I'll see Kim Meltzer's ante and raise her the repeal of state-sponsoredhypocrisy. The state House member from Clinton Township this week proposedthat the state decriminalize NCAA office pools. "What makes March Madnessunique is that all kinds of people and sports fans of all levels fill outtheir brackets and enjoy the tournament," she said. "It's a […]
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Casinos and slot machines are again front and center in the KansasLegislature, and their fate – for this year anyway – could be decidedFriday. Frustrated pro-gambling lawmakers forced the issue into the openWednesday, getting it to the House floor. Debate on three bills is set forFriday. "I expect it to be a full-body fight," said […]
A new 50% tax on the profits of larger casinos will reverse years offavourable treatment for the gambling trade. Industry analysts are nowpredicting a huge slump in investment in new and existing sites and saidBritain's first super-casino in Manchester could end up looking 'more like abig shed full of gaming machines' than a Las Vegas-style […]
The Saint Landry Parish District Attorney's Office says Internet gamblingcharges against an executive with a British company have been dismissed inexchange for 400,000 dollars after extradition issues left the case nearlyimpossible to prosecute. State police, working with Saint Landryprosecutors, had secure warrants in May in an investigation that focused onSportingbet PLC, a company that operates […]
The number of problem gamblers doubles within a 50-mile radius of a casinoor slot machine parlor once one is built, according to a professor andproblem gambling expert speaking Wednesday in Waterville. Gambling might begood for the economy, but it can have devastating effects on gamblers whopotentially could lose everything, said Thomas Broffman, an assistantprofessor at […]
Gambling provides big revenue to municipalities with casinos. Butpoliticians in Colwood also worry about the social problems that accompanygambling. That is why the municipality decided last week to join the B.C.Partnership for Responsible Gambling. The partnership, a product of the B.C.Lottery Corporation, brings together casinos and municipalities like Colwoodthat benefit from casino revenue, to look […]
A performance by a Korean cultural group will open an event to mark thelaunch of a campaign to prevent problem gambling at the Fickling Centre inMt Roskill at 2pm on Friday. The event organized by the Problem GamblingFoundation Asian Team precedes a national campaign which kicks off thisSunday ( 25 March ) with a 30 […]
Amador County is challenging a group that plans a casino in the Plymoutharea, questioning whether it qualifies as a legitimate American Indiantribe.County officials fear another casino would usher in a wave of traffic,environmental destruction and gambling addiction. They say the U.S.Department of Interior was wrong to list the Ione Band of Miwok Indians as afederally […]
Britain's gambling firms and casino operators were left disappointed byWednesday's budget after Finance Minister Gordon Brown slapped higher tax onlarge casinos and did little to tempt Internet gambling onshore. Internetgambling firms looking to locate back to Britain from tax havens such asGibraltar and Cyprus were dismayed after Brown set the Remote Gaming Duty inline with […]
It's not quite characteristic for a city clerk to not like a source of cityrevenue. But Clerk Pat Garrity sees one particular revenue stream on Hibbing'sbooks that he doesn't like, and he wants something done about it. Garrityasked the council to consider elimination of the charitable gambling tax,better known as the 10 percent contribution fund, […]
Two new casinos in Central Indiana are one step closer to reality. The votewas nine to three in a state Senate committee for the bill to permit slotmachines at horse tracks in Anderson and Shelbyville. "We need help and weneed your help. We need slot machines at Indiana's two race tracks," saidRick Moore of Hoosier […]
Internet gambling charges against an executive with a British company weredismissed Tuesday in exchange for $400,000 after extradition issues left thecase nearly impossible to prosecute, St. Landry Parish District Attorney'sOffice announced. State Police, working with St. Landry prosecutors, hadsecured warrants in May in an investigation that focused on Sportingbet PLC,a company that operates out of […]
Online casinos have conquered the world, and Turkey is no exception. It hasbeen determined that approximately $ 2 million is spent on online gamblingthrough credit card transactions in Turkey. Turkish authorities, however,were not happy with the spread of online gambling in the country and theGovernment decided to stop its citizens from accessing and playing on […]
The Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe has filed a federal lawsuit alleging thatGov. Mike Rounds and other state officials have unfairly prevented the tribefrom adding more slot machines at its casino in Flandreau. The lawsuitalleges that the state has negotiated in bad faith as the tribe pursues alonger gambling compact that allows more slot machines. The […]