A decision on whether Catholic schools should get funding from the proceedsof gambling is hanging in limbo. Catholic school board spokesman Lori Nagysaid yesterday that debate on the issue was halted when Edmonton ArchbishopTom Collins was reassigned to another diocese. "We did have a discussionwith (Archbishop Collins) initially about it," Nagy said. "Right after that,he […]
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Wanna make a bet? How about a wager that gamblers would get better odds fromlegal sports books in Nevada than from Canada's provincially sponsored SportSelect lottery? Well, don't take the bet. The fact is, Las Vegas pays muchbetter on its sports bets than the Alberta-sponsored lottery, according toan in-depth report into sports and gambling by […]
For pioneering mobile gambling operator Slotland.com, news at the recent3GSM mobile conference in Barcelona was all good. Developing technologiesare making it easier, cheaper and more fun to play casino games like slotmachines on mobile phones and that puts a smile on the face of JohnLancelet, Mobile Games Director at Slotland.com. There was a lot to […]
Industry leaders have expressed disappointment at the high level of gamblinglicence fees set by the Government. The Gambling (Premises Licence) (Fees)Regulations 2007, tabled in Parliament on 21 February, shows only a modestdecrease from the fees proposed in last year, which were labelled"preposterous" by Business in Sport and Leisure (BISL). Premises licencefees for gambling will be […]
Melbourne believes Daniel Ward's naming, shaming and fining for breaking theAFL betting code could be the catalyst for him to shake his gamblingaddiction.Ward was one of four players sanctioned by the AFL for breaches of itsanti-gambling rules. The Demons defender was fined $10,000, half of whichwas suspended to be invoked should he re-offend. Ward was […]
The AFL have decided not to suspend four players who were found to havegambled on league fixtures. A report handed down by AFL investigators AllanRoberts and Bill Kneebone found Simon Goodwin (Adelaide), Daniel Ward(Melbourne), David Hale (the Kangaroos) and Kieren Jack (Sydney) were notguilty of corrupt behaviour. However, all four players have been punishedwith Goodwin […]
Seeing licensed gambling establishments popping up in the St. Paul Diocese,Bishop Luc Bouchard decided to speak out. "If the bishop doesn't do it, whowill?" Bouchard told the WCR. On Ash Wednesday, Bouchard issued a 2,800-wordpastoral letter on legalized gambling, tracing its rather innocentbeginnings in Alberta to its development as a billion-dollar boon forprovincial coffers – […]
According to statistics just released by the UK Gambling Commission as partof a new information service, almost one in 12 adults in Britainparticipated in at least one form of online gambling in the previous month.Including playing the national lottery, just under 8 percent took part inone form of online gaming or another last year, a […]
After a lot of questions, Sedgwick County agrees to be a part of a coalitionto include south central Kansas in expanded gambling discussions. Fivecounties are considering this coalition: Sedgwick, Harvey, Sumner, Cowleyand Kingman. On Wednesday, Sedgwick County Commissioners questioned what itmeans to be a part of the group, which will be known as the South […]
Nevada gaming regulators said Tuesday that MGM Mirage's 50-50 partnershipwith Chinese businesswoman Pansy Ho in an under-construction hotel-casino inMacau was suitable under the state's regulations covering investmentsoutside the Silver State. After a hearing that lasted more than five hours,the Gaming Control Board unanimously approved the arrangement in which MGMMirage will own 50 percent of a […]
Chris Colombo's lawyer made no bones about it right from Day One: Colombo isyour basic gambler from Blooming Grove who only dresses like a gangster –and a TV gangster at that. Yesterday, a federal jury agreed. But convictingColombo of gambling charges was about the only agreement that the juryreached after three weeks of deliberations. The […]
Vices are as American as apple pie – tobacco, alcohol, gambling, pornographyand many others absolutely saturate today's society. Just as prevalent aregovernment policies to control them. Laws crafted to regulate the salaciousappetite of the public are among the most controversial public policies –take the American alcohol prohibition failure as a prime example. Onlinegamblers today find […]
Casinos and lotteries are the two most popular types of gambling in Arizona.About 2.3 percent of adults in Arizona are problem gamblers, lower than thenational rate of 2.7 percent. However, Arizona is considered to have moregamblers at risk of becoming problem gamblers.Problem gamblers are mostlikely to identify slot machines as their favorite type of gambling, […]
The mother of a teenage girl, allegedly sold by her (late) father when shewas one-year-old after incurring heavy debt in gambling, has threatened toimmolate herself if the girl, now 16, is not saved from being handed over toa middle-aged man. Speaking at a news conference at the press club here onMonday, Ms Nooran, of Zeal […]