The hypocrisy of government institutions that support general forms ofgambling, but ban Internet gambling on moral grounds has at last beenexamined by the international magazine Newsweek in it’s upcoming January 8issue. And the story has been picked up and distributed widely by otheronline and offline media.Titled “Morality vs. Money – nations say they attack Internet […]
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The number of video gambling machines in Montana declined slightly between2004 and June 30, 2006, but gamblers were putting more money in the machinesthat remained. Statistics compiled by the Gambling Control Division of theDepartment of Justice show that the total number of establishments withvideo gambling statewide increased by just one between ’04 and the end […]
When the 80th Texas Legislature convenes for a 140-day session Jan. 9,lawmakers will tackle a bevy of bills that target thousands of state laws –some newly introduced and at the forefront of national debate, and othersdealing with unresolved matters that were swept aside last session amid thestate’s school-finance woes. Legislators will consider changing a range […]
For the first time in several years, the Missouri Gaming Commission hasbegun expanding its list of people banned from area casinos. While thecommission’s “exclusion list” was once oriented toward cheaters andorganized crime members, it will now include criminals such as two menrecently convicted of felony theft, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported.The two carpet installers gambled […]
Some months ago Online-Casinos.com/InfoPowa reported on development work byGaming Partners International on hi-tech gambling chips with embeddedalarm-triggering tracers. In a sequel to the story this week, GPI hasannounced that the final product will be launched next month – probably atthe London ICE show. The anti-theft measures incorporated into the chipsconsist of an RFID-based Electronic Chip […]
Arthur James Welmas, who served as chairman of the Cabazon Band of MissionIndians when the small tribe won a case before the U.S. Supreme Court in1987 that laid the foundation for the Indian gambling movement, has died. Hewas 77. Mr. Welmas, who led the Riverside County tribe for a decade, died ofkidney failure and complications […]
Part two in a series of news reviews covering the online casino and gamblingsector. May – Las Vegas Sands win a casino licence to build the firstcasino in Singapore, costing three billion dollars. A bid from Coventry tooperate one of the super casinos in the U.K was thrown out by thegovernment, leaving the city’s officials […]
It is hard to fault Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels for wanting to improvefunding for higher education. Whether privatizing the Hoosier Lottery is theway to accomplish that, however, remains to be seen. It’s a complicatedproposal. Daniels wants to franchise the lottery for a fixed term. Thecontractor would be licensed and regulated, just like casinos andracetracks, and […]
The only sign of Christmas on the casino floor is the poker dealer in theSanta hat, and Darren White is glad for that: the subcontractor from Georgiadidn’t come here to be reminded of the holidays, or anything, for thatmatter, outside these flashy, noisy walls. He came for the distraction. AndBoomtown Casino in suburban New Orleans, […]
These may be dark days for the online gambling business, but you would neverknow that from talking to Calvin Ayre, the founder and president of BodogEntertainment Group, the online sports book and casino. A recent crackdownon Internet gambling by U.S. regulators and lawmakers has seen severalonline casino executives thrown in jail and has plunged the […]
The USA might have tried to ban online gambling simply to regulate it downthe line, at least that’s what Italy is in the process of doing. The latestnews from that government is a plan to auction off as many as 17,000gambling licenses including permits for online casinos and poker rooms. Thestart of 2007 will mark […]
A bill that would close most casinos and slot-machine halls in the country –including Moscow and St. Petersburg – cleared a third and final readingWednesday in the State Duma. To become law, the bill still needs theapproval of the Federation Council and of President Vladimir Putin, whosubmitted the draft in October.The bill received the support […]
Seen as yet another indicator towards liberalization of gamblingrestrictions in Europe, the Italian government has announced that it willauction off 17,000 licenses for betting shops, kiosks, casinos as well asfor online casinos, poker rooms and sportsbooks. This is in preparation forJanuary 1st, when all Italians will be able to legally play online poker. Inspite of […]
The Moscow City Duma amended a law on Thursday that manages gamblingindustry, making requirements for owners of casinos and slot-machine hallsstricter. The gambling industry is unfazed by the changes as no laws cansurpass the new federal law which nearly bans gambling in Russia in 2009.The Moscow legislature passed the city law a day after the […]