A Washington County restaurateur pleaded guilty Tuesday to running anillegal bookmaking business and criminal conspiracy in a nearly yearlonginvestigation of a multmillion-dollar gambling ring based in Pittsburgh.Michael “Mickey” Flynn Jr., owner of the Union Grill in downtown Washington,acknowledged coordinating the gambling ring with others, including onetimeillegal video poker kingpin John “Duffy” Conley, formerly of the […]
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As reported by the Pennsylvania Express Times: “Both of the Lehigh Valley’scasino hopefuls have invited social workers to learn about the warning signsand treatment options for compulsive gamblers. “Lehigh Valley Tropicana,hoping to operate in Allentown, and Bethlehem applicant Las Vegas SandsCorp. say they will hold their seminars even without a casino license fromthe Pennsylvania Gaming […]
The research was commissioned ahead of the first ever online gamblingsummit, hosted by Great Britain at Royal Ascot today. The summit will seekto secure international standards for the regulation of online, interactiveTV and mobile phone gambling. The research shows: there are nearly onemillion regular online blers in Britain alone;> they make up nearlyone-third of Europe’s […]
The government today began pimping Britannia out to online gambling firms.The Department for Culture Media and Sport is hosting a conference at RoyalAscot aimed at bagging a lovely slice of pork as the industry realises itsdays of Wild West tax dodging are behind it. Or, if you believe TessaJowell, it’s all about protecting the kids. […]
What was intended as a forum on table gambling turned into a discussion onvideo gambling, its journey and its impact on the region’s future. ”I thinkit was a very good forum, and the participants asked all of us very goodquestions,î said state Sen. Ed Bowman, D-Hancock, following the forum heldMonday evening at West Liberty State […]
The online gambling industry is undergoing a seismic shift just weeks aftera new law cut off much of the business in the United States. Big publiccompanies have lost billions of dollars in market value and millions ofcustomers as they shut their United States Web sites for sports betting,poker and other games. Those companies are anxiously […]
Culture Secretary Tessa Jowell is to seek an international agreement on howto regulate the internet gambling industry. She will make the bid at thefirst international summit on the global impact of the industry. It alreadyboasts one million regular punters in this country. Ms Jowell will urgedelegates to act to protect children and other vulnerable people […]
A man accused of violating North Dakota’s gambling laws has been banned fromcharitable gambling in the state, Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem says.Gary Minard, who maintains a residence in Bismarck but now works primarilyin the Minneapolis-St. Paul area, agreed to the ban as part of a settlementof the state’s lawsuit against him and the nonprofit IQ […]
The Methodist Church in Great Britain has reiterated its concern about thealarming increase in gambling through the internet, and has urge the UKgovernment to press forward with a global agreement to restrict itsunfettered growth. Speaking in advance of today’s International Summit onOnline Gambling, hosted by the Department for Culture Media and Sport,Anthea Cox, Coordinating Secretary […]
Over the past several weeks I asked have asked dozens of professional pokerplayers their reaction to the recently passed internet gaming law. What Iactually asked each player was: “Do you have a sound byte comment on theUnlawful Internet Gaming Enforcement Act?” Here is a summary of the player’scomments in categories that collectively represent their various […]
“The introduction of the Gambling Act three years ago has had little impacton decreasing pokie machines in some regions in New Zealand and it’sobviously not working well, says a gambling lobby group. “Gambling Watchcoordinator David Macpherson said all New Zealand regions had shown a dropin machines in the last three years with a nationwide decrease […]
Both casino companies vying to operate in the Lehigh Valley are sponsoringseminars for social workers on recognizing and treating compulsive gambling.The Lehigh Valley Tropicana proposed for Allentown is holding a one-daysession 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Jan. 12 at Muhlenberg College’s SeegersUnion. Licensed professionals can sign up by calling the Allentown mayor’soffice at 610-437-7546. Las […]
Gambling — most of it illegal — has increasingly been thriving in Laredo,Texas, reported the San Antonio Express-News. Under Texas law, game roomsthat feature machines known as eight-liners can award only up to $5 inprizes. But many places in Laredo offer up cash prizes of $40 or more. TheExpress-News reported that there are 2,423 licensed […]
NEWLY appointed Criminal Investigation Department director Datuk ChristopherWan Soo Kee has vowed to come down hard on gambling syndicates.Wan said he would suggest to the local authorities to stop issuing new videoarcade licenses to check on illegal gambling problems. “I plan to make thismy priority. I know many video game operators have been modifying theirmachines […]