Nevada lawmakers will be asked to continue fees imposed for the first timein 2005 on slot machines to fund programs to help problem gamblers in thiswide-open gambling state. The fee, approved by the 2005 Legislature, startedout at $1 per slot machine and then rose to $2. That has brought in $2.5million for problem gambling programs […]
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A new report says more and more Californians are hitting the casinoregularly. The state-sponsored study found nearly a million people inCalifornia consider themselves compulsive gamblers. That’s second in thenation only to Nevada. Steve Hedrick with the State Office of ProblemGambling says they’re responding by getting the word out. Hedrick: We’re inthe process right now of […]
Wyoming poker fans are one hand closer to the return of “social” poker gamesto state bars and restaurants. A House committee is backing a bill thatwould allow friendly poker circles to play games in public establishments.The Senate has already approved the legislation. Attorney General Pat Crankeffectively banned poker games from bars and restaurants in 2004. […]
Betonsports Plc, the British Internet sports book indicted in the U.S. oncharges of racketeering and violating interstate gambling laws, was found incontempt of court for failing to answer those charges. U.S. District JudgeCarol Jackson today in St. Louis found the company in contempt for violatinga Dec. 28 order to appear in court. Prosecutors asked her […]
Manchester will be the home of the United Kingdom’s first super casino,ushering in new “hard forms” of gambling never before seen in the islandnations, including unlimited-prize jackpot machines. British MethodistChurch officials say the new Gambling Act has paved the way for theManchester super casino, announced on Jan. 30, and 17 smaller casinos aroundthe country, expected […]
THE world’s biggest gaming company could join the race to build Britain’sfirst supercasino in Manchester. Harrah’s Entertainment, the Nevada-basedfirm behind Caesar’s Palace in Las Vegas, said it was `looking forward’ tofinding out about the bidding process and claimed it would offer `the mostcomplete package for the UK’. Stanley Leisure, Britain’s biggest casinofirm, also confirmed its […]
Israel has effectively banned online poker and casino websites from offeringservices to Israeli customers following a court case ruling against VictorChandler’s CEO Michael Carlton. The new ruling closes a legal uncertaintythat online gambling companies previously operated in. “A foreign companyoperating an online gambling site may not hide behind the fact that thecompany and its servers […]
Unlike past public hearings on legislation to legalize racetrack games,which were split evenly, Thursday’s hearing on the latest version of thebill was a one-sided affair. Pro-table games speakers outnumberedanti-gambling advocates by a 52-16 margin at a two-hour, 40-minute hearingin the House of Delegates Thursday.For the first hour, the hearing alternated between supporters and opponentsof the […]
A Coshocton man has waived his right to a speedy trial in anticipation ofwhat’s happening in Franklin County Common Pleas Court. Rich Pica, owner ofHigh Caliber Pit Stop on Chestnut Street, entered a not guilty plea inCoshocton Municipal Court on a first-degree misdemeanor charge of allowinggambling on his premises in November 2006. Pica contacted the […]
CHINA has secretly harboured the eldest son of North Korean dictator KimJong-il in Macau for three years, despite the US-led crackdown on NorthKorea’s finances in the former Portuguese colony, local reports say. KimJong-nam, the North Korean leader’s eldest son and former heir apparent, hasbeen living with his family in Macau, dividing his time between five-starhotels […]
The World Trade Organisation (WTO) has ruled against the US in an onlinegambling dispute with the Caribbean island of Antigua and Barbuda. The US isbreaking international trade rules, it is expected to say. Though the rulingis still private, Reuters has reported that the WTO has found the US guiltyof not complying with a 2005 order […]
Online gambling 24 hours a day. EuroMillions jackpots in the tens ofmillions of pounds, and now the UK’s first “super-casino” in Manchester.Never before have there been so many opportunities – and incentives – forpeople to become seriously addicted to gambling. According to the BritishMedical Association there are an estimated 300,000 ‘problem gamblers’ in theUK, and […]
The Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006 makes unlawful thereceipt by a gambling business of proceeds or monies in connection withunlawful internet gambling. The Act, which represents the first piece ofFederal legislation to explicitly deal with online gambling, makes clear theUS government’s intention to stop the flow of funds from Americans to onlinegaming operators […]
Over the years bettingmarket.com has provided a comprehensive analysis ofEuropean and US gambling law. In the case of Europe, we did not succumb tothe post-Gambelli euphoria that befell many leading lawyers in the field andmany online gambling companies. In the case of the US, we refused toperpetrate the myth that the only person ever charged […]