Wonder why the state has to spend so much time discussing gambling. Gambling is serious, yet it shouldn’t be so consuming. Despite the state-sanctioned lottery, which benefits education in a limited manner, and betting on horse races, Ohio residents regularly have voted down more gambling. Yet every time they want to stay out, they get […]
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Behrouz Foroughi is suing an Australian casino for his massive losses after he placed himself on an “exclusion list” and was still allowed to return to the casino to gamble. Behrouz Foroughi, 43, originally from Iran, lost more than $600,000 playing roulette at the Star City Casino in Sydney. He volunteered to be banned from […]
The European Union today told the United States that it is joining the countries of Antigua and Barbuda in desiring compensation for the U.S. ban on foreign online gambling sites. The Internet gambling ban in the United States goes against a WTO ruling that says the US cannot claim a moral high ground for its new law […]
The manager of a Manhattan card room was arrested after gunmen robbed an allegedly illegal poker parlor that has attracted its share of celebrity players. The New York Daily News said the thieves got away with about $50,000 from the poker den at The National CardRoom on the Upper East Side. The newspaper said the […]
The Korean Ministry of Information and Communication announced last Friday that it will toughen monitoring measures on online gambling, including online poker, reported the Korea Herald. The ministry said it will work with related government agencies, including the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, the National Police Agency and the Information and Communication Ethics Committee, in […]
Belgian youth start gambling at a very young age. A survey among 2,000 young people between the ages of 10 and 17 indicates that 40 percent had already played casino games for money at some point. The average age at which they started playing games of chance was 11. “Since playing for money is strictly […]
Antigua and Barbuda said it’s entitled to $3.44 billion in compensation from the U.S. in a World Trade Organization dispute over an American ban on Internet gambling. The compensation would be in the form of Antigua withdrawing intellectual property protection for U.S. trademarks, patents and industrial designs, the government said in a statement. We feel […]
Bodog has been hit by multiple slow pay complaints following the slow down in payout performance of the last few months. (Bodog management tells that the problem is being addressed and will soon be resolved.) The past few months have been characterized by the mounting volume of slow pay complaints filed by players against online […]
In response to recent comments made by Ultimate Fighting Championship president Dana White, Bodog Fight founder Calvin Ayre is pleased to extend a once-in-a-lifetime offer to his mixed martial arts rival. White’s unfortunate public diatribe included slanderous comments about the Canadian billionaire, referring to the online gaming mogul as a “criminal”. The notoriously bald UFC promoter goes […]
The Gambling Commission has set out how it will monitor and regulate the activities of British gambling operators, and the action it will take against those who fail to comply with its rules or who run illegal gambling operations. From September next year the Commission will have substantial new powers under the Gambling Act 2005, […]