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Online Gambling Archive April 2005
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Cost of Wynn Las Vegas Doesn't Faze Analysts
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| Even though Las Vegas developer Steve Wynn is building the most expensive resort ever, few industry insiders and experts are betting against him being able to make a profit on his new megaresort. |
Friday, 29 April 2005 |
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The First 50 Financial Investors and Gambling Companies Are Made Public
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| New report featuring in total 50 entries from the MECN gambling investment database. Only about 3 months after the start of the MECN gambling investment database, about 50 financial investors and companies active in the gambling industry have registered in the database. |
Thursday, 28 April 2005 |
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Gambling at 50: New report released by Research and Markets
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| In addition to its previous offerings, Research and Markets, a leading online source for international market research and data, released an updated report analyzing gambling tendencies of Americans aged fifty and over. |
Tuesday, 26 April 2005 |
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New Online Casino and Poker Room Released by Sportech
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| Sportech PLC, the UK’s leading home gaming company, and owner of Littlewoods Gaming, realeased new gaming opportunities with the outset of two new websites. These are expected to give a boost to the company’s already operating interactive betting product portfolio. |
Monday, 25 April 2005 |
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Gambling off the Coast Boasts Financial Gains
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| It was reported that gross gambling income on the Coast increased by $7.6 million during the month of March, while casinos along the Mississippi River demonstrated the opposite trend. |
Sunday, 24 April 2005 |
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Woman Robs Elderly Charge for Gambling
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| Beverly Bowler was charged by Exeter Crown Court for stealing thousands of dollars to feed her gambling habit. She was accused of taking the money from en elderly woman, named Elizabeth Cooper, who had been in her care. |
Saturday, 23 April 2005 |
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Illegal gambling charges rain down the mob boss assassin
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| Anthony Aillotta, 37, was charged in four gambling and loan-sharking crimes facing the Springfield District Court. More charges related to illegal gambling operations, in which he allegedly raked over $500,000 per month rained down upon him. |
Thursday, 21 April 2005 |
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New Orleans riverboat Gambling lures overseas visitors
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| The research conducted on New Orleans riverboat casinos revealed that gambling at five of them generated a windfall of $1.6 billion in business sales and over 20,000 jobs in metro Shreveport were added. On the whole, the 14 riverboats pump more than $455 million into the state coffer. |
Wednesday, 20 April 2005 |
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Video Gabling in New Hampshire is suspended
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| When New Hampshire video gambling was suspended for another year, the public might have thought that it was due Senate that has been attentive to the dangers associated with expanded gambling. They might have deemed that the General Attorney Kelley Ayotte and the N.H. Association of Chiefs stood behind this decision. |
Tuesday, 19 April 2005 |
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Singapore Gambling is amidst fierce debates
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| The fierce contention in ever growing travel industry is what triggered Singapore officials to go ahead with the drafting of the very first casino gambling project of the city-state. The analysts seem to project illuminating optimism saying that after month of negotiations the government is finally inclined towards giving its okay on this matter. |
Monday, 18 April 2005 |
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Sweepstakes - a Gambling Game or a product endorser?
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| Sweepstakes is the newest Internet gambling game making everybody topsy-turvy. The game, catered by Internet cafe, mimics casino games, only the keyboards are poised in the floor level basket. The players can purchase a long-distance phone cards loaded with sweepstakes points allowing them to play a variety of casino-type games and winning cash prizes. |
Sunday, 17 April 2005 |
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Gambling stocks fare much better
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| Canadian players are the first in line when it comes to gambling stocks. According to Robert Winslow, an analyst with Wellington West, who issued the report on the gaming industry, said things appear better and better. |
Saturday, 16 April 2005 |
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Detroit Gambling draws citizen’s attention
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| Despite the immediate popularity of Detroit casinos, praised by many gamblers, the establishment of permanent facilities was hurdled, due to the filed lawsuit over the casino’s bidding process. This, in turn, balked the development of surrounding casinos, hotels and other amenities. |
Friday, 15 April 2005 |
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Online Gambling has taken a new dimension
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| Global Casinos Mall is a new trend formed in the world of online gambling, designed to serve as a prerequisite attraction to players who have yet chosen a casino to play. High quality graphic designs coupled with dynamic menu, available both in Flash and HTML allow players to navigate easily within the variety of online gambling opportunities without the constantly rebounding pop-up ads. |
Thursday, 14 April 2005 |
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Online gambling legislation comes just on time
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| The latest announcement coming from UK is that it finally has taken up on specifying the regulating measures for online gambling. The leading provider of gaming software, Chartwell Technology cheered the new legislating passage, which sets forth the framework of regulatory means that would standardize the industry and provide a safe and secure environment for players. |
