Sunday, August 13. 2006
GAMBLING is likely to become one of Britain’s most serious addictions by 2026 because of relaxed gaming laws and new betting technology, the Government has been told.
A report for the Department of Trade and Industry says that the Government has not paid enough attention to what ...
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ROME -- An Italian soccer federation prosecutor asked a sports tribunal Sunday to relegate Reggina to Serie B and dock the team 15 points in the country's match-fixing scandal.
Reggina, which finished 15th in Serie A last season, was indicted on match-fixing charges last week. The ...
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Thursday, August 10. 2006
Slot machine giant International Game Technology won an endorsement Wednesday from Nevada regulators to compete in an emerging market for hand-held, mobile gambling devices.
The state Gaming Control Board recommended the Reno-based slot manufacturer for licensing as an operator of ...
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Wednesday, August 9. 2006
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - A judge ruled Tuesday that a 23-year-old dishwasher should stand trial in the slaying of a Canadian executive who was beaten and stabbed to death in front of witnesses in a tourist district of the Puerto Rican capital.
After listening to the ...
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Tuesday, August 1. 2006
An internet gambling addict has been jailed for milking his employers of £1m to fund his habit.
Bookkeeper Bryan Benjafield admitted siphoning off the cash as he worked for Charminster Limited in Dorchester.
Dorchester Crown Court was told the company went into ...
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Monday, July 31. 2006
For many gamblers, Bob Nersesian is a saint who has come up a winner tackling the cases of advantage gamblers who claim their civil rights have been trampled by casinos.
For some gaming executives, he's a scourge who's persuaded judges and juries to protect individual rights ...
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Sunday, July 30. 2006
VICTORIAN Opposition Leader Ted Baillieu is being investigated by the state’s gaming authority after he campaigned to remove pokies, armed with a poker machine.
Mr Baillieu launched a Liberal pledge to remove 5500 of Victoria’s 27,500 pokies and double funding to fight problem ...
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Saturday, July 29. 2006
An official with the Ministry of Public Security on Friday said police will continue to crack down on gambling in order to maintain social stability and prevent corruption. Xu Hu, vice director of the ministry's public security bureau, said since 1999 illegal gambling has become ...
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Sunday, July 9. 2006
LADBROKES, Britain’s biggest bookmaker, returns to the casino industry after a gap of more than five years when it opens the Ladbrokes Casino and Sports Bar at the London Paddington Hilton hotel tomorrow.
The opening of the £5 million venture comes at a time of heightened ...
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Thursday, July 6. 2006
Global gambling revenues will increase by 8.8 per cent annually to $125-billion by 2010 from $82.2-billion in 2005, a study has found. The study by PricewaterhouseCoopers, a consultant group, says that growth in the Asia-Pacific region will be most significant, at 14 per cent annual ...
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Monday, June 26. 2006
Edmonton's Catholic school parents aren't ready to fold on casino fundraisers just because the church frowns on gambling, says one Edmonton Catholic School Board trustee. "The feedback I've received from parents ... is strongly against any motion that would restrict the flow of ...
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Sunday, June 25. 2006
WASHINGTON - Newly released documents in the Jack Abramoff investigation shed light on how the lobbyist secretly routed his clients' funds through tax-exempt organizations with the acquiescence of those in charge, including prominent conservative activist Grover Norquist.
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Saturday, June 24. 2006
Under the "rich-get-richer" category, a recent study by the financial services firm of Merrill Lynch reveals that the ranks of the world's millionaires swelled by over a half-million people last year. There are more than 8.7 million millionaires walking the Earth. Or, most likely, ...
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Thursday, June 22. 2006
CALGARY -- For 11 years, Bill Denney would head to British Columbia for an occasional boys' weekend of high-stakes poker.
He would sit with friends around a table and play cards until three or four in the morning. Denney won some and lost some, usually coming out just ahead or ...
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Wednesday, June 21. 2006
TATTERSALL'S is hoping the Australian Consumer and Competition Commission will stop Tabcorp's "monopolistic" takeover bid of Unitab. In a rare public statement since the launch of the merger, Tattersall's chief executive Duncan Fischer has accused Tabcorp of trying to be a ...
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