Louisiana continues to set a national example of how to treat gamblingaddiction, said state officials at a news conference Tuesday in Shreveport."This area is a leader in gambling addiction programs," said LouisianaAttorney General Charles C. Foti Jr. A new case management system – CIBERLawCRIMES, which is customized to track compulsive gambling and relatedcriminal activity – […]
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Two casinos who claim a Daly City couple wrote $43,000 in bad checks tocover gambling debts cannot use California courts to collect, a judge ruled.San Mateo County Superior Court Judge Quentin Kopp dismissed a lawsuitagainst Manuel and Mercedita Luna on Monday, citing California's"deep-rooted policy" against enforcing debts owed to casinos that extendcredit to gamblers. A […]
Legislation that would allow county voters to permit table gambling at WestVirginia's four racetracks is one step closer to becoming law. The WestVirginia Senate passed the table gambling legislation Tuesday by a vote of20-13. The amended House Bill 2718 then went back to the House of Delegatesfor concurrence. House members will now be asked to […]
At a press conference in Shreveport, La., this morning, CIBER, Inc. (NYSE:CBR), Louisiana Attorney General Charles C. Foti, Jr., and 26th JudicialDistrictAttorney J. Schuyler Marvin announced the successful launch of CIBERLawCRIMES(TM), a case management system that helps manage and automatecaseloads in district attorneys' offices. During the implementation, CIBERcustomized the application to be able to track […]
An Ontario study will look at whether Parkinson's patients who follow acommon drug regimen are prone to gambling addiction. A doctor at TorontoWestern Hospital says preliminary research indicates a link with themedication levodopa. A U.S. study released in April of last year foundpatients being treated for Parkinson's were prone to problem gambling andcompulsive shopping, as […]
The European Court of Justice in Luxembourg today ruled Italy can't usecriminal law to stop gaming companies licensed in other EU nations,including the UK's Stanley Leisure Plc, from taking bets in the country. Alaw barring publicly traded companies from obtaining licenses restricts "thefreedom to provide services." State monopolies in France, Germany and othercountries have been […]
An alleged Mafia underboss was running a sport bookmaking syndicate throughwhich almost half a billion dollars flowed in a period of just 11 months,according to police. Authorities claim Francesco del Balso, 36, ran 25bookmaking operations in Montreal, Ottawa and Toronto, which del Balsohimself allegedly boasted did more than $1 billion in business. In Quebec,del Balso […]
Officials say a federal agency's proposal to limit development of newAmerican Indian casinos on off-reservation sites would not have much effecton Indian gambling in South Dakota, One portion has to do with whethertribes will need to prove a historical connection to the land on which theywant to build a casino.Attorney General Larry Long says it […]
Who hasn't fantasized about a life of ease? What would it be like to haveenough money to build a beautiful house, buy that expensive car, travel?Those dreams, along with more down-to-earth thoughts of having some moneyleft over after paying the bills, are what drive so many Americans togamble. It is estimated that, in 1997, Americans […]
The Seminole Tribe of Florida completed its $965 million purchase of theHard Rock cafes, hotels, casinos and music memorabilia from The Rank GroupPLC on Monday through a combination of a bond offering and an equitycontribution from the tribe. Jim Allen, CEO of Seminole Gaming, said thedeal with UK-based Rank Group for Hard Rock International was […]
A 22-year-old accountant has been jailed for defrauding the Inland RevenueDepartment of more than half a million dollars in one of the biggest GSTfrauds in the country's history. Roydon Glenn McLaughlin, who left school at16 to study accounting at university and "kept needing challenges in hislife", used a network of bogus partnerships, trusts and companies […]
So says Tom Blair, former mayor of Deadwood and one of the driving forcesbehind the legalization of gambling in the small town of 1,800 people. It'sbeen 20 years since the legislature nixed plans to bring legalized gamblingto Deadwood, in an effort to turn back the slow demise of the Wild Westtown. That effort began back […]
If you are doing a story on the NCAA Basketball Tournament, you might wantto look at betting on this event and the issue of compulsive gambling. Iwonder how many college students will have a bet on the games and whether ornot some athletes also have bets on the games as well. It is easier togamble […]
The Ontario Problem Gambling Research Centre (OPGRC) has announced a$209,040 research project to study the increased incidence of problemgambling among Parkinson's Disease patients who follow a common drug regimento cope with the disease. The Institute of Neurosciences, Mental Health andAddiction (INMHA) and Parkinson Society Canada have agreed to join theCentre in funding the study. Both […]