Paul McGuire was at his computer, enjoying one last hurrah on PartyPoker, a site that had pledged to kick off all U.S. users as soon as the law left President Bush’s desk. "It was kind of like that last party before summer ends when you’ve got to go back to school," says McGuire, a 34-year-old […]
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I’ve been getting a lot of email from people about the gambling ban. Much has come from people who ran a few Google searches, found one of my artricles on the ban, and are now pretty honked off about it all. At risk of falling victim to the pundit’s fallacy, I think this is going […]
A roster of 130 “electronic games of skill” — with names such as Sizzling 7 ‘s, Double Black Tie and White Hot Aces — met with Arkansas Racing Commission approval Monday for installation at the state’s two pari-mutuel racetracks. The gambling games join seven others the commission accepted last month, for a total authorization of […]
Several operators of Internet gambling sites in Costa Rica known as "sportsbooks" say their businesses will not be significantly affected by a new U.S. law prohibiting bank and credit card payments to the sites. U.S. President Bush signed legislation Friday aimed at prohibiting the credit card and electronic fund transactions U.S. players often use to […]
According to reports the bill, passed in congress on Friday, bans internet gamblers from using credit cards, checks and electronic fund transfers to settle their wagers in the US, and is part of a larger bill aimed at bolstering US security. Aljazeera, a news agency, said US analysts believe the industry is one of the […]
A “one-stop shop” treating problem gamblers in Sydney is reporting a 50 percent success rate. Run by The Salvation Army in cooperation with theFairfield RSL club in Sydney’s south-west, The Sydney Problem GamblingCentre opened in October last year. In its first annual report, publishedtoday, the centre said it had answered 400 telephone inquiries and conducted561 […]
I am a pathological gambler. You may not recognize me as such, but I may beyour co-worker, teammate, close relative or dear friend. My doctor hasdiagnosed my problem based on the following criteria set by the AmericanPsychiatric Association. Preoccupation: I am preoccupied with gambling,reliving past gambling experiences, planning my next gambling venture, orthinking of ways […]
Gambling has been a big part of this area’s history, at least since the dayswhen 19th century landholder Don Guillermo Castro lost most of his 22,000rural acres – including today’s downtown Hayward – gambling. All thatremains today of the city’s high-stakes past is the Palace Card Club, adowntown poker den that some consider a beloved […]
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 […]
STEVE Bracks’s keenly awaited pokies policy was effectively stillborn on theeve of its planned release earlier this year, when Opposition Leader TedBaillieu grasped the initiative with a pledge to cut 5500 machines. It’s notthat Baillieu’s policy was without flaws; for one thing it was uncosted. Italso allowed for the removal in 2012 of idle poker […]
In a press statement titled “Americans Still Free to Gamble Online” theInteractive Gaming Council, a trade association for Internet gamblingoperators, pointed to important aspects of the new US legislation this week.The IGC statement paints a background to the law whereby “Literally in thedark of night, without debate and far from public scrutiny, Republicanleaders in Congress […]
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 […]
The fallout from new laws restricting internet gaming in the US cast a pallfurther across the City yesterday when two more London-listed companiessuspended operations there. Fairground Gaming and Leisure & Gaming, whichrun casino and poker websites, joined the mounting casualties fromCongress’s shock decision this month to ban banks and credit card companiesfrom processing payments from […]
In the high-stakes poker game of politics, online gambling lobbyists lost amonster hand late last month after Congress passed legislation prohibitingfinancial institutions from making payments to online gambling sites. Thelong-standing issue came to a head after presidential hopeful SenateMajority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn., became the torchbearer for conservativegroups lobbying to ban Internet gambling. Despite repeated […]