The only sign of Christmas on the casino floor is the poker dealer in theSanta hat, and Darren White is glad for that: the subcontractor from Georgiadidn’t come here to be reminded of the holidays, or anything, for thatmatter, outside these flashy, noisy walls. He came for the distraction. AndBoomtown Casino in suburban New Orleans, […]
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It may be early to judge, but Gary Bettman might have really done it thistime. You never know with the NHL owners of course, but this latest fiascoover the Pittsburgh Penguins just might be the one clanger that will opentheir eyes to who is running their league. Research in Motion head JimBalsillie was all set […]
These may be dark days for the online gambling business, but you would neverknow that from talking to Calvin Ayre, the founder and president of BodogEntertainment Group, the online sports book and casino. A recent crackdownon Internet gambling by U.S. regulators and lawmakers has seen severalonline casino executives thrown in jail and has plunged the […]
The USA might have tried to ban online gambling simply to regulate it downthe line, at least that’s what Italy is in the process of doing. The latestnews from that government is a plan to auction off as many as 17,000gambling licenses including permits for online casinos and poker rooms. Thestart of 2007 will mark […]
Your after-tax income belongs to you. You are free to spend it, invest it,waste it, burn it, or tithe it–and none of that is any politicians’business. But if some lawmakers have their way, soon you won’t be able togamble your money away on the Internet. In October, the Senate passed a billenhancing port security, and […]
A bill that would close most casinos and slot-machine halls in the country –including Moscow and St. Petersburg – cleared a third and final readingWednesday in the State Duma. To become law, the bill still needs theapproval of the Federation Council and of President Vladimir Putin, whosubmitted the draft in October.The bill received the support […]
Seen as yet another indicator towards liberalization of gamblingrestrictions in Europe, the Italian government has announced that it willauction off 17,000 licenses for betting shops, kiosks, casinos as well asfor online casinos, poker rooms and sportsbooks. This is in preparation forJanuary 1st, when all Italians will be able to legally play online poker. Inspite of […]
The Moscow City Duma amended a law on Thursday that manages gamblingindustry, making requirements for owners of casinos and slot-machine hallsstricter. The gambling industry is unfazed by the changes as no laws cansurpass the new federal law which nearly bans gambling in Russia in 2009.The Moscow legislature passed the city law a day after the […]
Why am I not surprised that on Wednesday, the Austin American-Statesman,Dallas Morning News and Fort Worth Star-Telegram all reported that aproposal to broadly expand gambling in Texas is in the works in Austin? Hey,gambling-expansion proposals have emerged every two years in Texas since theearly 1990s, just before each Legislature convened. What is different aboutthis proposal? […]
Pennsylvania gambling regulators cleared the way Wednesday for Philadelphiato become the nation’s largest city with a casino, while rejecting DonaldTrump’s bid for a slot-machine parlor and plans for another casino near theGettysburg battlefield. The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board chose fromamong 13 groups of casino giants, politically connected investors,celebrities and nationally known developers when it awarded […]
Garish or goofy or grim, Russia’s casinos and slot-machine halls are some ofthe most vivid testimony to communism’s collapse. But, under legislationapproved Wednesday by Russia’s lower house of parliament, the $6 billionindustry is to be driven out of Moscow, St. Petersburg and most of the restof Russia. Once the bill is signed into law, gamblers […]
A dispute might be brewing among state regulators over who will overseePennsylvania’s multibillion-dollar casino industry. Auditor General JackWagner on Tuesday told the Gaming Control Board he intends to be the “fiscalwatchdog of gaming operations and related state programs.” As the boardprepared to vote today on awarding 11 slot machine casino licensesstatewide, Wagner said he plans […]
A recently appointed member of the Pennsylvania gaming board was a longtimecritic of gambling when he was a legislator but he has won thousands ofdollars at casinos, a newspaper reported Sunday. Former state Rep. MarkMcNaughton voted against the state’s slot machine law in 2004 and opposedgambling for years before that, but at the same time […]
Forget Hillary vs. Obama. There’s another question in the Democraticpresidential race: Does what happens in Vegas really stay there, or can SinCity set the course for the nation? Nevada has a new prominence in decidingthe party’s next nominee. It will hold an early caucus January 19, 2008,sandwiched between Iowa and New Hampshire. The prized position […]