Gov. Joe Manchin has signed the bill allowing local option elections fortable game gambling in the state's four counties with racetrack casinos, butthe debate is not over yet. Manchin signed the bill Wednesday, one day afterthe Ohio County Commission scheduled a special election for Saturday, June9, to allow voters to decide whether to allow Wheeling […]
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The extent to which the 2007 Budget took the UK gambling industry andinvestors by surprise cannot be underestimated. Only a week before Budgetday the Daily Telegraph had proudly trumpeted; "In a surprise move, theChancellor will use the Budget to announce that in return for a small amountof tax – possibly as low as 2pc or […]
Tourist-attracting casinos and slot machines at race tracks were a stepcloser to reality when the House gave first-round approval to the idea aftermore than a dozen hours of sometimes contentious and emotional debate. The65-50 vote before dawn Saturday advanced the bill to final action, scheduledfor Monday. House Speaker Melvin Neufeld, R-Ingalls, a gambling opponent,said he […]
A spokesman for the EU said today that the European Commission gave an orderfor Germany to overturn its imminent Internet gambling ban, or to stopadvertising for its horse betting monopolies, or it will face legal action.Brussels, Germany hosts a state run betting monopoly which the EuropeanCommission says is illegal according to its laws. The new […]
A bipartisan coalition proposed allowing three tourist-attracting casinosand slot machines at dog and horse tracks as the House on Friday begandebating whether to expand gambling. The plan called for casinos inWyandotte, Sedgwick and Crawford or Cherokee counties and 2,200 slotsdistributed among the Woodlands at Kansas City, Wichita Greyhound Park andCamptown at Frontenac. Voters in the […]
Deadwood hospital officials want the city to declare the area around thehospital as off-limits to casinos. They say the hustle and bustle aroundcasinos is not compatible with the atmosphere of a hospital. A nearbylandowner says the area is zoned for commercial development and cityofficials should leave things as they are. Tim Conrad notes that Deadwoodalready […]
Former lobbyist Jack Abramoff, the central figure in a Capitol Hillcorruption scandal convicted of fraud in the purchase of the SunCruz Casinosgambling boats, may be getting out of federal prison earlier than expected.Federal prosecutors have taken the first steps toward reducing his prisonsentence for the Florida fraud conviction, now set to end in 2011. Documentsfiled […]
Dreams that the United Kingdom would become the standard bearer for theonline-gambling industry were dashed yesterday when UK Finance Minister(James) Gordon Brown announced a new 'Remote Gaming Duty' (tax) of 15%, amove ensuring that online firms will not move from friendlier tax havens tothe UK in the near future. In addition, Brown's new budget increases […]
There's good news for seniors who may have a gambling problem. A freenational helpline offers information and resources. When it comes togambling, the stakes for many seniors may be higher than they suspect. Thenumber of seniors who gamble has grown; in fact, seniors have become one ofthe fastestgrowing groups of gamblers. A recent study found […]
Casinos and slot machines are again front and center in the KansasLegislature, and their fate – for this year anyway – could be decidedFriday. Frustrated pro-gambling lawmakers forced the issue into the openWednesday, getting it to the House floor. Debate on three bills is set forFriday. "I expect it to be a full-body fight," said […]
A new 50% tax on the profits of larger casinos will reverse years offavourable treatment for the gambling trade. Industry analysts are nowpredicting a huge slump in investment in new and existing sites and saidBritain's first super-casino in Manchester could end up looking 'more like abig shed full of gaming machines' than a Las Vegas-style […]
The number of problem gamblers doubles within a 50-mile radius of a casinoor slot machine parlor once one is built, according to a professor andproblem gambling expert speaking Wednesday in Waterville. Gambling might begood for the economy, but it can have devastating effects on gamblers whopotentially could lose everything, said Thomas Broffman, an assistantprofessor at […]
Gambling provides big revenue to municipalities with casinos. Butpoliticians in Colwood also worry about the social problems that accompanygambling. That is why the municipality decided last week to join the B.C.Partnership for Responsible Gambling. The partnership, a product of the B.C.Lottery Corporation, brings together casinos and municipalities like Colwoodthat benefit from casino revenue, to look […]
Britain's gambling firms and casino operators were left disappointed byWednesday's budget after Finance Minister Gordon Brown slapped higher tax onlarge casinos and did little to tempt Internet gambling onshore. Internetgambling firms looking to locate back to Britain from tax havens such asGibraltar and Cyprus were dismayed after Brown set the Remote Gaming Duty inline with […]