Los Angeles-based television production company BluemoonEntertainment has withdrawn its lawsuit against online gaming operator Bodog.com due to the defendant’s offshore status and lack of U.S. assets, both of which make it very unlikely that Bluemoon could collect any potential judgment in the U.S. Filed last April in Los Angeles Superior Court, the case withdrawn todayinvolved […]
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When Richard Lee went on record as saying he didn’t care about the 2006World Series of Poker Main Event prize money because he already had enough,many people didn’t know what to think about the well-spoken man from Texas.The question on everyone’s mind was how could anyone say $12 million isn’tlife-changing money? The comment put many […]
These are the elimination hands from the 2006 World Series of Poker (WSOP)Main Event Final Table. Casino City reporter Ryan McLane will continueupdate this column as players are eliminated from the largest live pokertournament ever held. 3rd Place – Michael Binger Daniel Negreanu’s “dark horse pick” lasted longer than he should have,surviving several all-in chips […]
A lawsuit filed in the Los Angeles Superior Court against BodogEntertainment Group and related parties by BlueMoon Entertainment of L.A.was dismissed on Monday. BlueMoon also dropped its lawsuit against FoxSports Net (FSN). The lawsuit against both Bodog Entertainment Group (andrelated defendants) and Fox Sports Net was dismissed with prejudice, meaningthat BlueMoon cannot later re-assert its […]
As reported by the Chronicle Herald: “The province is hoping to break newground in finding the social and economic impacts of gambling in NovaScotia. “Bill Turpin, a spokesman for the Environment and Labour Department,said officials believe a socio-economic study to be completed by September2007 will be the first of its kind in Canada. “.A request […]
As reported by the San Diego Union-Tribune: “Five years after opening one ofthe region’s most remote gambling venues, the Campo Indian band is planninga 150-room hotel in hopes of moving its Golden Acorn Casino beyond aday-trip market. “The proposed three-story hotel, to be built in an arcingsemicircle from the front of the freeway-side East County […]
On 28 July 2006 the Compliance Committee of eCommerce and Online Gaming Regulation and Assurance, made up of Mr. W. Galston OBE (Chairman) , Mr. F. Catania and Mr. M.Hirst OBE, all independent directors of the organization, considered all the facts regarding an incident in which complaints were received concerning search engine optimisation practices being […]
As reported by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: “State Sen. Jeffrey Piccola, R-Dauphin, is urging the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board not to approve any more slot machine-related licenses before Oct. 31, so the Legislature will have time to make necessary reforms in the 2-year-old slots law. “Mr. Piccola’s call for the delay, made yesterday, conflicts with the […]
As part of House Speaker Dennis Hastert’s (R-IL) agenda to force Americans to abide with his moral beliefs, Congress is now trying to outlaw Internet gambling. Hastert listed the prohibition of Internet gambling in his recently announced American Values Agenda. The House of Representatives already passed H.R. 4411, The Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of […]
As reported by the Guam Pacific Daily News: “Slots-machine proponent Guam Greyhound and its owner James Baldwin sued an anti-gambling group for defamation today. “Named in the lawsuit were Lina’la Sin Casino and its spokeswoman Jackie Marati. Also sued were unnamed individuals referred to in the suit as John Does 1 through 20. “The lawsuit […]
As reported by the Associated Press: “Seven defendants named in a federal indictment of one of the world’s largest online gambling companies, BetOnSports, pleaded not guilty Monday to federal racketeering and mail and wire fraud charges. “Neil Kaplan and Lori Kaplan Multz, the brother and sister of BetOnSports founder Gary Kaplan, were among those pleading […]
As reported by the Canadian Press: “A state trooper charged with running a massive gambling ring with retired hockey star Rick Tocchet and another man is due in court tomorrow, his lawyer says. “Craig Mitnick would not say yesterday why his client, James Harney, will be in New Jersey Superior Court, only that he is […]
From gamblers playing blackjack to investors picking stocks, humans make a wide range of decisions that require gauging risk versus reward. However, laboratory studies have not been able to unequivocally determine how the very basic information-processing “subcortical” regions of the brain function in processing risk and reward. Now, Steven Quartz and colleagues at the California […]
As reported by the Langley Times: “A look at Cascades Casino shows that the downtown Langley City facility has been a huge success in its first year. “The casino’s revenues were almost $90 million – an astonishing amount of money for a first-year business. This demonstrates the pent-up demand for gambling that existed in Langley […]