Online gambling company PartyGaming PLC said Wednesday it will no longer allow customers in Turkey to access its gambling sites after legislation was passed prohibiting online gaming offered by unauthorized domestic or foreign companies. The company, which pulled out of the lucrative U.S. market in October after the government shut down the industry there, said […]
Category Archives: Gambling News & Events
Organized labor today will announce its support for one of five big Indian gambling agreements that were blocked last year by Assembly Democrats, largely at the request of state and national labor leaders. AdvertisementArt Pulaski, executive secretary of the California Labor Federation, said in an interview yesterday that the organization would endorse a compact negotiated […]
The Clayton County Sheriff's Office has suspects in custody following a gambling raid early today at The Poker Palace on Tara Boulevard in Jonesboro. A Clayton County Magistrate Court judge is among those arrested, but authorities have NOT released the judge's name. The raid was conducted about 2 a-m today. Sheriff Victor Hill says the […]
House Speaker Sal DiMasi said proposals to expand gambling should be subject to hearings, rather than passed during a quick floor vote. DiMasi opposes expanding legal gambling beyond the Massachusetts Lottery and the state's four racetracks. Gov. Deval Patrick said he hasn't taken a position on expanding gambling. His administration is reviewing the issue but […]
Vincent Hotyat, director of the National Lottery, says that about 135,000 Belgians are addicted to gambling. He says the players put a heavy burden on the social security system "because too much gambling leads to stealing, loss of employment, divorce and even to a suicide attempt in 15 percent of cases." The 135,000 people with […]
It took a while, a long, long while apparently, for the city of West Linn tonotice that their former finance director, Elma Magkamit, now serving aneight-year prison sentence, was stealing big-time from that Portland suburb.It turns out that she got away with $1.4 million before being stopped and,according to press reports, West Linn is able […]
Sebelius plans to hold bill signings across the state to mark the event,according to a news release Monday. Sebelius will first sign the bill inWichita at 9:15 a.m., at Wichita's Mid-Continent Airport, then fly to DodgeCity where she'll hold a bill signing at 10:30. She will then visit TheWoodlands in Kansas City for another bill […]
Governor Bob Riley is fighting back against a move to expand gambling in thestate. The House is expected to consider a proposed constitutional amendmenttoday that would legalize electronic gambling in Birmingham and Mobile.Riley says the proposal would overturn the Alabama Supreme Court's rulingthat any slot machine-style operation is illegal. He said he's –quote–"totally against" the […]
An Assembly panel voted for a casino regulation measure that left out abusiness expansion amendment sought by a company that led the 2005 effort tolegalize hand-held, wireless gambling devices in Nevada. The JudiciaryCommittee voted on Monday for AB535, a bill sought by the state GamingControl Board, minus changes sought by Phil Flaherty of Cantor Fitzgerald […]
Former WCW and TNA star Disco Inferno Glen Gilberti was among those arrestedlate Monday night during a gambling bust involving high stakes no limithold-em poker in Roswell, Georgia. Local police had been investigating thegambling ring for six months after complaints from neighbors about theamount of people coming to and from the home. Gamblers would have […]
Despite pressure from religious leaders and other gambling foes, the LakeCounty Board today approved a resolution requesting a percentage of revenueif Waukegan gets a casino. The proposal, amended on the boardroom floorbefore the 13-8 vote, does not specifically back establishment of a casinoin Waukegan. That's a distinction several board members made during alengthy discussion, insisting […]
Jenny Huynh needed a bankroll to go gambling, so she robbed hersister-in-law and killed her to keep her quiet, Chicago Police said Monday.On April 5, Huynh forced Kein Tran to open a safe in her home at 1442 W.Olive and stole at least $2,000. Huynh allegedly stabbed Tran to death andwent gambling. Jenny Huynh, 48, […]
Last week was the second major "funnel week" of this year's legislativesession. All Senate files that had been passed by the Senate and assigned toa House committee had to be approved by a House committee by Friday or weretechnically not eligible for consideration during the remainder of thesession. This is yet another way for us […]
The suspected gambling operation was in a home near Centennial High School.The arrests made Monday night were the result of a six-month investigationinto commercial gambling, police said. Players had to go online and registerand then receive an invitation to the game, police said. Participants alsohad to put down $10,000 to get into the house where […]