SPRINGFIELD — For the second straight year, gamblers are being more careful about gambling with their money at Illinois casinos.
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PORTLAND (AP) — For nearly two decades, the Oregon Lottery has refrained from advertising video gambling on television. Lottery officials said they didn’t want to go too far in promoting gambling.
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The New England Patriots (blue) playing offense, against the Philadelphia Eagles (white) in an NFL game.
American football, known in the United States and Canada [1] simply as football, is a competitive team sport. The object of the game is to advance the football towards the opposing team’s end zone and score [...]

Most Northwest suburbs will greet 2010 without taking a formal position on video gambling. Many mayors aren’t in any rush to tackle the issue, blaming the delay on a lack of state rules and regulations surrounding the video gaming act signed into law in July.
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Bolivia may be the poorest nation on the continent, but that doesn’t deter Russian gambling companies, their operations curbed at home, from setting up shop
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Ki Sung Yueng knows he is gambling with his World Cup dream by joining Celtic . <!–break– The South Korea international has signed a four-year deal to move from FC Seoul for a reported fee of £2million, and will officially join the Hoops on January 1. The 20-year-old speaking knows he has to hit the [...]

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A player who gets up from his seat in a cash game, after two other players are already away from the table, is referred to as the “third man walking”. In a casino with a “third man walking rule”, this player may be required to return to his seat [...]

The seedier side of gambling was showcased on CNBC last week, with a one hour investigation into illegal gambling in the US. In ‘The Big Business of Gambling’ Melissa Francis followed the money trail to discover the main players in the multi-billion dollar industry.
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A three-judge panel of the N.C. Court of Appeals has upheld the state’s ban on video gambling.
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When Fernando Chui officially takes over Macau on the 10th anniversary of Portugal’s handover of its tiny holding to China, he will be the new leader of the world’s most lucrative gambling hub. But can the region’s winning streak continue?
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Macau celebrated its 10th anniversary of Chinese rule Sunday, a decade marked by the extraordinary transformation of the once seedy Portuguese colony into a glitzy international gambling capital.
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State lawmakers’ failure to pass a measure that raises tax revenue by expanding casino gambling will mean more state employee layoffs.
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Online gaming software firm GigaMedia Ltd said it would sell 60 percent of its online gambling software business to France’s Mangas Gaming, sending its shares up as much as 15 percent.
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Pennsylvania takes another step to expanding gambling in the state.
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SINGAPORE: The Internet could become a dangerous playground for gamblers. One Hope Centre, a counselling ground for gambling addicts, expects the number of youngsters who delve in online soccer betting to increase.
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In the declaration phase, the players ascertain who has the better hand in each of three categories. This is done in an oblique sort of way that leads to some of the intrigue of Piquet. Elder hand declares first, with Younger responding.
In each part of the declaration, the Younger hand may choose [...]

The NBA commissioner had a big sit-down with SI.com, during which he did the unthinkable. David Stern admitted that he was open to entertaining the idea that there will come a day when there will be nationally legalized gambling on NBA games.
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Pathological gambling can be successfully treated with medications that decrease urges and increase inhibitions, according to researchers at the annual meeting of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ACNP). Researchers found positive outcomes in gamblers treated with medications often used for substance addictions. Dr. Jon Grant and his team at the University of Minnesota used tasks [...]

By a narrow vote Tuesday, Kane County became the latest Chicago-area county to prohibit video gambling in its unincorporated areas.
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HARRISBURG — As the state House nears action on a gambling expansion law, Nemacolin Woodlands in Fayette County says resort hotel casinos should be allowed to have at least 25 table games, along with at least the 500 slot machines permitted in a 2004 law.
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