A broad coalition of Christian clergy said Wednesday they will pushparishioners to oppose a proposal to expand gambling in Ohio by displayingyard signs, campaigning door-to-door and preaching against the measure fromtheir pulpits. The announcement at a Statehouse news conference marked amoment of rare cooperation on a political issue between Ohio’s mainstreamand conservative religious communities, which […]
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William Hill Plc, the second- largest U.K. bookmaker, said it will stop taking online poker and casino bets from American customers until the scope of a U.S. crackdown on Internet gambling becomes clearer.William Hill already blocks U.S. sports bettors, Chief Executive Officer David Harding said today in a telephone interview. The new measures also will […]
Fears that more senior executives working for online gambling firms could bearrested were fuelled today following the resignation of a lawyer who servedunder former US President George W. Bush from the roles of chairman andchief executive of World Gaming. Almost all of the internet betting firm’sbusiness comes from the US, and the resignation of James […]
Software developer CryptoLogic Inc. is relocating its head office to a more“friendly” environment in Ireland, highlighting a growing moral dividebetween North America and Europe over Internet gambling. The Toronto-basedcompany, which makes software that Internet gambling sites run on, yesterdaysaid it will move its head office — including top executives, humanresources, business development and investor relations […]
Pennsylvania seems eager to make up for lost time. According to theAssociated Press, the state hasn’t even opened a slot machine but officialsare already talking about table games. At a recent hearing, the state GamingControl Board asked racetrack owners seeking slot-machine licenses if theywere prepared to go to table games. They all answered yes. Table […]
The Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska wants to open negotiations with Nebraska, soit can expand gambling on its on its reservation. Winnebago officialsbelieve many Nebraskans want casinos even though the petition to legalizecasinos that the Winnebago, Santee Sioux and Omaha tribes backed earlierthis year failed to gather enough signatures to get on the ballot. Andearlier this […]
Could be bad news for the over 20 million online poker players According tothehill.com yesterday the online gambling poker bill is back and alive.Controversial language to curb illegal gambling on the Internet snuck backinto the defense authorization bill over the weekend. While the language inthe bill was not finalized as of press time last night, […]
A controversial Internet gambling measure may hitch a ride on a DefenseDepartment authorization bill, but as of press time, a standoff over addinglegislation to improve courthouse security and crack down on illegalimmigrants in gangs continued to hold up action on the overall Defensepackage. While it was not clear that Senate Armed Services Chairman JohnWarner (R-Va.) […]
Think of Costa Rica and flashes of colorful birds, bright beaches and longhikes through the rain forest come to mind. But several recent arrests andindictments have thrust the country into the spotlight for another, lesssavory reason: its cozy relationship with the online gambling industry. Theindustry is under fire from U.S. authorities, helping create the notion […]
Spin3, the leading wireless casino system provider powered by Microgaming,the world’s largest online gaming software provider, won the ‘Best GamblingCompany’ award at the first ever ME Awards, hosted by Mobile Entertainmentmagazine. Spin3 was declared the winner by a judging panel comprising over300 mobile content executives. The Mobile Entertainment award recognized thepioneering work Spin3 has done […]
The crackdown on internet gambling in the US has begun to frighten offsenior directors. World Gaming chairman James Grossman and non-executivedirector Clare Roberts have both resigned from the online gaming group onfears they will be arrested in the US. advertisementDavid Carruthers, chiefexecutive of Betonsports and Peter Dicks, chairman of Sportingbet, have bothbeen arrested in the […]
MARK Vaile’s departure from the trade portfolio after seven years presentsan opportunity to rethink what Australia wants to achieve in trade, what weneed to do to get it, and what changes that will require. Any honestassessment has to conclude that Australia’s trade is in terrible shape.Until 1980, our trade was more or less in balance, […]
The adage, “they’ll get what’s coming to them” finally came true for themany bars in central Indiana that ran illegal gambling, either throughillegal slot-like machines, called “cherry masters,” or by running numbers.For those of you who think of “running numbers,” as slum-centered it’s beengoing on in area bars for years. Here, it’s called “drawings,” where […]
How many times will the American people witness their government taking theeasy way out to dealing with terror? President Bush pushes and advocatesthat we must be on the offense to dealing with our enemies. But our Senate,and other government agencies are not operating that way. They are toomired in politics, in the proper rules of […]