Gambling at the post office? You bet (Brisbane Times)
November 30th, 2009
The Queensland Council of Social Service has expressed concern over possible plans to expand access to Tabcorp gambling accounts into government-owned Australia Post offices around Queensland.
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Enforcement delayed on Internet gambling ban (Fox News)
November 29th, 2009
Federal regulators gave credit card-wielding gamblers — and the banking industry — six more months before an Internet gambling ban goes into effect.
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U.S. government delays ban on Internet gambling (Washington Post)
November 28th, 2009
The Treasury Department and the Federal Reserve are giving U.S. financial institutions an additional six months to comply with regulations designed to ban Internet gambling.
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Woolies shareholders fret about gambling (Brisbane Times)
November 26th, 2009
Problem gambling, animal rights, the price of milk and building a supermarket at a beachside suburb are worrying shareholders.
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Gambling grannies arrested in Cyprus (MalaysiaNews.net)
November 25th, 2009
Athens/Nicosia, Nov 25 (DPA) Forty-two elderly women, including a 95-year-old, were arrested in a raid on a gambling den on the eastern Mediterranean island of Cyprus, a media report said Wednesday.
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Online Gambling Poses Tax Conundrum (WallStreet Journal via Yahoo! Finance)
November 23rd, 2009
Are your losses from online gambling deductible? It’s no sure bet — the legality of online gambling in the U.S., and the tax law surrounding the activity, is not really clear.
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Betting odds slang
November 22nd, 2009
Betting odds slang is a series of words used to describe particular common fractional odds.
Evens – Levels, Scotch
2/1 – Bottle
3/1 – Carpet, Gimmel
4/1 – Rouf
5/1 – Hand
5/2 – Face
6/1 – X’s
7/1 – Nevs
8/1 – T.H.
9/1 – Enin
10/1 – Cockle, Net
11/10 – Tips
33/1 – Double Carpet
100/30 – Burlington Bertie
Country Crossing casino set to open near Dothan, as governor wages battle on gambling halls across Alabama (Mobile Press-Register)
November 22nd, 2009
DOTHAN, Ala. — It may be the biggest gamble in Alabama — an $87 million casino and country music destination rising out of the Wiregrass, even as Gov. Bob Riley continues a campaign to shut down gambling halls statewide.
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Poland restricts gambling outside casinos (AFP via Yahoo! News)
November 20th, 2009
Poland’s parliament on Friday adopted a law that confines gambling to casinos and phases out the slot machines currently in many Polish cafes, clubs, shops and service stations.
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Bankrupt Magna in Dispute Over Pimlico Track Gambling Rights (Bloomberg)
November 19th, 2009
Nov. 19 (Bloomberg) — Magna Entertainment Corp. , the bankrupt horse-track owner, is locked in a dispute over gambling rights at its Pimlico Race Course, home of the 135-year-old Preakness Stakes, the second leg of racing’s Triple Crown.
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Gambling regulation plans put off (BBC News)
November 18th, 2009
A proposal to create a gambling commission in Jersey is delayed until more information on the plan is provided.
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Nevada gambling board to share in seized assets (AP via Yahoo! News)
November 16th, 2009
Nevada gambling regulators will get a share of money seized from a high-ranking Japanese organized crime figure.
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Gambling foes work to meet deadline on ‘racinos’ (The Cincinnati Enquirer)
November 15th, 2009
Less than two weeks after Ohioans approved casinos, gambling opponents are out collecting signatures to keep slot machines out of the state’s seven racetracks.
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Today’s headlines: Oregon relies on gambling addicts for revenue; Scandalized senator paid bonuses to loyal staffers (The Oregonian)
November 15th, 2009
This morning’s Oregonian reports on Oregon’s growing dependence on gambling addicts for revenue and The Idaho Statesman reports on bonuses former Sen. Larry Craig paid to loyal staffers who stuck with him after his arrest in a 2007 sex sting.
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Poker jargon – S
November 14th, 2009
satellite
A tournament in which the prize is a free entrance to another (larger) tournament.
scare card
A card that comes that may have improved an opponent’s hand. The Jack of spades on the turn was a scare card because it put both flush and straight possibilities on the board.
scoop
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Gambling den discovered in isle clothing store (Galveston County Daily News)
November 14th, 2009
GALVESTON An officer found what police allege was a gambling den after an assault suspect into a retail clothing store
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Antoine Walker’s lawyer: Former All-Star trying to resolve Las Vegas gambling debts (ESPN)
November 12th, 2009
Former NBA all-star Antoine Walker’s lawyer says he’s trying to resolve criminal charges stemming from more than $800,000 in gambling debts to three Las Vegas casinos.
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Deadwood in South Dakota’s Black Hills marks 20th anniversary of legal gambling (The Canadian Press via Yahoo! Canada News)
November 11th, 2009
Legalized gambling began in Deadwood on Nov. 1, 1989, when an actor portraying Wild Bill Hickok, accompanied by a woman portraying Calamity Jane, shot a revolver into the air.
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Deadwood, SD, marks 20 years of legal gambling (AP via Yahoo! News)
November 9th, 2009
Legalized gambling began in Deadwood on Nov. 1, 1989, when an actor portraying Wild Bill Hickok, accompanied by a woman portraying Calamity Jane, shot a revolver into the air.
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NM auto dealer tried to save business by gambling (AP via Yahoo! News)
November 9th, 2009
A former Albuquerque auto dealer, faced with an ailing economy and difficulty getting credit for his dealership, says he turned to gambling last year in a bid to salvage the business.
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