The state Legislature has made it possible to expand casino gambling inKansas. While gambling proponents hit the jackpot, the negativerepercussions from gambling will outweigh the economic benefits over thelong term. On Thursday, the Senate voted 21-19 to allow construction of fourstate-owned, privately managed casinos and the installation of 2,200 slotmachines at three dog and horse […]
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There is a virus abroad in our town, a contagious virus that is spreadingand infecting more and more of our children, youth and adults. This virushas no elaborate Latin name, just a common English one: "gambling." More andmore arcades and "skill game parlors" are spring up. Christian churches andlong-established community organizations dedicated to the nurture […]
Sedgwick County residents will get the chance to vote on whether they want acasino in a special election Aug. 7. Voters will be asked if they approve ofhaving a destination casino in Sedgwick County and allowing slots at WichitaGreyhound Park. Sedgwick County commissioners agreed Tuesday that the bestday to hold a special election would be […]
GamCare, the UK's leading problem gambling support organisation haspublished its 2006 Care Services Report, which provides a snapshot of thoseclients who utilised GamCare's services over the year. According to thereport, an increasing number of people turned to GamCare during 2006. Thereis no evidence to suggest that the increase in client numbers represents anincrease in problem […]
Legislation aimed at cracking down on illegal gambling — particularly thevideo wagering machines often found in clubs, bars and truck stops — isheaded to the Senate after the Rules Committee unanimously endorsed ityesterday. House Bill 1510 would pay for 25 new state excise police officersdedicated to rooting out illegal gambling and create a special stateprosecutor […]
The Macau government confirmed that 2006 was a record year for gamblingrevenues as it revealed that casino income exceeded 7.0 bln usd last year,outpacing that of Las Vegas' famous strip. The tiny southern Chineseenclave's 22 casinos generated 16.7 bln patacas in the final quarter, takingthe year's total gross gaming revenues to 56.2 bln patacas (7.2 […]
It's an open secret that fraternal organizations and veterans groups financemany of their activities, including works of charity, through small-timegambling. Punchboards and pool sheets have long been passed along the bar,with at least the tacit approval of law enforcement. These devices now arelegal as long as the clubs buy a license for small games of […]
Last year the Unlawful Online Gambling Bill looked to have made it illegalfor US Citizens to gamble online, including games like poker and at onlinecasinos. However, almost 6 months since the bill was passed there are stillpoker rooms and casinos allowing US players to play at their sites. Are theybreaking the law?Are the players breaking […]
Antigua had objected to recent US laws outlawing internet gambling. Itclaimed that the laws, which even ban gambling-related payments that takeplace outside the US's borders, broke the General Agreement on Trade inServices, a free trade multilateral agreement which underpins the WTO. TheWTO had previously ruled in favour of Antigua and Barbuda, a nation of only80,000 […]
In a judgment published late on Friday the World Trade Organisation (WTO)ruled that the unilateral prohibition imposed by the US on offshore Internetgambling is illegal. However the decision is unlikely to have much effect inthe short term at least – as the Bush administration has simply ignored a2005 WTO finding that concluded the US was […]
Kaplan was indicted in June by a federal grand jury in the Eastern Districtof Missouri, the US attorney's office said in a press release. Theindictment accuses Kaplan and 10 others of engaging in racketeering,conspiracy and fraud, arising from the operation of Costa Rica-basedinternet gambling businesses, including BetOnSports.com. Following Kaplan'sarrest in the Dominican Republic, the US […]
Two weeks ago, if someone wanted to read the casino-and-slots bill thatwould pass the Legislature and make perhaps the biggest social and politicalchange in Kansas in the past 20 years, its sponsors didn't have a copy toshare. Even some supporters didn't see the text of the 98-page gamblingproposal until the House began debating it March […]
According to a lifestyle study conducted by the Maltese organisationAgenzija Sedqa in collaboration with the National Focal Point for Drugs andDrug Addiction and the national commission on the abuse of drugs, alcoholand other dependencies, online gambling usage is relatively low. Just under60 percent of respondents aged between 18 and 24 admitted to having playedthe lottery, […]
In response to repeated complaints by online betting companies, the EuropeanCommission (EC) took action to put an end to the obstacles to sports bettingservices in Hungary, Denmark and Finland. The EC formally requested thesemember states to amend their laws following consideration of their repliesto letters of formal notice sent in April 2006, in which the […]