Gambling
Oklahoma City, Tulsa Area Bookies: Betting on the Sooners, Cowboys
Oklahoma City and Tulsa, Oklahoma bookies are on every corner, or at least they should be. Oklahoma is all about College Football and betting on the Sooners and Cowboys, both of which play in the metropolitan Oklahoma City area.
Pay Per Head Directory: 2013 NFL and College Football Season
The Gambling911.com Pay Per Head Directory for the 2013 NFL and College Football Season is here. These are some of the best PPH’s in the business, some of whom we have dealt with for years.
Pay Per Head operations allow local bookmakers to contract out all record keeping and online services. Just sit back and collect! PPH operators are all based offshore.
Gambling Business: Macau Casino Magnate to Open Russian Casino, More
Macau gambling mogul Lawrence Ho is extending his Melcro Crown casino empire to Russia's Far East. It will be the first well – known casino name in Russia’s Primorye gambling zone, after the country limited gaming to special zones in 2009. Read More at RT.com here.
Boston Mobster Whitey Bulger Gets in Hot Water for Swearing at Witness
BOSTON -- (Associated Press) - James "Whitey" Bulger (BUHL'-jur) has been admonished by a judge at his racketeering trial after a prosecutor reported that Bulger used an expletive when calling a witness testifying against him "a liar."
Former FBI Agent John Morris was testifying Thursday when Bulger apparently muttered the remark. Bulger stared intently at Morris as he testified.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Brian Kelly said Bulger "spent his entire life trying to intimidate people," but "he should not be doing that in federal court."
More NJ Online Gambling Deals Forged: Betfair-Trump Plaza, Gamesys-Tropicana
Following news that PokerStars has joined forces with Resorts Hotel and Casino to offer real money online poker in New Jersey, it was later announced that Europe’s biggest betting exchange, Betfair, has inked a deal with the Trump Plaza. Meanwhile, online gaming firm Gamesys has entered into a partnership with the Tropicana Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City.
Bookies in the Dallas-Fort Worth Area – Betting on the Cowboys
Bookies in the Dallas-Fort Worth area will be taking plenty of wagers as we head into the 2015 NFL season with betting on the Cowboys taking center stage.
Trump Daughter Talks Online Gambling With Bloomberg: Initiative is Complicated
This week it was announced that Ultimate Gaming would begin offering real money online gambling to New Jersey residents through a partnership with the Trump Taj Mahal. The Taj Mahal retains online gambling rights to the Trump name but the Donald himself may want to jump directly into the US-legalized Web gambling fray.
Chinese Online Gambling Ring Taken Down, Bulger’s Machine Gun Imitation
Shanghai police took down a massive online gambling ring that brought in more than US$29.3 million, police confirmed Tuesday.
92 people were arrested in the Pudong New Area for their alleged role in the operation. 27 laptops were also confiscated.
Since March, three people, surnamed Tang, Zhang and Ding, were agents for a foreign gambling website, police said.
Casino Heist at the Borgata: $200k in Rolexes Taken
The Borgata Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City was the target of a brazen “smash and grab” robbery Monday night.
Thieves got off with $200,000 in Rolex watches from a store within the casino. Three men were seen on surveillance video taking part in the crime. All are said to be African American men.
Borgata security called Atlantic City police around 8:45 last night.
All Atlantic City Casinos Applied for Online Gambling Licenses by Deadline
The Newark Star Ledger on Monday reported that all Atlantic City-based casinos have made the deadline to apply for an online gambling license. That deadline came and went on Monday.
Bookies in the Waco, Temple, Bryan Area – Betting on the Aggies, Longhorns
Bookies are just crawling all over the Waco, Temple, Bryan area, and with good reason. This is College Football Heaven with the Aggies and Longhorns. Betting on both teams hits fever pitch by September with this particular region seeing a peak 100 on the search index for “College Football”.
Texas, like in most US states, bookmaking is illegal. It is a Class A misdemeanor and punishable by either fines or some jail time or a combination of both.
FBI Corruption Takes Center Stage at Whitey Bulger Trial
The Hartford Courant editorial staff has an interesting piece on its site Monday evening analyzing the relationship between Mobster James “Whitey” Bulger and the FBI and the sometimes blurry line between them.
There is no defending Bulger in the piece.
Man Convicted for Killing Parents Over Gambling Debts, Tried to Frame Twin
JERUSALEM, July 1 (Reuters) - An Israeli who stabbed his mother and father to death was convicted of murder on Monday partly because he searched online for tips including "how to kill your parents and get away with it".
Ultimate Poker to Enter NJ Online Gambling Market Through Trump Taj Mahal Deal
(Las Vegas) - Ultimate Gaming, America’s first regulated online gaming operator, announced today that it has signed an online gaming operations agreement with Trump Taj Mahal Associates LLC. Under the terms of the agreement, Ultimate Gaming will supply a wide range of real money online casino games and poker, using its proprietary technology platform and the Ultimate Brands.
