Pennsylvania seems eager to make up for lost time. According to theAssociated Press, the state hasn’t even opened a slot machine but officialsare already talking about table games. At a recent hearing, the state GamingControl Board asked racetrack owners seeking slot-machine licenses if theywere prepared to go to table games. They all answered yes. Table […]
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Software developer CryptoLogic Inc. is relocating its head office to a more“friendly” environment in Ireland, highlighting a growing moral dividebetween North America and Europe over Internet gambling. The Toronto-basedcompany, which makes software that Internet gambling sites run on, yesterdaysaid it will move its head office — including top executives, humanresources, business development and investor relations […]
Fears that more senior executives working for online gambling firms could bearrested were fuelled today following the resignation of a lawyer who servedunder former US President George W. Bush from the roles of chairman andchief executive of World Gaming. Almost all of the internet betting firm’sbusiness comes from the US, and the resignation of James […]
How many times will the American people witness their government taking theeasy way out to dealing with terror? President Bush pushes and advocatesthat we must be on the offense to dealing with our enemies. But our Senate,and other government agencies are not operating that way. They are toomired in politics, in the proper rules of […]
The adage, “they’ll get what’s coming to them” finally came true for themany bars in central Indiana that ran illegal gambling, either throughillegal slot-like machines, called “cherry masters,” or by running numbers.For those of you who think of “running numbers,” as slum-centered it’s beengoing on in area bars for years. Here, it’s called “drawings,” where […]
MARK Vaile’s departure from the trade portfolio after seven years presentsan opportunity to rethink what Australia wants to achieve in trade, what weneed to do to get it, and what changes that will require. Any honestassessment has to conclude that Australia’s trade is in terrible shape.Until 1980, our trade was more or less in balance, […]
The crackdown on internet gambling in the US has begun to frighten offsenior directors. World Gaming chairman James Grossman and non-executivedirector Clare Roberts have both resigned from the online gaming group onfears they will be arrested in the US. advertisementDavid Carruthers, chiefexecutive of Betonsports and Peter Dicks, chairman of Sportingbet, have bothbeen arrested in the […]
Spin3, the leading wireless casino system provider powered by Microgaming,the world’s largest online gaming software provider, won the ‘Best GamblingCompany’ award at the first ever ME Awards, hosted by Mobile Entertainmentmagazine. Spin3 was declared the winner by a judging panel comprising over300 mobile content executives. The Mobile Entertainment award recognized thepioneering work Spin3 has done […]
Think of Costa Rica and flashes of colorful birds, bright beaches and longhikes through the rain forest come to mind. But several recent arrests andindictments have thrust the country into the spotlight for another, lesssavory reason: its cozy relationship with the online gambling industry. Theindustry is under fire from U.S. authorities, helping create the notion […]
“….the way in which some members of the Senate have decided to move[anti-online gambling measures] through reeks of political gamesmanship. Theissue of Internet gambling has not been given a hearing in the Senate, ithas not been debated, in fact, there isn’t even a bill introduced.”Following the failure of Senator Bill Frist’s attempt to attach ananti-online […]
It appears as though the right to free access to online gambling services inEurope is destined to be decided by the courts, as increasing numbers ofEuropean states ignore the recent European Court of Justice directive whichstated that a Member State cannot invoke the need to restrict its citizens’access to betting services if at the same […]
BRITISH executives of online gambling companies could be arrested oncriminal charges in Germany if they set foot in the country. Officials fromthe interior ministries of the German states of Hesse and Bavaria told TheBusiness that executives of foreign companies who let German residents placesports bets online are committing “criminal” acts that could lead toprosecution in […]
The Royal Customs and Excise Department yesterday morning destroyed 52gambling machines and 6,391 tokens, which were confiscated in 2002 and 2003.Four local Chinese have been prosecuted in court for having the illegalmachines in shops as well as apartments. Aside from the gambling machines,$1,262 in cash was also seized. The four were fined up to $49,200. […]
If you want to see an ex ample of how quickly this region can change, lookat the articles on this page about gambling. Staff writer Tom Dochatexplains that the approval process for lucrative gaming licenses is hotterthan the handle of a 25-cent one-armed bandit on a Saturday night. Teams ofstate investigators have been traveling worldwide […]