Wednesday, May 31. 2006
A report finds that while increased gambling has provided jobs and economic growth in rural areas of California, it has also been associated with increased crime and other adverse consequences.
Gross gambling revenues in California totaled about $13 billion in 2004, including ...
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The worldwide explosion in gambling, both online and offline, is set to see a further surge as the number of people gambling via their mobile phones looks ready to increase dramatically over the next five years.
The popularity of internet sports betting has grown prolifically over ...
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BAVET, Cambodia--Just 90 minutes by car from Ho Chi Minh City, traffic backs up along the road to this dusty town on the Cambodian border. People queue for up to an hour in the stifling heat, waiting for the visas required of visitors of all nationalities to enter the country. But in ...
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Tuesday, May 30. 2006
A weekend game of Texas Hold 'em (poker) is a familiar scene for the college set. But Chad Flood and his friends aren't only playing for fun, they're practicing to win tournaments.
When Flood said, "I think I'm one of the better players,” he wasn’t bluffing. He's so good ...
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Debate rages, but end could be near
For the past 10 years, the debate over Internet gambling has raged, sometimes heatedly, over whether it should be banned or legalized in the U.S.
And, although it appears the issue is coming to a head, it’s virtually impossible to ...
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Texas "Dolly" Doyle Brunson changed the way poker would be played forever when he wrote "Super System" so many years ago. In that legendary Bible of poker, Doyle introduced some new poker concepts that, until then, only he and a few other professional players truly ...
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Millions of ordinary Americans gamble online on a daily basis, despite the official prohibitions against such gambling, declares a new policy study by the American Gaming Association.
“By driving all Internet gambling business to foreign entities,” said author, lawyer and ...
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The British economy will score a significant victory next month as football becomes an obsession during the World Cup.
A surge in retail sales, advertising and bookmakers' takings are forecast to deliver a £1.25bn economic boost over the summer. Should England win their first ...
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Monday, May 29. 2006
Slot players, avert your eyes. Do NOT read this column. You are just going to come away thinking this columnist is way behind the times.
For this indifferent gambler, slot machines are clunkers to bypass heading to the movies, unless Megabucks is really high like it is now. Then, ...
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South Florida, get ready to groan. Hurricane betting has become the latest trend in online gambling.
While you, the ever-diligent South Floridian, stockpile hurricane supplies and prepare your shutters for this year's storm season, strange forces speculate on your misery.
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What a difference $15 billion makes. After watching the fortunes of online casinos soar fivefold in as many years - an extraordinary winning streak with no apparent end in sight - Las Vegas casino giants want Congress to study letting them in on the action. Casino ...
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Sunday, May 28. 2006
As poker surges in popularity, health and law officials see increase in gambling addiction and related crime
OCEAN CITY -- The river card comes down. Ten of diamonds. Barry Neeb shoots his hands in the air as he pulls the straight and knocks his wife out to win a long game of ...
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Like the spinning cherries on a slot machine, one story after another has popped up this year of athletes and their gambling escapades.
In February there were the allegations that Phoenix Coyotes assistant coach Rick Tocchet ran a gambling ring. Last month hockey player Darren ...
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• In a case dubbed ``Operation Slap Shot,'' Phoenix Coyotes assistant coach Rick Tocchet and two others are accused of running a gambling ring that handled $1.7 million in bets on pro and college sports during the six weeks leading up to the 2006 Super Bowl. Janet Jones, the wife of hockey ...
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The Football Association is set to investigate claims that a League Two match may have been fixed last season.
The FA has received evidence from a professional gambler highlighting significant sums being staked in the Far East on a particular game.
Bets were put on one ...
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