US restrictions on online gambling may be challenged by the European Union,the bloc’s top financial regulator said today. The legality of Internetgambling in the United States was ambiguous for many years, but it waseffectively banned last October when US President George W. Bush signedlegislation outlawing financial transactions for gaming. Several Britishonline gambling firms were forced […]
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Surveying West Virginia’s rural neighborhoods, where most people lackbroadband access to the Internet, you would never guess the state is alottery cash cow.That is until you drove by the racetracks that dot major population centers.There you would see crowds of people shoving streams of dollars into buzzingand blinking video lottery terminals – the reason this […]
Relaxing restrictions on slot machines and casino-building later this yearcould lead to rising numbers suffering from gambling problems, doctors andchurch leaders fear. The British Medical Association (BMA) said earlier thismonth it was particularly concerned about adolescent gamblers and called fora review of whether slot machine gambling — popular among teenagers —should be banned to anyone […]
Jay Melancon hunkered down in an auditorium chair for his morning psychologyclass at the University of Minnesota, flipped open his laptop and logged on.The instructor yammered on at the front of the room, but Melancon wasn’tlistening. He was exhausted from staying up all night playing online poker.And now, sitting in the back of the class, […]
Most Massachusetts residents support the legalization of casino gambling inthe state, according to a poll released today by the Center for PolicyAnalysis at the University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth. About 57 percent ofthose surveyed said they support the authorization of a resort casino in thestate, while 30 percent were opposed and 14 percent were undecided. Thepoll, which […]
Real estate prices in two of the four zones designated for legal gambling,set to come into existence in mid-2009, have seen a spectacular rise sincethe beginning of the year. Under a new anti-gambling law, which receivedPresident Vladimir Putin’s official approval Dec. 31, gambling in Russiawill be restricted to four zones from July 1, 2009. Elsewhere […]
The Responsible Gambling Council is ‘betting’ that college-age students willbe smarter about gambling once they ‘Know the Score.’The council, a non-profit, independent organization committed to problemgambling prevention, is running the program this week at Fleming College inLindsay.Co-ordinator Tim Hawkes said that while most people gamble responsibly,gambling online, especially poker, is on the rise among college […]
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Christian groups today warned the opening of Britain’s first supercasinocould lead to an explosion in the number of gambling addicts. Tomorrow theGovernment’s Casino Advisory Panel will announce the location for the firstLas Vegas-style gaming complex, with the Dome and Blackpool heading therace. But a report by the Methodist Church and the Salvation Army said todaythat […]
Washington State Representative Chris Strow and his House Bill 1243, believethat online gambling in the United States should be legal in the privacy ofyour own home. In 2006, the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act wassigned into law by President George Bush, which makes online gamblingconducted in the United States a Class C Felony. Chris Strow […]
Outagamie County District Attorney Carrie Schneider is tired of rumors thatshe tabled a two-year-old gambling probe to protect families members.So she’s promising to file charges in the next 30 days in the case. She saysshe’ll also attach whatever information she has, to prove she has nothing tohide.The charges stem from a 2005 Super Bowl pool […]
am writing to express my thanks to Mr Peter Browne for his published letterentitled “Organised gambling will only create more poverty and crime.” Ifind his letter rather intriguing and needless to say I share most hisexpressed views on this issue. Incidentally, on the same day Mr HudsonGeorge’s letter (“Organised gambling can erase poverty”) was published; […]
Driving down Highway 61 from Memphis, Tennessee to Tunica, Mississippi, thefields are flat, with occasional bursts of swampland, and cotton ballsblowing on the tar. As you edge south, the billboards grow more insistent,offering endless variations on the notion of chance: “Best cash back!”,“Best dealers”, “$10k Fridays”. Follow your luck, and you end up ridingtowards Mississippi’s […]
The United States government has shown a chink in their armor during theirwar against online gambling. On Friday they admitted that the WTO had ruledagainst them in the most recent stage of their long standing dispute withAntigua. Gretchen Hamel, a spokeswoman for the US Trade Representative atthe WTO, said the interim report “did not agree […]