In the 17th century, ancestors of the Pequot Tribal Nation lost theirposition as the dominant culture along New England’s Atlantic Coast. Today,the Pequots – now owners of the world’s largest casino – aim to secure aposition along Philadelphia’s Delaware riverfront to build a $560 millionslots palace. If Foxwoods Development Co. wins a license Dec. 20 […]
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Gambling businesses in Lake Stevens would pay one of the lowest tax rates inSnohomish County if a proposal before the City Council is approved. Thecouncil is expected to review the proposal tonight . According to a 2005study conducted by Lake Stevens, only Sultan has a lower gambling tax thanthe proposed 5 percent tax Lake Stevens […]
There’s no denying it, punters in the UK love to have a flutter. Thatexplains why there are more than 8,000 bookmaking outlets huddling amongBritain’s clothes shops and restaurants. But you don’t even have to leavethe comfort of your own home to place a bet these days. The online world isquickly catching up with its high-street […]
West Ham United striker Teddy Sheringham has expressed his fears aboutgambling. Speaking in London, Sheringham said that this addiction isbecoming more of a danger for younger players starting out in football. Hesited the reasons for this problem being the amount of leisure time thatplayers had added to the amount of money that they have available […]
The House of Representatives wastes no sympathy on defeated members. So atthe beginning of this week, Jim Leach of Iowa sat in an office almost devoidof furniture, the walls stripped bare of the mementos of his 30 years ofservice — with just a few hours remaining before the painters moved in toprepare his domain for […]
A professional poker player accused of running a $3.3 billion illegal sports gambling operation was ordered held without bail Wednesday. The balding and bearded James Giordano stood silently with hands cuffed behind his back at his arraignment in Queens Criminal Court as his lawyer entered a not guilty plea on his behalf. Giordano, 52, was […]
Despite the potentially negative impacts of a federal online gambling law,profits at Tyler Hancock’s online poker Web site are almost back to wherethey were before the law passed in October. Hancock, an interdisciplinarystudies senior, runs FuturePokerPros.com, which makes its money by taking apercentage of thewinnings of each player it recruits for other online poker sites. […]
An online gambling site called Gambling Portal recently published a pressrelease claiming their site was responsible for saving a couple’s marriage.The couple, “Debora and Mike from LA”, according to the report, had nocommon interests after 17 years of marriage. After Debora stumbled acrossGambling Portal and started playing online poker, she introduced it to herhusband, and […]
The big story last week was probably the largest gambling bust ever made byNew York police, which involved the arrest of over 20 people including awell known poker pro and a one time sports talent scout, and theconfiscation of some $500 million of property and equipment. In a sequelthis week, the suspected Las Vegas moneyman […]
The Gambling Bill President Vladimir V. Putin proposed in October, withplans to set up four gambling zones in Russia, has been approved at itsfirst reading by the Duma last week by a vote of 440-0 and one abstention.The president had proposed the bill after the Interior Ministry launched anoperation to check the financial, tax and […]
The German online gambling market is experiencing rapid growth, withpredictions that by the year 2010 German betting revenues will haveincreased by Euro 7.6 billion, additionally spurred by the imperative toreplace lost American business with European and Asian opportunities.Cashing in on this attractive business environment, Danish Internet companySunCore Innovation A/S has made a strategic move this […]
Investigators confiscated gambling equipment from a professional cardplayer’s home at Ripon the day after he was charged with killing his wife.Asearch warrant shows that Ripon police took a slot machine, ledgers, hiddencameras and other items from the home of 44-year-old Kevin Moore. Moore hasbeen charged with first-degree intentional homicide in the death of his43-year-old wife, […]
When most people think of the World Series of Poker, they think ofgambling – at least in the form of poker – but many may not realize thegambling begins well before the first cards hit the air in Las Vegas. Withthe passing of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act and Harrah’sEntertainment – the owner of […]
EVERYBODY KNOWS we have a problem-gambling problem. And everybody’s got adifferent take on how to address it. As solutions go, mine is quite radical.First, bring all the parking meters in from the cold – to replace all theVLTs that have taken up residence indoors in our province, from taverns topool halls and casinos. Hey, people […]