Recent developments indicate the state-run lottery may be headed towardparticipation in a gigantic global online gaming system – with giantjackpots – never envisioned by California voters, says a watchdog group. Atthe same time, Republican Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger – who appoints lotteryleaders – is on record in support of expanding the games to some unspecifieddegree, as […]
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It is hard to fault Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels for wanting to improvefunding for higher education. Whether privatizing the Hoosier Lottery is theway to accomplish that, however, remains to be seen. It’s a complicatedproposal. Daniels wants to franchise the lottery for a fixed term. Thecontractor would be licensed and regulated, just like casinos andracetracks, and […]
The only sign of Christmas on the casino floor is the poker dealer in theSanta hat, and Darren White is glad for that: the subcontractor from Georgiadidn’t come here to be reminded of the holidays, or anything, for thatmatter, outside these flashy, noisy walls. He came for the distraction. AndBoomtown Casino in suburban New Orleans, […]
Inside this arcade, with its dim lights and cigarette smoke, 70 gamemachines are running non-stop with their brilliant screens and electronicsounds. There are 15 customers in the arcade. However, each customer isusing four, five machines at a time, so none of the machines are idle.Across a two-lane road, not even 20 meters away, is a […]
That daily game of toto might just become 10 per cent more expensive.Organiser of chance events, toto, lotto and betting games will pay a 10 percent income tax on the outcome of sport competitions and chance events,Bulgaria’s Parliament resolved, giving final approval to the new CorporateIncome Tax Act. The National Assembly budget and finance committee […]
It may be early to judge, but Gary Bettman might have really done it thistime. You never know with the NHL owners of course, but this latest fiascoover the Pittsburgh Penguins just might be the one clanger that will opentheir eyes to who is running their league. Research in Motion head JimBalsillie was all set […]
“The cease-fire between Israel and the Palestinians in Gaza appears to beholding even after militants fired rockets into Israeli territory.” This washow the BBC’s Radio Four described the situation around the Gaza Strip acouple of weeks ago; in other words, the new definition of a cease-fire isone in which the Palestinians continue firing Kassams while […]
Nine people arrested on gambling charges during a Dec. 15 raid by Fort WaynePolice and Indiana Excise Police were formally charged with felonies inAllen Superior Court on Thursday. According to police reports, undercoverpolice officers raided three businesses, an unmarked suite in Quimby Villageand a building next to The Venice Restaurant on Goshen Road. They seizedmore […]
These may be dark days for the online gambling business, but you would neverknow that from talking to Calvin Ayre, the founder and president of BodogEntertainment Group, the online sports book and casino. A recent crackdownon Internet gambling by U.S. regulators and lawmakers has seen severalonline casino executives thrown in jail and has plunged the […]
Parents are being urged to think about the gift of time, rather thanmaterialistic items this Christmas. The Problem Gambling Association says itis very common for people to gamble in an attempt to get themselves enoughmoney for presents but they often end up in a worse position. Youth ServicesProject team Leader Lauren Cundall says many people […]
The USA might have tried to ban online gambling simply to regulate it downthe line, at least that’s what Italy is in the process of doing. The latestnews from that government is a plan to auction off as many as 17,000gambling licenses including permits for online casinos and poker rooms. Thestart of 2007 will mark […]
State police investigators say a retired trooper has turned to a life ofcrime. KATC’s David D’aquin was there when the former enforcer was read hisrights. CJ Melancon was a long time Louisiana state trooper. Now police sayhe’s running a gambling operation used by more than 1,000 people per week.He’s accused of money laundering and felony […]
Germany’s highest court dismissed a complaint by Internet sports bettingcompany Sportwetten Gera GmbH against a ban imposed by the state ofSaxony-Anhalt two years ago. “Sportwetten Gera wanted the immediate ban tobe abolished,” Rainer Nitzschke, director of the German association ofprivate sports betting companies, said by telephone today. “This didn’thappen. Customers from Saxony-Anhalt will therefore be […]
Your after-tax income belongs to you. You are free to spend it, invest it,waste it, burn it, or tithe it–and none of that is any politicians’business. But if some lawmakers have their way, soon you won’t be able togamble your money away on the Internet. In October, the Senate passed a billenhancing port security, and […]