Pennsylvania seems eager to make up for lost time. According to theAssociated Press, the state hasn’t even opened a slot machine but officialsare already talking about table games. At a recent hearing, the state GamingControl Board asked racetrack owners seeking slot-machine licenses if theywere prepared to go to table games. They all answered yes. Table […]
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The crackdown on internet gambling in the US has begun to frighten offsenior directors. World Gaming chairman James Grossman and non-executivedirector Clare Roberts have both resigned from the online gaming group onfears they will be arrested in the US. advertisementDavid Carruthers, chiefexecutive of Betonsports and Peter Dicks, chairman of Sportingbet, have bothbeen arrested in the […]
“….the way in which some members of the Senate have decided to move[anti-online gambling measures] through reeks of political gamesmanship. Theissue of Internet gambling has not been given a hearing in the Senate, ithas not been debated, in fact, there isn’t even a bill introduced.”Following the failure of Senator Bill Frist’s attempt to attach ananti-online […]
A service called gamAid that provides instant online help to people withgambling problems has the green light to go live this month after asix-month trial. The service has already had more than 55,000 visits andprovided 1,000 one-to-one help session during the first four months of itstrial. With gamAid, online gamblers can find instant, real-time, one-to-oneaccess […]
West Virginia’s gambling industry plans another push in the Legislature nextyear for local option elections to allow table games at the state’s fourracetrack casinos.In preparation for next year’s effort, a poll released by the state RacingAssociation earlier this week shows 61 percent of West Virginians favorlocal option elections, up from 51 percent in a similar […]
Activision video gaming boss Robert Kotick spoke this week of the role in–game gambling could play in the future, describing it as the ‘HolyGrail’ of the games business. Kotick reckons the cross-over between gamingand ‘gambling’ could potentially be huge, and far more extensive than atpresent. Discussing the potential of wagering with regards to online games,he […]
During the month of September, cable and television networks paradedprograms on the subject of online and offshore gaming. These programs airedjust in time to stir up more debate as lawmakers on Capitol Hill were poisedto vote on whether or not to attach an online gambling ban to the currentdefense bill. One network program on the […]
Senator Bill Frist attempted to attach the Internet Gambling Bill to aMilitary Defense Bill but received much unexpected opposition and sourcessay that attempt is now dead. Although the online gaming industry isbreathing another sigh of relief the fight is not over yet. Senator Frist,from Iowa, is looking to run for president in 2008 and he […]
The Web sites are getting some big numbers and young visitors, and therehave been reports of some servers just unplugging and taking people’s moneywithout ever being heard from again. In a one-week period, more than half amillion gamblers ages 14 to 22 go online to wage real-money bets. For many,it can quickly become an expensive […]
LaFollette Mayor Clifford Jennings received six months of unsupervisedprobation and a $4,500 fine Monday for charges in an illegal gambling case.Jennings was originally charged with aggravated gambling promotion, afelony. But in July the charges were reduced to a misdemeanor when hepleaded no contest in a deal with prosecutors. Three other people charged inthe case entered […]
The People’s Republic of China have been considering legalizing onlinecasino gambling, according to Tony Tong, CEO of Pacific Net, a company thatsells Baccarat machines. Macau is already a casino capital, and that iswhere the government would more then likely license companies there.Currently, the government takes around 40 percent of the house winnings inMacau, which means […]
North Dakota Republican will not be lining up to support Frist onlinegambling ban attempt. Not all Republicans are lining up to support U.S.Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist’s call to ban Internet gambling. NorthDakota State Rep. Jim Kasper says: “My fellow Republicans just don’t get it”when it comes to Internet gambling, reports Internet News.com. In July, […]
Many people who play video poker might want more than amusement for theirquarters, but they don’t expect to become rich, any more than many peoplewho play the lottery. One form of gambling has the player matching witsagainst a machine. The other lets players daydream about what it would belike to be rich. The former is […]
Senator Bill Frist is fighting for his supporters in the conservative FamilyResearch Council who want to ban internet gambling while more than 5,000phone calls poured into different US senator offices over the past week inopposition to the proposed ban. Frist and his Christain conservative backersappear to be on the winning hand of this battle as […]