Senator Bill Frist attempted to attach the Internet Gambling Bill to aMilitary Defense Bill but received much unexpected opposition and sourcessay that attempt is now dead. Although the online gaming industry isbreathing another sigh of relief the fight is not over yet. Senator Frist,from Iowa, is looking to run for president in 2008 and he […]
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Despite the recent spate of online gambling related arrests in America,incoming Sportingbet Plc CEO, Andrew McIver, has announced that the popularonline sports betting website will continue to market to U.S. based onlinegamblers. Clearly McIver has balls of titanium and does not intend onvacationing in the United States anytime soon! He has replaced Peter Dickswho was […]
Ohio Governor Bob Taft and US Senator George Voinovich have talked withstate higher education officials about a plan to pay for collegescholarships with slot machines. The two politicians have been outspokenopponents of casino gambling. Taft has asked the Ohio Board of Regents tostudy the proposal, which will go before voters November Seventh. Slotswould be allowed […]
A former state Teamsters boss accused of money laundering and helping to runa multicounty video gambling operation could still have $4 million stashedsomewhere, investigators say. A magistrate on Wednesday ordered John Nealheld with a cash bond set at $2 million because prosecutors argue he is aflight risk.Earlier this week, authorities raided Neal’s Yorktown home, seizing […]
Sampdoria striker Francesco Flachi has been suspended for two months by theItalian Football League following an investigation into allegations hehelped gather information for gamblers. The Football League’s disciplinarycommission ruled that Flachi had “sought to gain information on the outcomeof games” for a third party. Flachi’s former Samp team mate MorisCarrozzieri, now with Atalanta, was also […]
Bwin Interactive, the firm behind BetandWin, filed a formal complaint inMarch to the European Commission, company spokeswoman Karin Klein toldOUT-LAW. The complaint claims that France’s gambling monopoly breachesArticle 49 of the EC Treaty which enshrines the freedom to provide crossborder services. “It asks the Commission to force France to comply with EClaw on the freedom […]
The hot-button topics in Britain these days regarding the Americans aren’tonly about Iraq. It’s also about business. The CEOs of two British Internetgambling sites (both publicly listed) were arrested this summer when theywere changing planes on U.S. soil. More have been targeted and legislatorsare looking at other options to prevent Americans from betting online. Theact […]
Stories of suicide, bankruptcy and broken families were heard at aninternational problem gambling conference held in Auckland. A New Zealandteenager has even written a song about how his mother’s addiction made hislife hell. Although there are less gambling addicts seeking help this year,researchers say it may be a simple blip caused by anti-smoking laws. “Youdon’t […]
The total net takings from gambling in the year 2004-2005 were $15.5billion, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics. This was up from$13.8 billion four years earlier. The preferred form of gambling is inpokies, with takings now reaching $8.7 billion, or $1 billion more than in2000-2001. Other major sources were off-course TAB takings ($2.1 billion),casino […]
The legalization of video gambling is gaining attention this week after 40arrests and the seizure of millions of dollars in the case of John Neal. Thefallout could change this year’s election. Neal, a former Teamster boss, wasarrested in Daleville Monday on charges relating to a video gambling ring inthe region. The arrest came after an […]
Earlier this year, a study released shows that 600,000 young adults betweenthe ages of 14 to 22 have reported gambling on the Internet on a weeklybasis. The study, conducted by the Annenberg Foundation, also found the agegroup had the highest rate of gambling addictions. “I like gambling becauseof the high risk/high reward idea, but I […]
As reported by the (Harrisburg) Herald-Standard: “A cleanup of the state’stwo-year gambling law is becoming the most prominent issue on lawmakersplates as they begin returning from summer recess in the next two weeks. “Aseries of hearings are being held in House and Senate chambers to findcommon ground on more than 40 measures to fix the […]
France was likely to face a legal challenge from the European Commissionover its restrictions on gambling operators, Brussels said on Tuesday,warning it could target Paris as early as next month in a broader sweepagainst national governments. The threat was made following last week’sarrest in France of two senior executives of Bwin, an Austrian online sportsbetting […]
The campaign behind a proposal to expand gambling in Ohio submitted enoughvalid signatures in its second attempt to get the initiative on the Novemberballot, state elections officials said Tuesday. The group, which ispromoting a plan to put slot machines at Ohio’s seven horse racetracks andtwo freestanding sites in downtown Cleveland, failed in its initial attemptlast […]