Ohio Governor Bob Taft and US Senator George Voinovich have talked withstate higher education officials about a plan to pay for collegescholarships with slot machines. The two politicians have been outspokenopponents of casino gambling. Taft has asked the Ohio Board of Regents tostudy the proposal, which will go before voters November Seventh. Slotswould be allowed […]
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The total net takings from gambling in the year 2004-2005 were $15.5billion, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics. This was up from$13.8 billion four years earlier. The preferred form of gambling is inpokies, with takings now reaching $8.7 billion, or $1 billion more than in2000-2001. Other major sources were off-course TAB takings ($2.1 billion),casino […]
Stories of suicide, bankruptcy and broken families were heard at aninternational problem gambling conference held in Auckland. A New Zealandteenager has even written a song about how his mother’s addiction made hislife hell. Although there are less gambling addicts seeking help this year,researchers say it may be a simple blip caused by anti-smoking laws. “Youdon’t […]
The Las Vegas Sun looks at a former gambler who is coming after theindustry. The morality of gambling is not really an open topic in Las Vegas.If you are really uncomfortable being around it and are opposed to it, don’tlive here. You will hear the sound of slot machines in every grocery storeand corner store. […]
The campaign behind a proposal to expand gambling in Ohio submitted enoughvalid signatures in its second attempt to get the initiative on the Novemberballot, state elections officials said Tuesday. The group, which ispromoting a plan to put slot machines at Ohio’s seven horse racetracks andtwo freestanding sites in downtown Cleveland, failed in its initial attemptlast […]
CHAU MA had returned from a morning walk with the dog when a man whoappeared to be a courier banged on the front door of her home in Concordwith a package for her husband, Dominic Li. When she summoned him to thedoor he was “violently and brutally” attacked and doused in hydrochloricacid as part of […]
Indiana House Minority Leader B. Patrick Bauer, D-South Bend, has a curioustake on the current video-gambling controversy. It’s all the fault ofRepublican Gov. Mitch Daniels’ administration, which has “pushed the issue”to the point where the legislature may have to decide soon whether to makethe machines legal or not. By cracking down on the American Legion […]
A WELL-KNOWN television commentator and senior employee in the Ministry ofEnvironment and Tourism, Sackey Namugongo, is behind bars after he wasarrested on fraud-related charges. Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC)officials and the Namibian Police swooped on Namugongo at WindhoekInternational Airport yesterday morning as he returned from a trip toJohannesburg, South Africa. Namugongo faces charges related to theproduction and […]
The People’s Republic of China have been considering legalizing onlinecasino gambling, according to Tony Tong, CEO of Pacific Net, a company thatsells Baccarat machines. Macau is already a casino capital, and that iswhere the government would more then likely license companies there.Currently, the government takes around 40 percent of the house winnings inMacau, which means […]
North Dakota Republican will not be lining up to support Frist onlinegambling ban attempt. Not all Republicans are lining up to support U.S.Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist’s call to ban Internet gambling. NorthDakota State Rep. Jim Kasper says: “My fellow Republicans just don’t get it”when it comes to Internet gambling, reports Internet News.com. In July, […]
Many people who play video poker might want more than amusement for theirquarters, but they don’t expect to become rich, any more than many peoplewho play the lottery. One form of gambling has the player matching witsagainst a machine. The other lets players daydream about what it would belike to be rich. The former is […]
The full extent of Ohio Congressman Bob Ney’s corruption became clear Fridaywhen the Justice Department released his admission to accepting thousands ofdollars’ worth of gambling chips from a businessman in London, and to takingtrips and favors from others he agreed to help in Con gress. Ney agreed toplead guilty to two felony counts, with the […]
Backers of a proposal that would permit slot machines in Ohio might ante upmillions of dollars for the city of Cincinnati to coax that city’s leadersto look favorably on the plan. Charles Ruma, who owns Beulah Park racetrackand who is the chairman of the Ohio Learn and Earn Committee, said yesterdaythat a charitable foundation could […]
Louisiana has pinned high hopes on its casinos to play a major role in thestate’s economic recovery in the aftermath of hurricanes Katrina and Rita.Yet this stream of revenue could well run dry if maverick Texangubernatorial candidate Kinky Friedman has his way. Kinky has pledged that,if elected Governor on November 7, one of his first […]