Israeli police have begun to crack down on internet gambling operators,including those who run backgammon websites. Some of the more prominentonline gambling firms are run by Israelis including PokerStars, 888.com andTitan Poker. While the majority of Israeli owned online gambling businessesare based out of places like Gibraltar and The Isle of Man (similar to USbusinessmen […]
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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 […]
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 […]
A recently appointed member of the Pennsylvania gaming board was a longtimecritic of gambling when he was a legislator but he has won thousands ofdollars at casinos, a newspaper reported Sunday. Former state Rep. MarkMcNaughton voted against the state’s slot machine law in 2004 and opposedgambling for years before that, but at the same time […]
“Problem gambling is gambling behavior which causes disruptions in any majorarea of life: psychological, physical, social or vocational. The term“Problem Gambling” includes… “Pathological”, or “Compulsive” Gambling, aprogressive addiction characterized by increasing preoccupation withgambling, a need to bet more money more frequently, restlessness orirritability when attempting to stop, ‘chasing’ losses, and loss of controlmanifested by continuation […]
A recently appointed member of the Pennsylvania gaming board was a longtimecritic of gambling when he was a legislator but he has won thousands ofdollars at casinos, a newspaper reported Sunday. Former state Rep. MarkMcNaughton voted against the state’s slot machine law in 2004 and opposedgambling for years before that, but at the same time […]
The Victorian Government has announced which gaming venues are to lose pokermachines under its plan to cap machine numbers in 19 Victorian regions. TheGovernment promised to move 543 gaming machines during the election campaignand they will come from venues in Dandenong, Hume, Latrobe, Maribyrnong,Monash and Warrnambool. Some clubs will lose only one or two machines […]
An anonymous tip lead to the arrest of 22 people on gambling and othercharges and a gambling establishment was closed down in La Vergne Wednesdaynight. The operation took place less than 75 yards from a church. Of the 22arrested at 121E George Chaney Blvd, five were for felony charges while 17were given misdemeanor citations. “We […]
A report has found there are too many gambling machines in South Australianregional areas and it is having a negative effect on communities. The Centrefor Economic Studies tabled the report at a Provincial Cities Associationmeeting on Friday. It found the state-wide reduction in the number of pokermachines has not reduced problem gambling in country areas. […]
It doesn’t exactly look like Casino Royale, tucked into a far corner of ahardly glamourous shopping centre far from Singapore’s glitzy Orchard Road.The smell of fat used by cheap food stalls lingers in the air, and the arrayof shops offer kitsch and knick-knacks at bargain prices. But behind thethick glass door and past wood-panelled walls […]
The first settlement in New York Harbor was established by Dutch fur tradersin 1613 and was called New Amsterdam. These early traders were adventurers,gamblers, willing to take big risks for big profits. One particularly shrewdplayer, Peter Minuit, convinced the resident Native Americans to sell himManhattan Island and Staten Island for about $24 worth of goods. […]
CHICKASHA, Okla. A Grady County judge rules that District Attorney BretBurns can continue prosecuting a case against the county’s sheriff and sevenothers charged in a gambling case. Special District Judge Ken Harris says hemade the ruling yesterday because he did not have enough information toremove Burns from the case. Sheriff Kieran McMullen says the judge’sdecision […]