The son of a deceased West Virginia mobster has been charged in connectionwith a multimillion-dollar bookmaking ring. Christopher Hankish, who is fromsuburban Pittsburgh, is charged with gambling conspiracy. He is the son ofPaul “No Legs” Hankish, a Wheeling, W.Va., native who died in prison in 1998while serving time for a racketeering and gambling conviction.ChristopherHankish was […]
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The Seminole Tribe of Florida wants to upgrade to Las Vegas-style ”ClassIII” slot machines, like those now allowed at Broward parimutuels. Here’sthe difference between the tribe’s current Class II games and the moredesirable Class III. Class II games: bingo, poker and off-track betting, inwhich gamblers play against other players. Though the machines in theSeminole casino […]
Investors recently doubled down on gambling stocks despite a yearlongwinning streak, wagering that expansion will spur growth and bettors willkeep spending even as the economy softens. The Dow Jones U.S. Gambling Indexhas surged more than 35 percent since the start of the year, easilyoutpacing the broader market as represented by the Standard & Poor’s 500index, […]
The recent Global Gaming Expo (G2E) in Las Vegas saw a marked absence ofonline gaming companies and executives discouraged from travel to the USA bythe recent passing of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act, butthe industry nevertheless generated an abundance of media comment. Asidefrom the widely reported comments of top land gaming executives like TerriLanni […]
Expect to hear a lot about gambling expansion in the coming months. WestVirginia’s four racetrack casinos should make another push in theLegislature for local option elections to allow table games. They wantpeople in the four counties with racinos — Kanawha, Ohio, Hancock andJefferson — to vote on allowing games such as blackjack, poker and roulettealong […]
It has been five weeks now since the signing into law of the UnlawfulInternet Gambling Prohibition Act. Here is an update of online casinos,sports books and online poker rooms that still welcome USA customers…Thelist of online gambling sites that accept USA players seems to be settlingdown for the moment. We will continue to update the […]
Expect to hear a lot about gambling expansion in the coming months. WestVirginia’s four racetrack casinos should make another push in theLegislature for local option elections to allow table games. They wantpeople in the four counties with racinos — Kanawha, Ohio, Hancock andJefferson — to vote on allowing games such as blackjack, poker and roulettealong […]
A former part-time scout for the Washington Nationals who was arrestedWednesday on charges of taking part in a major sports gambling operation wasnot in position to affect Major League Baseball games, prosecutors in thecase said yesterday. The scout, Frank Falzarano, whose contract with theNationals was not renewed last month, was one of 27 people charged […]
Rumors of another online gambling company indicted by the US JusticeDepartment have sent shockwaves through an industry still reeling from thetakedown of 33 stateside bookies and agents utilizing various offshoregambling components. The stories circulating remain vague at this time,however they have nothing to do with the high profile New York case thatcame to light on […]
The Poker Players Alliance and executives for the American GamingAssociation (AGA) say they are hopeful that the recent political changes inthe U.S. Congress will help them overturn the Unlawful Internet GamblingEnforcement Act of 2006 (UIGEA). You may recall how the UIGEA was appendedonto to the sure-to-be-passed Safe Port Bill when most Senators had alreadycast their […]
Rumors of another online gambling company indicted by the US JusticeDepartment have sent shockwaves through an industry still reeling from thetakedown of 33 stateside bookies and agents utilizing various offshoregambling components. The stories circulating remain vague at this time,however they have nothing to do with the high profile New York case thatcame to light on […]
The shock news that Fairground Holdings is to terminate business as a resultof having to abandon US-facing online gambling activities arrived as theweek ended, a sad close to a brief but promising business future for theagglomerator. In a public announcement Fairground reports that it isvoluntarily winding up its affairs following the need to halt US-facingonline […]
THE Bracks Government has buckled to pressure over the integrity of itsgambling licence reviews, rushing out a confused policy late yesterday toput a retired judge in charge of the process. Opposition Leader TedBaillieu, who called for a judicial inquiry into gaming issues on Wednesday,said the Government’s reaction was the “boldest admission” something“stinks”. Mr Bracks was […]
It was the high-tech key to a massive, illegal gambling kingdom a laptopcomputer that authorities say was owned by professional poker player JamesGiordano.Giordano, who rarely let the laptop out of his sight, unknowingly took agamble earlier this year by leaving it behind while attending a wedding in aNew York suburb, said police. In the three […]