Could be bad news for the over 20 million online poker players According tothehill.com yesterday the online gambling poker bill is back and alive.Controversial language to curb illegal gambling on the Internet snuck backinto the defense authorization bill over the weekend. While the language inthe bill was not finalized as of press time last night, […]
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The Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska wants to open negotiations with Nebraska, soit can expand gambling on its on its reservation. Winnebago officialsbelieve many Nebraskans want casinos even though the petition to legalizecasinos that the Winnebago, Santee Sioux and Omaha tribes backed earlierthis year failed to gather enough signatures to get on the ballot. Andearlier this […]
The crackdown on internet gambling in the US has begun to frighten offsenior directors. World Gaming chairman James Grossman and non-executivedirector Clare Roberts have both resigned from the online gaming group onfears they will be arrested in the US. advertisementDavid Carruthers, chiefexecutive of Betonsports and Peter Dicks, chairman of Sportingbet, have bothbeen arrested in the […]
Spin3, the leading wireless casino system provider powered by Microgaming,the world’s largest online gaming software provider, won the ‘Best GamblingCompany’ award at the first ever ME Awards, hosted by Mobile Entertainmentmagazine. Spin3 was declared the winner by a judging panel comprising over300 mobile content executives. The Mobile Entertainment award recognized thepioneering work Spin3 has done […]
It appears as though the right to free access to online gambling services inEurope is destined to be decided by the courts, as increasing numbers ofEuropean states ignore the recent European Court of Justice directive whichstated that a Member State cannot invoke the need to restrict its citizens’access to betting services if at the same […]
BRITISH executives of online gambling companies could be arrested oncriminal charges in Germany if they set foot in the country. Officials fromthe interior ministries of the German states of Hesse and Bavaria told TheBusiness that executives of foreign companies who let German residents placesports bets online are committing “criminal” acts that could lead toprosecution in […]
If you want to see an ex ample of how quickly this region can change, lookat the articles on this page about gambling. Staff writer Tom Dochatexplains that the approval process for lucrative gaming licenses is hotterthan the handle of a 25-cent one-armed bandit on a Saturday night. Teams ofstate investigators have been traveling worldwide […]
Electronic-slots parlors would generate thousands of jobs and tens ofmillions of dollars to seed local business growth, gambling supporters say.But the four parlors that would sprout in Greater Cleveland are by no meansa sure bet to bolster the region’s economy, anti-gambling forces respond.Even the local power brokers who back the plan to bring nine parlors […]
Gambling money underpins parent advisory councils across B.C., but thesource of the much-needed cash poses an ethical dilemma for some parents.Unlike most PACs that happily pocket provincial grants funded by gambling,South Park Elementary does not. “Gaming can be problematic for some people,and is the message that we want to be sending to our kids that […]
For an activity to be “gambling” in Pennsylvania there must be payment of aconsideration or fee for the chance to win a prize. The winner must bedetermined by chance. The legal forms of gambling in the state areactivities governed by the Race Horse Industry Reform Act, the PennsylvaniaLottery, bingo and small games of chance. One […]
West Virginia’s gambling industry plans another push in the Legislature nextyear for local option elections to allow table games at the state’s fourracetrack casinos.In preparation for next year’s effort, a poll released by the state RacingAssociation earlier this week shows 61 percent of West Virginians favorlocal option elections, up from 51 percent in a similar […]
The Rev. Patrick Walsh understands slot machines at Seven Springs may be adone deal. But though most of those playing the quarters at the popularresort likely will be from out of town, Walsh is concerned about theimplications gambling could have on families closer to home. “You can’t sayit’s not going to impact people in our […]
In a surprise move yesterday, the Ohio State University Board of Trusteescame out in strong opposition to the Learn and Earn issue on November’sballot that would allow casino and slot gambling in Ohio. “If we are silentit implies we support it because we could benefit from it,” said trustee LesWexner, Limited Brands founder. “I think […]
Despite the recent spate of online gambling related arrests in America,incoming Sportingbet Plc CEO, Andrew McIver, has announced that the popularonline sports betting website will continue to market to U.S. based onlinegamblers. Clearly McIver has balls of titanium and does not intend onvacationing in the United States anytime soon! He has replaced Peter Dickswho was […]