Wednesday, 13 April 2005 |
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The grant from Gambling Expansion Bill
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| Rep. Scott Raecker, the head of the House Ethics Committee, got wedged into an ethical entanglement by trying to seat on both chairs at the same time. While rummaging in the record of his previous deeds, it was revealed that he was responsible for the gambling expansion bill, while at the same time directing a nonprofit organization that expected subsidizing from a casino gambling operations. |
Tuesday, 12 April 2005 |
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Sex, Drugs and Gambling – a deadly triangle
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| It can no longer be denied that whether we want it or not, gambling has become an integral part of our life. Some visit casinos, some play bingo or bet on horses, others, wager on NCAA Tournament, but all of us are involved in essentially the same gambling activity. The recently raised questions are whether states like Ohio and Kentucky should enjoy from expanded gambling. |
Monday, 11 April 2005 |
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School finance plan hinders Kansas Gambling expansion
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| People in southeast Kansas want gambling! This is the ultimate message voters wish to pass to officials, and they are willing to face all the negative side effects that come along. A gambling plan, which has not gathered enough supporting voices, to pass in Senate, if passed, would allow casinos at five resorts across the state. |
Sunday, 10 April 2005 |
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American Online gambling pending the WTO decision
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| American online gambling is at stake pending the decision of the World Trade Organization on whether United States should allow Americans to wager over the Internet casinos, or not. U.S. residents could be allowed to participate in the offshore online gambling, provided that the panel declines the Washington gambling. |
Saturday, 9 April 2005 |
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Crime and Gambling – siblings or not?
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| According to a number of sources, a new breed of criminals is arising with the growing popularity of gambling industry. Though the charges remain virtually the same the causes inducing a person to act in this way have slightly diverted from the traditional path. Interestingly enough, individuals who have never been associated with illicit activities, were starting to appear before the judge, charged with theft and fraud, because of their gambling addiction. |
Friday, 8 April 2005 |
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Delhi Gambling machines put on disguise
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| The police in Delhi did a thorough job raiding on what allegedly was a video game facility for children. Police officers were taken by surprise when, instead, they detected casino gambling devices, sprawled in all their glory. The owners of the parlor were immediately seized. |
Thursday, 7 April 2005 |
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Gambling fresh on the outside, rotten on the inside
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| Ontario has come up with an original idea to plant special kiosks in casino parlour, designed for players with serious gambling issues, who need to chill out for a moment in privacy to. These gamblers usually have hard time withstanding appealing advertisements pointing to the emptiness of life without gambling indulgences, or detach from suicidal thoughts, while gambling away their family’s savings. |
Wednesday, 6 April 2005 |
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Singapore gambling addiction is tackled in spite of the odds
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| Gambling addiction does not seem to spare even Singapore citizens. The Minister of Community Development, Youth and Sports, Vivian Balakrishnan contended that extra measures will be undertaken to decrease the apparently thriving gambling addiction in the country. One of such measures presupposes the launch of community addiction program at the Institute of Mental Health. |
Tuesday, 5 April 2005 |
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Gambling legalization is humbly looming for the Texas folks
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| The much tempting prospects of casino gambling are lurking in the background. Proponents argue that additional $1billion could be easily generated from such operations without the need to raise taxes, or alternatively curtail budget cuts. |
Monday, 4 April 2005 |
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Table gambling may stabilize West Virginia’s budget woes
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| A year ago, West Virginia’s coffer began to cry out for a solution to alleviate its woes. One of the options was legalization of table gambling at the state’s four racetracks. Meanwhile, the legalized video gambling in Pennsylvania results in more gamblers flocking onto Pennsylvania sites, rather than West Virginia racetracks. This could translate into annual losses, amounting to $100 million in gambling proceeds due to the fierce competition. |
Sunday, 3 April 2005 |
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Gambling – a saint or a devil?
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| There are some that believe that Texas is loosing much of its power to the neighboring states who allow gambling activities. Critics argue that those states have a crippling economy because of the gambling, and legalizing it would be a grave mistake that might lead to detrimental consequences. |
Saturday, 2 April 2005 |
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Gambling issues stress out the board and governor
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| The Illinois Gaming Board and Gov. Rod Blagojevich have not had a good start as they had a series of run-ins on the matter of casino gambling. The board’s new chairman, Aaroin Jaffe a little more than a week on the post said that he sensed there is a mismatch in the interests that needs to be urgently addressed. The board has autonomous responsibilities, but it is dominated by the governor’s Revenue Department that controls the budget and hiring. |
Friday, 1 April 2005 |
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