A plan to allow slot machines in Ohio and competing bans on smoking inpublic dominated statewide ballot questions on Tuesday. Another statewideissue asked voters to raise the minimum wage by $1.70 to $6.85 an hour. Thegambling proposal, state Issue 3, would place up to 31,000 slot machines atOhio’s seven horse-racing tracks and two free-standing parlors […]
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The gambling industry grew most in terms of businesses opening last yearwhile coffee shops turned out to be past their heyday. According to theNational Statistical Office (NSO), the number of gambling houses, includingcasinos and video gambling game rooms, marked 1,186 last year, up 137percent from a year earlier. Child education businesses, such as nurseryschools, also […]
A police team consisting of Surathkal PI T.R. Jagannatha and staff ofhighway patrol squad on specific information conducted raid near the shedbelonging to Janardhana Shetty at Bala village, Mangalore on 4 Nov, 2006. Atthe time of raid Police found 12 persons playing ‘Ander – Bahar’ with cards.Police seized cash Rs. 5,067/, 6 mobile phones and […]
Britain is leading Europe in its appetite for online betting with the numberof gamblers doubling in the past five years. An independent research reviewreveals that of the 3.3 million regular online gamblers in Europe, one inthree are from the UK. Europe’s regular gamblers stake around £3.5bn ayear – an average of £1000 each.The review, published […]
A raid breaks up an illegal gambling operation in Van Zandt County for thesecond time this year. Van Zandt County Sheriff’s deputies raided abuilding off Highway 198, just North of Mabank. An undercover investigationby the Van Zandt County Sheriff’s Department discovered a medal buildingbehind a wooden privacy fence. At the front gate, sits a window. […]
A Republican-sponsored effort to clamp down on Internet gambling may turnout to be a bad bet for the GOP. The Unlawful Internet Gambling EnforcementAct, which President Bush signed into law Oct. 13, has infuriated manyvoters who enjoy betting on sports or playing poker online, analysts said.Other observers, however, see little threat to Republicans from the […]
Almost 70% of Moscow’s casinos and slot machine parlors had been closedrecently Moscow deputy mayor Iosif Ordzhonikidze said at a press conferenceon Thursday, the Interfax news agency reports. However, the official notedthat tax revenues of the Moscow budget from gambling have declined by just 3percent. Over 2,000 from total 2,720 gambling houses have been closed, […]
Close friends since college days, Akhil Gupta and Sunil Baheti have nevermissed each other on the Diwali (Festival of Lights) night gambling basheseach year, even though they have lived some 13,000 kilometers apart for thepast four years. Every year while Akhil and his other ex-college matesassembled at his living room in Delhi for a few […]
Almost 70% of Moscow’s casinos and slot machine parlors had been closedrecently Moscow deputy mayor Iosif Ordzhonikidze said at a press conferenceon Thursday, the Interfax news agency reports. However, the official notedthat tax revenues of the Moscow budget from gambling have declined by just 3percent. Over 2,000 from total 2,720 gambling houses have been closed, […]
Almost 70% of Moscow’s casinos and slot machine parlors had been closedrecently Moscow deputy mayor Iosif Ordzhonikidze said at a press conferenceon Thursday, the Interfax news agency reports. However, the official notedthat tax revenues of the Moscow budget from gambling have declined by just 3percent. Over 2,000 from total 2,720 gambling houses have been closed, […]
Clarion ATE’s Codes of Practice conference will focus on the gamblingindustry’s need to comply with the UK’s new licensing regime from September2007. The conference, on Monday 27th November, is being sponsored by BerwinLeighton Paisner and is being held at their St Magnus House Office, 3 LowerThames St, London. Delegates will hear from Tom Kavanagh, Deputy […]
The UK will set itself up as an online gambling haven but will extradite executives to the US if asked, according to Sports Minister Richard Caborn. The US effectively banned online gambling with a new law earlier this year, and Caborn and Culture Secretary Tessa Jowell outlined plans to welcome internet gambling companies to the […]
Connecticut in many ways was not adequately prepared to deal with the domino effects that problem and pathological gambling have on society. Not only does this disorder adversely impact the individual gambler, but family members, businesses and the entire community are impacted as well. It is a unique disorder because it does not have the […]
A magistrate released the Casino Royale from federal court control Thursday. The ship’s owner settled claims from crew members, who obtained a court order for federal marshals to seize the vessel last week. The ship has been docked at Tampa Bay Shipbuilding & Repair Co. since April, while owners try to get U.S. Coast Guard […]