Barry Metcalf won’t give odds on his chances of winning a state Senate seatNov. 7. But the Republican thinks his strong opposition to expanded gamblingprovides him “a great shot” of defeating Democratic incumbent Ed Worley.Metcalf, who lost to Worley by 1,901 votes for the 34th Senate district seatfour years ago, has tried to make gambling […]
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While mapping plans for a multimillion-dollar expansion, Caesars casinoexecutives have begun laying groundwork for the local government in HarrisonCounty to share some of the project’s costs. Caesars general manager EdGarruto approached Harrison commissioners last summer about having thecounty pay several million dollars toward the improvements. The paymentslikely would come from about $10 million in profit-sharing […]
At 32 years old, Bill Kearney was a self-made millionaire who had overcomethe limits of his ninth-grade education to own a thriving business. At 33,his life began to disintegrate. He was a compulsive gambler who was well onhis way to losing his wealth, his drapery manufacturing business inPhiladelphia and his marriage. “I was using every […]
In contrast to the United States government’s criminalisation of onlinegambling, the South African government is legalising the industry in anattempt to regulate and control it. Online gambling – said to be worthmillions — is currently illegal in South Africa, but the Department ofTrade and Industry has given a draft amendment Bill (which will allow forthe […]
The European Commission today threatened legal action against France, Italyand Austria for restricting sports betting and gambling services, includingbanning foreign online gaming and casino operators. Its move, bringing tonine the number of EU countries whose gambling legislation is underinvestigation, was hailed as a shot in the arm by the ?50bn European bettingsector – several of […]
One of the strongest benefits of bringing gambling to Northeast Ohio will bethe $75 million that can be used by the region to stimulate economicdevelopment, said Joe Roman, president of the Greater Cleveland Partnership.GCP is one of the groups that crafted the constitutional amendment that isstate Issue 3 on the Nov. 7 ballot. In a […]
A bid by a pair of private-equity firms to buy Harrah’s Entertainment, ifapproved, will offer the latest evidence of a flourishing symbioticrelationship between Nevada regulators and the casino industry. A vital roleof regulators is to set the bar for who is allowed to operate casinos inNevada, and to conduct background investigations into their character.Reputation, honesty […]
Angry demonstrators and rabbis as well as a ban on gambling failed to stopthe inauguration of Israel’s first horse racetrack, as thousands of fanscheered the four-legged competitors. It’s not much at this point – just acollection of collapsable tents with a makeshift grandstand in the middle ofa field in northern Israel – but as the […]
U.S. Sen. George Voinovich thinks he can keep casino gambling out of Ohioone way or the other. He’s not up for re-election this year, but he’straveling the state spearheading the Vote No Casinos effort that is opposinga ballot initiative to bring slot machines to Ohio’s seven race tracks andtwo sites in Cleveland. That initiative, called […]
BRITISH firms continued to feel the strain of a crackdown on internetgambling in the United States as two more firms abandoned operations acrossthe Atlantic.London-based casino Leisure & Gaming said it was “no longer appropriate” forthe company to accept US customers after Congress approved the UnlawfulInternet Gambling Enforcement Act. It also revealed it was consideringselling its […]
Prior to analyzing how the new federal law interacts with state gaming law,it is necessary to have a basic understanding about the two constitutions bywhich we are all bound. Every state has a constitution that is a body oflaws that the citizens of that state must follow. There is also a federalConstitution that all citizens […]
It’s an election year and already one of the biggest issues that has manyvoters’ attention isn’t the scandal of Mark Foley and the congressional pagewho he instant messaged for a year and a half, but it is a bill in which thegovernment is prepared to crack down on online gambling. But is this billgoing to […]
The dice are rolling hot on the tables of what was once a sleepy Portuguesecolony. With millions of mainland Chinese high rollers arriving every year,developers in Macau are racing to turn the former enclave into Asia’sglittering gambling capital. The stakes are high. At the baccarat table ofone casino, a middle-aged Chinese woman shrugs off the […]
The world’s largest computer facilities for online gaming are located inCanada and are nicknamed MIT. This doesn’t stand for the MassachusettsInstitute of Technology: It stands for the Mohawk Institute of Technology.That is because this gigantic “server park” — which drives many of theonline gambling sites — is inside the Mohawk First Nations Reserve, alsoknown as […]