The Las Vegas Sun looks at a former gambler who is coming after theindustry. The morality of gambling is not really an open topic in Las Vegas.If you are really uncomfortable being around it and are opposed to it, don’tlive here. You will hear the sound of slot machines in every grocery storeand corner store. […]
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A former state teamsters boss has been arrested after authorities found morethan $1 million stashed in the wall of his home as part of an investigationinto a video gambling operation. John Neal was arrested during a trafficstop near his Daleville-area home. He’s facing felony charges ofprofessional gambling, promoting professional gambling, money laundering andcorrupt business influence. […]
The Web sites are getting some big numbers and young visitors, and therehave been reports of some servers just unplugging and taking people’s moneywithout ever being heard from again. In a one-week period, more than half amillion gamblers ages 14 to 22 go online to wage real-money bets. For many,it can quickly become an expensive […]
RICHMOND, Va. State legislators are considering a new form of pari-mutuelbetting aimed at horse racing fans to help pay for transportation projects.Newport News Delegate Phil Hamilton filed the bill for the GeneralAssembly’s special session that starts next week. The legislation would pavethe way for “instant racing,” a game in which bettors can wager on racesthat […]
CHAU MA had returned from a morning walk with the dog when a man whoappeared to be a courier banged on the front door of her home in Concordwith a package for her husband, Dominic Li. When she summoned him to thedoor he was “violently and brutally” attacked and doused in hydrochloricacid as part of […]
Indiana House Minority Leader B. Patrick Bauer, D-South Bend, has a curioustake on the current video-gambling controversy. It’s all the fault ofRepublican Gov. Mitch Daniels’ administration, which has “pushed the issue”to the point where the legislature may have to decide soon whether to makethe machines legal or not. By cracking down on the American Legion […]
LaFollette Mayor Clifford Jennings received six months of unsupervisedprobation and a $4,500 fine Monday for charges in an illegal gambling case.Jennings was originally charged with aggravated gambling promotion, afelony. But in July the charges were reduced to a misdemeanor when hepleaded no contest in a deal with prosecutors. Three other people charged inthe case entered […]
The European Commission said on Monday that it was prepared to target moremembers states deemed to be stifling free competition in the sports gamblingsector. The move came after the arrest in France last week of two heads ofthe Bwin internet gambling group over alleged contravention of Frenchgambling monopolies. The Austro-German gambling group announced on Saturdaythat […]
A WELL-KNOWN television commentator and senior employee in the Ministry ofEnvironment and Tourism, Sackey Namugongo, is behind bars after he wasarrested on fraud-related charges. Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC)officials and the Namibian Police swooped on Namugongo at WindhoekInternational Airport yesterday morning as he returned from a trip toJohannesburg, South Africa. Namugongo faces charges related to theproduction and […]
The People’s Republic of China have been considering legalizing onlinecasino gambling, according to Tony Tong, CEO of Pacific Net, a company thatsells Baccarat machines. Macau is already a casino capital, and that iswhere the government would more then likely license companies there.Currently, the government takes around 40 percent of the house winnings inMacau, which means […]
Kirkham-based Goldrush Amusements, which currently has an amusement arcadefurther down Market Street, will take over the former Booths supermarket onthe corner of Market Street and St George’s Street. Chorley Council gave thego-ahead for the scheme this week. Today the town’s Chamber of Trade saidthey were “very disappointed” with the move in what is considered a […]
North Dakota Republican will not be lining up to support Frist onlinegambling ban attempt. Not all Republicans are lining up to support U.S.Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist’s call to ban Internet gambling. NorthDakota State Rep. Jim Kasper says: “My fellow Republicans just don’t get it”when it comes to Internet gambling, reports Internet News.com. In July, […]
Many people who play video poker might want more than amusement for theirquarters, but they don’t expect to become rich, any more than many peoplewho play the lottery. One form of gambling has the player matching witsagainst a machine. The other lets players daydream about what it would belike to be rich. The former is […]
The full extent of Ohio Congressman Bob Ney’s corruption became clear Fridaywhen the Justice Department released his admission to accepting thousands ofdollars’ worth of gambling chips from a businessman in London, and to takingtrips and favors from others he agreed to help in Con gress. Ney agreed toplead guilty to two felony counts, with the […]