A national gambling watchdog group has raised new concerns about lotteryscratch cards sold in Ontario, charging that current practices are unfairand misleading to the consumer. The Gambling Watch Network filed a letterwith Ontario’s ombudsman complaining that scratch tickets are sold evenafter the top prizes have been won. Brian Yealland, the group’s spokesman,said retailers should stop […]
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Northampton County’s human services department is trying to prepare for aninflux of gambling and alcohol addicts a Lehigh Valley casino may create.During a council budget hearing Tuesday night, county Councilman Ron Anglesaid it doesn’t matter which Valley proposal is chosen, Northampton Countywill be affected. Angle asked if officials have begun assessing costs andprograms. “The drain […]
A South African judge gave online gambling optimists pause for thought thisweek in a judgement that unlicensed gambling in the country was illegal.Online gamblers in South Africa could be fined up to Rands 10 million (GBP735 000) or jailed for up to 10 years in terms of current legislation, whichwill hopefully be reversed if the […]
Slot-machine casinos are opening in Pennsylvania despite the fact that thestate does not have a gambling addiction program in place to handle anexpected rise in compulsive gamblers seeking treatment. Although the slotsparlors are required to advertise the existence of such services, the statehas not set up a compulsive gambling hot line or a procedure to […]
A contingent of nearly a dozen New York City police offers arrived in MiamiBeach Monday morning to transfer several defendants being held in an “onlinegambling” bust back to New York for a Tuesday arraignment. The sophisticatedInternet-based gambling scheme took in $3.3 billion in cash wagers from40,000 bettors nationwide since 2004, authorities said. They announcedcharges against […]
The U.K. Gambling Commission said Monday that it has launched its newconditions under which licences are granted to gambling operators and staff,and new codes of practice, which all operators in the gambling industry mustfollow if they want to run a gambling business in Britain next year. TheCommission said it will have significant new legal powers […]
As reported by Stuff: “A downturn in the number of gambling addicts seekinghelp has led the Ministry of Health to review 12 problem gambling servicesthroughout New Zealand. “However, the ministry is not rushing into shuttingdown the services just yet, because no one knows why the numbers of problemgamblers looking for help are apparently dropping. “Nor […]
Slot-machine casinos are opening in Pennsylvania despite the fact that thestate does not have a gambling-addiction program in place to handle anexpected rise in compulsive gamblers seeking treatment. Although the slotsparlors are required to advertise the existence of such services, the statehas not set up a compulsive-gambling hot line or a procedure to subsidizegambling-addiction treatment […]
Despite the potentially negative impacts of a federal online gambling law,profits at Tyler Hancock’s online poker Web site are almost back to wherethey were before the law passed in October. Hancock, an interdisciplinarystudies senior, runs FuturePokerPros.com, which makes its money by taking apercentage of thewinnings of each player it recruits for other online poker sites. […]
If you were a con artist looking to separate an unsuspecting victim from hisor her life savings, what is the first thing you would do? Get your targetgood and liquored up, of course. There’s nothing like copious amounts offree booze to dull the senses, lower the defenses and cause you to throwcaution to the wind. […]
A new gambling tax proposal would be better for local gambling businesses,city officials said. The proposal is for a lower tax on area businesses –the Highway 9 Casino and some restaurants and taverns – than the one theycurrently pay to Snohomish County. “This would be considerably less thanthey are used to paying the county,” Mayor […]
An online gambling site called Gambling Portal recently published a pressrelease claiming their site was responsible for saving a couple’s marriage.The couple, “Debora and Mike from LA”, according to the report, had nocommon interests after 17 years of marriage. After Debora stumbled acrossGambling Portal and started playing online poker, she introduced it to herhusband, and […]
The big story last week was probably the largest gambling bust ever made byNew York police, which involved the arrest of over 20 people including awell known poker pro and a one time sports talent scout, and theconfiscation of some $500 million of property and equipment. In a sequelthis week, the suspected Las Vegas moneyman […]
The online casino industry has been faced with difficult decisions,especially those catering to customers in the United States, since thepassing of the Unlawful Online Gambling Act. Although it has been a roughride for some, a report by the European Commission suggests that onlinegambling, online casino business is still booming in Europe despite thelosses by their […]