Sunday, September 24. 2006
The Royal Customs and Excise Department yesterday morning destroyed 52 gambling machines and 6,391 tokens, which were confiscated in 2002 and 2003. Four local Chinese have been prosecuted in court for having the illegal
machines in shops ...
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Tuesday, September 19. 2006
Can U.S. gamblers' appetites keep up with the current wave of expansion sweeping the industry?
Is there a limit to Americans' hunger for gambling? Casino executives are putting their money squarely on "No." With expansion plans on the table from Biloxi to Las Vegas, $25 ...
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Proposal to send reports to gamblers has casinos concerned
Bill Kearney, an in-your-face mortgage broker from Philadelphia, a recovering compulsive gambler and a one-time high roller in Atlantic City, is proving an annoyance to casino executives because of what he's trying to ...
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Sunday, September 17. 2006
Professional gamblers are rushing to buy £1,000 devices that they believe will enable them to win millions of pounds in casinos when the gambling industry is deregulated next year.
Hundreds of the roulette-cheating machines - which consist of a small digital time recorder, a ...
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Thursday, September 14. 2006
MINGO JUNCTION — As leaders in Steubenville are working to limit
“skilled gaming” in their city, village leaders here are embracing the
idea.
Dan Doyle of Steubenville approached village council
members at this week’s meeting and asked if they would have ...
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Tuesday, September 12. 2006
Mr Packer's Publishing and Broadcasting Ltd (PBL) and its Hong Kong-based joint venture partner Melco were planning to raise at least $1.3 billion by listing some 10 to 15 per cent of their Macau casino business on the Nasdaq market in the US, over the next few months.
The US ...
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Pub quiz buffs and fruit machine fans look set to have to make space for a new pub regular – the online gambler.
Internet service provider Tiscali plans to introduce 90,000 broadband internet terminals across British pubs that are linked to a central server which can easily adapt ...
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Saturday, September 9. 2006
WHEN clubs, hotels and poker-machine operators conspire to separate gamblers from their cash, nothing happens by chance.
From the moment hapless patrons walk in the door, the odds are stacked against them.
The layout of poker-machine rooms, the lights, the seats, the ...
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Thursday, September 7. 2006
PADDY Power is considering opening a casino in Ireland if the Government opts to regulate the gaming industry.
Justice Minister Michael McDowell has set up a working group to consider whether to legalise and regulate casinos, which are currently outlawed. The ban has not prevented ...
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Tuesday, September 5. 2006
As the pro football season approaches, employers are bracing for a potential productivity drain: the amount of time employees devote to fantasy football and other fantasy sports.
In fantasy sports, participants draft their own teams of real players and score points based on their ...
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Monday, September 4. 2006
For Harold, the urge to gamble started at age 8 when he lost his stash of marbles in a neighborhood game of jacks.
"The first time I played, I lost. I asked them (the other kids) to give me some more marbles so I could continue to play, and they said, 'No. We're playing for ...
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Sunday, September 3. 2006
THE Rank Group gave warning that the impending smoking ban in England and Wales would hit trading at its bingo halls next year, as it reported a steep decline in profits yesterday.
The company, once Britain’s largest leisure conglomerate, also announced 240 job cuts, mostly at its ...
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Thursday, August 31. 2006
A PLAN by James Packer to open Britain's first "super casino" faces intense scrutiny today at a formal hearing into the merits of the bid.
The media tycoon hopes to gain a stranglehold on Britain's recently deregulated gambling industry by securing the sole licence for a Las ...
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Wednesday, August 30. 2006
THE HAGUE - In a letter to the European Commission, the Dutch government has repeated that the Dutch policy on gambling does not violate European rules. Justice Minister Piet Hein Donner has informed the Lower House about the letter.
The Netherlands sent the letter in reaction to ...
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Monday, August 28. 2006
A hundred and sixty senior citizens have launched a nationwide campaign to root out gambling. The members of the National Council for Upgrading Korea held a press conference yesterday at the New Kukje Hotel in Seoul proclaiming a war against gambling, criticizing the current situation ...
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