I Want to be a Bookie in the Houston Area
Houston, and Dallas in particular, have many bookies serving the local sports betting public. Like with all cities and towns in the US, Pay Per Head software plays an integral role in the success of a bookmaking business. The big focus is on Texas College Football betting. Gambling911.com will feature odds on each of these teams and the two NFL franchises based in Texas thoughout the College Football season.
Borgata Still Dominates in Atlantic City Despite Financial Woes
ATLANTIC CITY, New Jersey — (Reuters) - Ten years after it brought a hefty dose of Las Vegas glitz, glamour and luxury to Atlantic City, the Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa still dominates the market: One of every five dollars gamblers lose in Atlantic City goes into the Borgata's coffers.
Its challenge over the next 10 years is to maintain that leadership position in the 12-casino market as ever-increasing competition in nearby states and the approach of Internet gambling have the potential to reshuffle things.
Gaming Addiction Now Classified as a Mental Disorder: Children More Prone
If you like gaming the way we at Gambling911.com like it, chances are you have a mental disorder.
The latest Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders has identified gaming addiction as a disorder. Doctors contend that withdrawal symptoms when one stops playing games can lead to crankiness, agitation and crying.
Time.com Talks Online Gambling in NJ, Casino Buries $200 Grand in the Sand
These are the top gambling news stories here at Gambling911.com Friday June 28, 2013 (Afternoon EDT). Follow us on Twitter here.
*Time Magazine on Internet Gambling in the Garden State - Time Magazine (Time.com) has a feature Friday morning on the start of Atlantic City’s new online gambling industry.
Stop Internet Gambling: Site Claims a Click of the Mouse, You Lose Your House (Video)
Casino mogul Sheldon Adelson has just launched a website that opposes legalization of online gambling in the US. StopInternetGambling.com, a crude site that contends online gambling will ruin society, went live Thursday.
From the StopInternetGambling.com website:
'You're a F---ing Liar,' Mob Boss Tells Ex-FBI Agent
BOSTON – (Associated Press) - As former FBI agent John Morris described reputed gangster James "Whitey" Bulger's role as an informant who ratted on criminals, Bulger stared intently at Morris.
Then, Bulger swore, dropping the F-word.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Brian Kelly told Judge Denise Casper he heard Bulger say, "You're an effing liar," as Morris testified Thursday in Bulger's racketeering trial.
Macau Crime Fed by China Currency Control, Laak Late to One Drop
These are the top gambling news stories here at Gambling911.com Friday June 28, 2013 (AM EDT). Follow us on Twitter here.
Former FBI Agent Who Admitted to Taking Payoffs Will Testify at Whitey Bulger Trial
A former FBI agent who admitted taking $7,000 in payoffs from James "Whitey" Bulger has testified that his first meeting with Bulger was "more of a social meeting than business."
John Morris began testifying Thursday. He was a supervisor of former FBI agent John Connolly, who was convicted of racketeering and second-degree murder for leaking information to Bulger's gang.
Morris, who has been given immunity, has admitted protecting Bulger from prosecution.
$1M a Week Sports Betting Ring Broken Up, NJ Appeals Sports Betting Ban
These are the top gambling news stories here at Gambling911.com Thursday June 27, 2013 (AM EDT). Follow us on Twitter here.
*Arrests in New Jersey Million Dollar a Week Sports Betting Ring - 16 people have been charged with running an illegal sports betting operation out of Monmouth County, New Jersey.
NJ Sports Betting Case: Oral Arguments in NCAA v Christie Heard on Appeal
Nearly two hours of oral arguments were heard before the US 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia today regarding NCAA v Christie.
Legends Sports Associate Enters Plea, Online Poker Payment Solution Enters US
These are the top gambling news stories here at Gambling911.com Monday June 26, 2013 (AM EDT). Follow us on Twitter here.
Frank Sinatra Finally Makes Appearance at Whitey Bulger Trial
The wife of a man said to have been slain by Boston Mob boss James “Whitey” Bulger’s gang took the stand on Tuesday.
Gambling Ad Shown On Kid’s Television Network: Regulators Livid
A serious breach of regulations occurred May 25 as it was revealed that a gambling ad had run on both the Turner Cartoon Network and Boomerang Channel. Worse, they were shown during the prominent viewership period of between 6:42 and 8:42 am.
India Contemplates Legalized Sports Betting
(Reuters) - Like many visitors to the Casino Royale Goa on a rainy Saturday night on India's western coast, Salim Budhwani said he does not gamble but also had no objection to the betting at the busy tables downstairs.
Professor: Legalized Online Gambling in US Would Bring Jobs, Jobs, Jobs
There are several key reasons why Internet gambling should be completely legalized, says Matt Rousu, an associate professor of economics at Susquehanna University, writing an opinion piece for Forbes.com.
Whitey Bulger Denies He Was an FBI Informant
BOSTON — (Associated Press) - Excerpts from James “Whitey” Bulger’s FBI informant file presented to the jury at his racketeering trial Monday show Bulger secretly provided information on a variety of criminals, from members of the Italian Mafia to people in his own South Boston neighborhood.
