Playing gambling games online for the purpose of earning a living or for just pure excitement is entirely within your potential and it may just be possible if you learn some easy rules about the various online gambling games like casino and poker. However, it takes a great combination of talent, gusto, staying power, respect […]
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With only about a month to go before the provincially licensed ChancesCowichan gaming centre opens its doors for the first time, gamblingaddiction experts are wondering how it will affect those who like to take achance. “Right now we have no idea how it will affect the population,” saidIan Gartshore, executive director and chief therapist of […]
Call-in quiz television shows border on the fraudulent and should bereclassified as gambling, MPs have concluded. The Culture, Media and SportSelect Committee condemned the “unscrupulous practices” of some of the quizshows, which have been criticised for misleading viewers. Up to a millionpeople a night watch shows in which presenters invite viewers to call apremium-rate number […]
Malaysian authorities are working to wipe out gambling dens that offerillegal video game and slot machines, a top police official said Wednesday,underscoring efforts to boost public confidence in the police. ChristopherWan, the federal criminal investigations police director, has personally ledhigh-profile raids on unlicensed gambling outlets in recent weeks, crackingdown on one of the most lucrative […]
Malibu homeowner John Lefebvre, a Canadian national, was released on a $5million U.S Bond following his arrest last week on charges of allegedlylaundering billions of dollars in illegal online gambling proceeds. CanadianStephen Lawrence was also released on $5 million bail. The two are formerdirectors of NETeller, a company that transfers money globally for a fee.Lefebvre […]
The results show online casino and poker fans play more for excitement andentertainment than to win and the typical amount gambled during a gamblingsession on the internet is between £15 and £30. The survey also shows agender divide as men prefer to play poker while women like to playblackjack. Professor Leighton Vaughan Williams from the […]
Casinos will be allowed to open 24 hours a day because of a loophole inLabour’s gaming laws. Experts fear this will give problem gamblers theopportunity to lose money round the clock. They said Culture Secretary TessaJowell had ditched her pledge to protect the vulnerable from the dangers ofcasinos. Currently, casinos can open from 2pm until […]
The allure of gambling calls out to Matthew Bowles-Roth wherever he goes.When he drives on the freeway, casino billboards entice him with riches.When he buys cigarettes at the convenience store, lottery tickets shineunder the glass counter. When he flips through TV channels, guys his ageappear in high-stakes poker tournaments, beaming like movie stars. Eachtime, Matthew […]
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, […]
Macau may have dethroned the Las Vegas Strip as the world’s biggest casinocenter, according to figures available Wednesday that show the Chineseterritory’s gambling revenue jumped 22 percent to US$6.95 billion last year.The former Portuguese enclave has been booming since the government bustedup a casino monopoly three years ago and began welcoming U.S. gamingpowerhouses like Las […]
Four investment banks have been issued subpoenas in an investigation intothe multibillion-dollar online gambling industry. The Justice Department hasissued subpoenas to at least four Wall Street investment banks as part of awidening investigation into the multibillion-dollar online gamblingindustry, according to people briefed on the investigation. The subpoenaswere issued to firms that had underwritten the initial […]
“Just a few years ago, a $240-million Powerball jackpot would have drawnlong lines at gas stations and convenience stores across the state. “Butyesterday there was little buzz. And forget about lines. “.Rhode Islanders’appetite for gambling has lowered. And we’re not alone. Elsewhere in theregion, sales of lottery tickets and other forms of gambling are either […]
Casino advertisements on the giant search engine Google could be a thing ofthe past following a decision by Google HQ currently being reported inmarketing media. The reason behind the decision is reportedly that Googleand its rival Yahoo! have allegedly been warned off by the US JusticeDepartment authorities for promoting gambling indirectly to an underageaudience through […]
A subsidiary of the online gambling software developer Playtech has signedwhat is described as “….a significant step” into the land based gamblingsector.Online gaming software firm Playtech said its subsidiary Videobet hassecured a long-term licensing contract with leading Mexican casino operator,Entretenimiento De Mexico. Under the terms of the three-year contract, EMexwill add Videobet’s server based gaming […]