Gambling
Bracket Pools for March Madness Could Be Illegal
Reported by: Lindsey Ashcraft, My Fox 34 Lubbock, Texas
Macau Leader Pressures Casino Operators
By KATE O'KEEFFE And JONATHAN CHENG, www.wsj.com
Another Online Casino Affiliate Program Goes Bust
Blue Square is closing its "old affiliate system". The question begs... was it too good, or too bad?
"For my money there's less than a dozen gaming, igaming and sports betting affiliate programs worth joining on a global scale," says Greg Tingle of Media Man Int. "That's why Media Man also does media, PR and other business ventures. There's so much room for improvement in the affiliate sector its not funny."
Here is the notice from Blue Square:
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Man Sentenced for Bilking $7M From Casinos
SAN DIEGO (Associated Press) -- A San Diego man who led a card-cheating ring that bilked dozens of casinos out of $7 million was sentenced Monday to nearly six years in federal prison.
Phuong Quoc Truong has acknowledged leading the ring, known as the "Tran Organization," that targeted 27 casinos across the country, including three American Indian casinos near San Diego. The operation began in 2002.
Poker and the NFL: Not a Sustainable Marriage
PokerNews.com questioned the concept of poker players supporting the National Football League (NFL), a professional sp
Super Bowl in New Jersey 2014?
The NFL may be looking at ways to stop New Jersey from moving forward with its attempts to have sports betting legalized in that state. The carrot in this case will be to offer a Super Bowl at th
States Go All In: Expand Gambling to Plug The Budget
By MICHAEL J. CRUMB (AP)
Odds on Papal Resignation: Who Will Be Next Pope?
With the latest Catholic Church sex abuse scandal hitting a little close to home, odds on a Papal resignation have now been released by Ireland's biggest bookmaker,
Gang-Related Shooting Injures 2 in Cali Casino
Authorities have arrested the alleged gunman in the gang-related shooting of two teenagers at an Amador County casino.
Fantasy Games Exempt From Gambling Crime Bill
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In Las Vegas NCAA Tournament Really is March Madness
BY Rich O'Malley, NY DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER
Last year, for the first time in six years, I did the responsible thing.
I stayed home.
Every year since 2003, I had religiously made my pilgrimage to Las Vegas - including once BY MYSELF when everyone bailed on me - to watch the first weekend of the NCAA Tournament at various sportsbooks along The Strip.
But last year, I purchased a house with my wife, so I did what any sane, married 30-something who had just bought a house would do.
I broke the streak.
Online Gambling: Okay To Play Facebook Page Launched
In an aggressive move by online gambling interests, a new Facebook page has been launched with the goal to have some 200,000 fans in the next several months. Websites in the sector are being enco
Man Attacks at Australia Casino: More Online Gambling News
A man has been questioned by police after a bouncer was allegedly head-butted at Burswood Casino in the early hours of yesterday morning.
Ladbrokes Limits Players Bets to 1 Euro Max
If you win, you're limits often get cut, especially at the European online sportsbooks. Just ask one poor customer of Ladbrokes.
NCAA Basketball Tournament 2010: Get Ready to Bet
For sports bettors throughout the United States, Sunday night will begin a five day frenzy of placing bets, organizing office pools and entering million dollar bracket contests like those found at
Australia: Internet In Peril as Big Brother Is Still Watching
Gaming, news media, entertainment and freedom of expression fans, your Internet is in danger, at least if you'r one of our Australian readers.
Poll Finds Most Americans Oppose Internet Gambling
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. - (Associated Press) - A new poll finds most Americans oppose Internet and half oppose sports betting, but many have gambled themselves at a casino.
The Fairleigh Dickinson University PublicMind poll found two-thirds of those surveyed oppose changing the law to allow bets to be placed over the Internet, and 53 percent oppose allowing bets on the outcome of professional or college sporting events.
Stateside Bookies, Costa Rica Business Indicted
A federal indictment unsealed today charged four men and two companies with running an illegal gambling business that attracted about $3.6 million in bets over three years.
Gerlarmo Cammisano, 56, James J. Moretina, 60, James L. Dicapo, 57, and Michael J. Lombardo, 54, each were charged with violations of federal gambling laws in the 23-count indictment returned Tuesday in Kansas City.
Hard Rock Hotel and Casino CEO Death Ruled a Suicide
TMZ.com was reporting that law enforcement had informed the popular website that the Las Vegas Hard Rock Hotel and Casino CEO Andrew (Randy) Kwasniewski was found dead yesterday of
Mirapex Causes Gambling Addiction? Man Sues
A Las Vegas man has filed suit against the drug Mirapex's manufacturers, Boehringer Ingelheim, Pfizer, Pharmacia Corp., and Pharmacia & Upjohn Co.
EU Court Advice Concerns Local Gambling Businesses
GIBRALTER CHRONICLE
Gibraltar Government is being urged by the gaming industry to consider a more proactive stance, possibly intervention in court action, following a recent opinion expressed by the European Court of Justice Advocate General, Paulo Mengozzi, that mutual recognition of national licences for games of chance is not viable as European Union law now stands, it has emerged.
Hard Rock Hotel Hotel Executive Dead From Gunshot Wound
The CEO of The Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas was found dead from a gunshot wound.
Is Online Gambling a Good Bet for Florida?
TAMPA, FL -- Online casinos are based in Antigua, the United Kingdom, and the British Isles, pretty much anywhere you can think of except for the United States.
Hand Grenade Thrown at Home of Intralot CEO
This past weekend marked an uptick in crime aimed at the gambling sector. First, a brazen robbery took place during an international poker tournament in Berlin on Saturday (most of which was caug
Australia Gambling News and Findings Mixed Reviews
It's been a painstaking process, but Gambling911 via the Media Man down under in Aussie Land, has got their hands on some interesting data of substance, released by our "friends" at the N
No Consensus in EU Yet on Remote Gaming Industry
Times of Malta
Ivan Camilleri, Brussels
Online Gambling Likely to Take in €5 billion on One Small Isle
€5 billion, now that's a lot of money. These are the projections for the online gambling industry. But when one considers that figure is just limited to one tiny island in the Mediterranean S
St. Petersburg Times: Proposed Gambling Deal Good for Florida
(Times Editorial) The Legislature and the Seminole Indian Tribe appear close to
The Rise and Near Fall of World Sports Exchange (WSEX.com)
What used to be one of the most trusted and reliable online sportsbooks, World Sports Exchange (WSEX.com), has been getting hammered over the past 6 months by the folks at
10-Year Old Goldbet Joins Microgaming Online Poker
The Goldbet online gambling group, in operation now since 2000, have selected Microgaming as its new network for allowing customers to play online poker. The Austrian bookmaker uses proprietary s
