Ireland based market research resource centre, Research and Markets haspredicted that the Spanish interactive gambling market will see a staggering240 percent growth by 2010, reaching ?4.2 billion. The gambling market ingeneral is also set to see an extensive boost to revenues, growing to ?39billion by 2010. Following the introduction of restrictive online gamblinglaws in other […]
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A recently recognized Indian tribe in Massachusetts, USA who has expressedthe desire to build a full scale casino in the state has stirred up thecasino gambling debate yet again on Beacon Hill. Last Thursday U.S.Department of Interior's Bureau of Indian Affairs designated the MashpeeWampanoag tribe as a sovereign American Indian nation. The tribe has statedtheir […]
Gambling is on the rise among young people between the ages of 18 and 24,according to a survey commissioned by the Responsible Gambling Council.The survey, which examined the gambling behaviours and attitudes of 3,604young adults in Ontario, said poker games and online gambling have grown inpopularity since 2001. Anik Bay, a project co-ordinator with the […]
Jay Melancon hunkered down in an auditorium chair for his morning psychologyclass at the University of Minnesota, flipped open his laptop and logged on.The instructor yammered on at the front of the room, but Melancon wasn'tlistening. He was exhausted from staying up all night playing online poker.Now, sitting in the back of the class, he […]
These days, 10,000 Norwegian citizens are finding a questionnaire by SINTEFHealth Research in their post-boxes. The form has been sent to a randomsample of the population aged between16 and 74. The main focus of the surveyis cash gambling, ranging from scratchcards and Lotto to one-armed banditsand Internet poker. "For the survey to offer a true […]
It's home to Gambling911.com, which is purely an industry-focused news andinformation website, and soon may be home to a number of online gamblingentities that actually take bets from around the globe. Alberta Canada isseriously considering regulation of online gambling. Maxine Maudie of SunMedia reports that a spokesman for the Alberta Gaming and Liquor Commissionyesterday said […]
The launch of two high-profile online gambling sites over the few weeks hasprovided further evidence that the online gambling industry, far fromcrumbling in the wake of the UIGEA, is still as strong as ever. The highestprofile launch was that of Playboy Gaming, whose investment in the marketshows that even established big-name brands are confident in […]
Patrons in Wyoming bars and restaurants could once again belly up to afriendly game of cards under legislation that passed the House on firstreading Tuesday.The House gave initial approval to a gambling bill that would exclude fromthe definition of gambling "profits" the money that bars and restaurantsreceive from selling drinks and food to their gambling […]
The Provincial Cities Association says 'smart cards' should replace cash atpoker machines around South Australia to stop problem gambling. Theassociation's chairwoman, Mayor Joy Baluch, says the cards would have adaily credit limit. Councillor Baluch says a study commissioned by theassociation shows a reduction in gaming machine numbers has not curbedproblem gambling. She says if the […]
There are sights you just don’t see anymore in La Salle County. For example:In the 1950s, La Salle County State’s Attorney Harland Warren brought thehammer down on gambling in the county. One day during that time, he and oneof his assistants, Craig Armstrong, raided Becker & Currie’s Cigar Store inPeru, where sporting gentlemen took pleasure […]
With the increase in casinos, lottery games and TV coverage of professionalpoker tournaments, it’s not a surprise that the culture of gambling hasspread to teens.Now, there are data to support what local kids have been saying – that kidsin the mid-Hudson have increased gambling as much as teens across thecountry.A recent study of teen risk […]
When Chris Armentano called Linda Piotrowicz with his cookbook idea, she wasimmediately enthused. What a great way to publicize Connecticut-grownagricultural products. And for Armentano, it could shed more light on thedangers of sports gambling. Collaborating, the two could serve bothpurposes. For the past 25 years, Armentano has been director of problemgambling treatment services for the […]
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. […]
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 […]