 34 mln adult mobile phoneowners the ability to play the full range of Probability’s Bingo, Slots andCasino games including Roulette, […]
Back in the early 1960s, no states ran lotteries, only one — Nevada —allowed casinos, and Indian tribes had yet to discover bingo or glitzycasino halls. Today, 42 states operate lotteries, 37 have commercial, Indianor racetrack casinos and only two — Utah and Hawaii — don’t allow any formof gambling. The gaming industry is a […]