“Problem gambling is gambling behavior which causes disruptions in any majorarea of life: psychological, physical, social or vocational. The term“Problem Gambling” includes… “Pathological”, or “Compulsive” Gambling, aprogressive addiction characterized by increasing preoccupation withgambling, a need to bet more money more frequently, restlessness orirritability when attempting to stop, ‘chasing’ losses, and loss of controlmanifested by continuation […]
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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 […]
Visitors come here to see just one bell – the Liberty Bell. Soon they’ll belooking for a row of them – on a slot machine. Pennsylvania’s 2-year-oldstate gaming board is to award licenses Wednesday for two slot machinecasinos to be built here. That will make Philadelphia the largest city inthe country with casinos and put […]
In Sunday Stabroek of the 10th December 2006, the headlines read, “Religiousleaders against casino gambling.” I am simply astonished that thesereligious leaders’ mindset is still immersed in the dark ages. A few yearsback, whilst living in the USA I would visit the race tracks daily. I wasvery surprised at first that racing would be allowed […]
Russia’s lower house of parliament on Friday backed sweeping gamblinglegislation force casinos across the country to relocate into fourdesignated zones.The State Duma voted 425-0 on a key second reading to pass theKremlin-backed legislation, which would set up the four special regions byJuly 1, 2009.All gambling and slot machine businesses — including those in Moscow wherecasinos […]
I read with great delight your story regarding the Alabama Supreme Court’sunanimous ruling that “video sweepstakes games at a greyhound dog track inBirmingham are illegal gambling devices, no different from slot machines.”Mark White, Milton McGregor’s attorney, according to the story, said “theruling means that Alabama will continue to lose money to neighboring statesthat offer lotteries […]
With only seven days until the Pittsburgh Gaming Commission awards a gaminglicense to one of three slots competitors, concerns about traffic problemshave risen to the forefront. City officials are concerned that, regardlessof the casino location, congestion and parking issues will be major problemsbecause of Pittsburgh’s many bridges, tunnels, rivers and outdated highwaynetworks. Isle of Capri […]
The committee on economic policy under the State Duma lower house of theRussian parliament recommend the house to approve the second reading of theamendments to the gambling bill, specifying the locations of gambling zones.The gambling zones will be located in the Kaliningrad region, the Altairepublic, the Maritime territory and on the borders of the Rostov […]
Winnie Ho claims Sociedade de Turismo e Diversões de Macau owes her about 3billion Hong Kong dollars, or $386 million, in dividends for the past fiveyears for her 8 percent stake. Winnie, 83, has filed more than 30 lawsuitsagainst her brother over alleged debt, defamation and the shareholdingstructure of the companies. “We don’t need all […]
This is the first time the commission has suspended a pub gaming machineoperator. Earlier this year it suspended the Dunedin Casino for two days.The Casino was found to have breached the Gambling Act by turning a blindeye to a problem gambler who gambled away $6.6 million over three years –much of it in money stolen […]
When James Giordano and 24 others were indicted by the Queens DistrictAttorneys office last month, many in the online gambling world immediatelyfeared the worst. The first “take down” of a “significant” internetgambling business since President Bush signed a bill into law that wouldattempt to prevent some forms of gaming transactions. The Queens DA himselfthrough spokesperson, […]
When James Giordano and 24 others were indicted by the Queens DistrictAttorneys office last month, many in the online gambling world immediatelyfeared the worst. The first “take down” of a “significant” internetgambling business since President Bush signed a bill into law that wouldattempt to prevent some forms of gaming transactions. The Queens DA himselfthrough spokesperson, […]
A group opposed to the development of a Lehigh Valley slots parlor isgearing up to monitor plans to build a casino on the former site ofBethlehem Steel Corp. The Bethlehem Defense Fund last week announced plansto hire attorneys, engineers and traffic consultants to keep an eye on theSands BethWorks Gaming LLC plan to build a […]
A group opposed to the development of a Lehigh Valley slots parlor isgearing up to monitor plans to build a casino on the former site ofBethlehem Steel Corp. The Bethlehem Defense Fund last week announced plansto hire attorneys, engineers and traffic consultants to keep an eye on theSands BethWorks Gaming LLC plan to build a […]