The Turkish newspaper Yeni Safak reported this week that a controversiallaw, Penal Code Article 301, is to be applied vigorously by Turkishauthorities against *Internet crimes* that include online gambling. Thelegislation is apparently targeted on “indecent broadcasting and onlinegambling”, and the Information Technology Security Agency will have the taskof blocking broadcasts and offending sites as defined […]
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HSBC has joined the ranks of banks charging customers higher rates forgambling transactions processed on its credit cards. The bank will chargecustomers the cash advance rate of interest (up to 27.8 per cent) instead ofthe normal purchase rate (up to 22.9 per cent). A spokeswoman told BBC News:“This is one of a number of changes […]
Law enforcement agencies confiscate 16 illegal gambling machines and severalthousand dollars from a business in Middle Valley. Police served a searchwarrant at the Putter Inn at 6937 Middle Valley Road last night. Deputiesfound video poker machines and active card games inside the facility.Approximately 50 patrons and all employees were interviewed before beingreleased. Officer Ron Rice […]
WHEN the ministerial association of Terrace, BC learned that a local bingopalace was asking city council to change a bylaw so it could bring slotmachines to their northern BC community, they knew they had to speak outagainst the proposal. Joel Ringma, the pastor of Terrace’s ChristianReformed Church, was delegated to speak at a public forum […]
As reported by the West Virginia Herald-Dispatch: “The debate over whethertable gambling should be allowed at West Virginia’s four racetracks mightcome down to who gets to vote on the decision, a group of panelists saidThursday. “The panel discussion was part of a legislative lookahead forumsponsored by the Associated Press at Marshall University’s Graduate Collegecampus in […]
According to the BBC, although HSBC customers will now immediately payinterest of between 21.9% and 27.8% instead of the previous charge ofbetween 15.9% and 22.9%, they will not be charged the one-off fee applied toother cash transactions such as the purchase of foreign currency.AdvertisementThe BBC reported that, in the last year, all major banks haveprotested […]
Tic Tac Fruit” could turn out to be a lemon for Ohioans unless – andpossibly even if – state legislators don’t do something about it and similar“games.” “Tic Tac Fruit” is familiar to many in East Ohio. It is a video“gaming” machine that looks and operates much like a video gambling machine.It gained popularity last […]
It is eminently sensible to teach mathematics with reference to everydayactivities in the real world, whether that be the probability of a certaincard being dealt, a winning ticket being bought in the National Lottery, orof a particular bus arriving within the next five minutes. I recall that Iwas taught probability with reference to the outcome […]
An organization that lobbies for expanded casino gambling in Kansas releaseda poll this week showing 46 percent of Kansans support the creation of morenontribal casinos in the state. Thirty-nine percent of the 500 respondents,all registered voters, opposed the idea, and 15 percent were undecided. Thesurvey was commissioned by Kansans for Economic Growth and was conductedNov. […]
Hundreds of slot machines were rolling last week in Broward County, wherecrowds thronged a new “racino” at the former Hollywood Greyhound Track,newly dubbed the Mardi Gras Racetrack and Gaming Center. At nearbyGulfstream Park, slots were introduced in mid-November and more than $77million has already flowed through its machines. Two more tracks plan toopen rooms for […]
An increase in gaming revenues resulted in more money for the WashingtonCounty Volunteer Fire & Rescue Association, the Washington County GamingCommission announced. In a press release Wednesday, Washington County publicinformation officer Norman Bassett said the gaming association distributed$664,790.05 to the fire and rescue association. The money represents half ofthe gaming fund revenues from July 1 […]
Dozens of Costa Rican employees have been laid off by one of the onlinegambling industry’s larger companies, BetUS.com, according to a report fromsportsbook portal Gambling911 this week, which suggests that the company isthe latest group to significantly downsize its Costa Rica operations.Bodog.com announced similar plans last month. Costa Rica’s economy, in whichthe offshore gambling sector […]
Four men, including an Arvada postal worker, have been indicted in analleged sports gambling operation that took in as much as $85,000 in betsevery week for a year. The alleged ring was broken after undercover Arvadaand Lakewood police officers were introduced to Mark J. Evans, 38, ofArvada, who investigators say recruited bettors and collected and […]
Dozens of Costa Rican employees have been laid off by one of the onlinegambling industry’s larger companies, BetUS.com, according to a report fromsportsbook portal Gambling911 this week, which suggests that the company isthe latest group to significantly downsize its Costa Rica operations.Bodog.com announced similar plans last month. Costa Rica’s economy, in whichthe offshore gambling sector […]