A German court has announced that it has rejected a constitutional challengeto a ban on online sports gambling from an internet sports betting company.The company was not named in court papers. The nameless company has quoted aMarch 1990 judgment in the state of Thuringia, going back to the days ofEast and West Germany, which permitted […]
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Seen as yet another indicator towards liberalization of gamblingrestrictions in Europe, the Italian government has announced that it willauction off 17,000 licenses for betting shops, kiosks, casinos as well asfor online casinos, poker rooms and sportsbooks. This is in preparation forJanuary 1st, when all Italians will be able to legally play online poker. Inspite of […]
The Moscow City Duma amended a law on Thursday that manages gamblingindustry, making requirements for owners of casinos and slot-machine hallsstricter. The gambling industry is unfazed by the changes as no laws cansurpass the new federal law which nearly bans gambling in Russia in 2009.The Moscow legislature passed the city law a day after the […]
Three separate gambling operations in Selma were taken down simultaneouslyas police made five arrests and seized 17 video gaming machines, each valuedat $8,000. A sixth person is wanted by authorities, who police said ran anillegal gambling and bootleg liquor operation. There were five machinesseized at the Lawrence St. Grocery in Selma on Wednesday. Marcus Hopkins,53, […]
A bill that would close most casinos and slot-machine halls in the country –including Moscow and St. Petersburg – cleared a third and final readingWednesday in the State Duma. To become law, the bill still needs theapproval of the Federation Council and of President Vladimir Putin, whosubmitted the draft in October.The bill received the support […]
Rotorua gaming machine venue Whiskey Jack’s has been ordered to close forbreaching the Gambling Act. The Gambling Commission backed a Department ofInternal Affairs’ decision not to renew the venue’s licence. First SovereignTrust, which operates the machines at Whiskey Jack’s, has been told to shutup shop immediately. Internal Affairs decided not to renew Whiskey Jack’slicence because […]
Why am I not surprised that on Wednesday, the Austin American-Statesman,Dallas Morning News and Fort Worth Star-Telegram all reported that aproposal to broadly expand gambling in Texas is in the works in Austin? Hey,gambling-expansion proposals have emerged every two years in Texas since theearly 1990s, just before each Legislature convened. What is different aboutthis proposal? […]
Protecting children and preventing crime and disorder have been revealed askey policies of Lancaster’s new gambling policy. Members of the city councilhave also agreed to help residents living close to businesses involvinggambling to have a say on new licences. As part of the Gambling Act 2005,the council is set to take on responsibility for premises […]
Garish or goofy or grim, Russia’s casinos and slot-machine halls are some ofthe most vivid testimony to communism’s collapse. But, under legislationapproved Wednesday by Russia’s lower house of parliament, the $6 billionindustry is to be driven out of Moscow, St. Petersburg and most of the restof Russia. Once the bill is signed into law, gamblers […]
Pennsylvania gambling regulators cleared the way Wednesday for Philadelphiato become the nation’s largest city with a casino, while rejecting DonaldTrump’s bid for a slot-machine parlor and plans for another casino near theGettysburg battlefield. The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board chose fromamong 13 groups of casino giants, politically connected investors,celebrities and nationally known developers when it awarded […]
Online gambling continued its rise in 2006 despite some tough decisions bythe US government to restrict the practice in America. Major sporting eventssuch as the World Cup pushed traffic on gambling sites even higher, withresearch group Nielsen//NetRatings claiming that more than one million UKpunters went online on the first Saturday of the competition to read […]
December and January are Arnie Wexler’s busiest times. Four more bowl games,including the Papajohns.com Bowl, increase the angst for Wexler, arecovering compulsive gambler in New Jersey who works with addicts. “When Istopped in 1968, all of the games were on Jan. 1,” Wexler said. “Now they’reall spread out. It’s not good for the gamblers. As […]
A Truro woman was in such despair over her gambling addiction that sherobbed an Amherst bank in September hoping police would shoot her dead. “Ithought death was my only option,” a sobbing Margaret Alice Baldwin saidTuesday in Amherst provincial court before Judge Carole Beaton sentenced herto 59 months in prison for robbing the Scotiabank branch […]
A dispute might be brewing among state regulators over who will overseePennsylvania’s multibillion-dollar casino industry. Auditor General JackWagner on Tuesday told the Gaming Control Board he intends to be the “fiscalwatchdog of gaming operations and related state programs.” As the boardprepared to vote today on awarding 11 slot machine casino licensesstatewide, Wagner said he plans […]