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Top Gambling News, September 23th, 2008

Posted by Nicolae on September 23rd, 2008 under Bingo, Blackjack, Blogs, Bonuses, Business, Casinos, Celebrities, Companies, Gambling Media, Gambling addiction, Gambling industry, Las Vegas, Legislation, News, Online Gambling, Poker, Politics, Sports Betting, Studies, Reports & Survey, Top Gambling News, UIGEA, United States, online poker
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Get real on web gambling
Kansas City Star, MO
Rick’s Gambling & Tourism column in today’s Star Business Weekly looks at the US’s untenable position in the worldwide on-line gambling industry. …
State cracks down on Net gambling
Kentucky.com, KY
By Jack Brammer FRANKFORT — Kentucky is commandeering 141 domain names of Internet gambling sites in [...]

Charity gambling

Posted by Nicolae on August 29th, 2008 under Business, Casinos, Gambling addiction, Politics, Society
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Charity gambling is the practice where typical gambling ‘games’ such as bingo, roullette, lotto, slot-machines, etc. are overseen by a charity or group of charities. The profits from the venture go to the charity or group of charities, rather than to a municipality or private casino. Sometimes this occurs as a [...]

Big drop in US gambling revenue

Posted by Nicolae on July 11th, 2008 under Atlantic City, Casinos, Companies, Gambling industry, Investments, Las Vegas, Online Gambling, Politics, Predictions, Projects, Slots, Studies, Reports & Survey, United States, games
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US gambling revenue dropped  15% in May. In Las Vegas, the percentage is 16.4%. As for Atlantic City, the casinos gambling revenue down 11% in June, comparing with the same month of the last year (a single casino shows an increase in revenue, Harrah’s Resort Casino). In Illinois, gambling revenue was [...]

Barack Obama accused of illegal online gambling

Posted by Nicolae on July 9th, 2008 under Legislation, Online Gambling, Politics, UIGEA, United States
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On the campaign’s national website, Obama ask for donation between $5 and $2300 in exchange of a chance for every donor to be chosen as one of the 10 supporters to meet Barack backstage in Denver.
Tom Barrett, head of the Minnesota Gambling Control Board, consider that this is an illegal raffle and a [...]

No clarification for online gambling

Posted by Nicolae on June 29th, 2008 under Legislation, Online Gambling, Politics, UIGEA, United States
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The House Financial Services Committee voted down a bill, H.R. 5767, that would have prevented federal agencies from issuing rules implementing the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA). Lawmakers failed to agree on setting a clear definition of illegal Internet gambling.
Alabama Republican Rep. Spencer Bachus says that “Today’s vote was a [...]