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Well Here They Go Again, Minnesota Legislators Trying to Raise Money Through Video Slots (If at First You Don’t Succeed, Try Tray…etc)

Anyone who’s been reading my posts for the past few years knows that I’ve been following this story …. it’s just so fascinating to see states that are running deficits trying to make it up through gambling. I am not opposed to this at all. The more opportunities I have to play what I want, [...]

New Jersey Governor Vetos Online Gambling Bill, Damn it

Remember a few weeks ago I  talked about New Jersey becoming the first state to legalize intra-state online gambling? Well, scratch that thought. Gov. Chris Christie, he of the hefty heft, vetoed the bill this week. Damn it,  declaring it would break the state’s constitutional limits

Hey, All You State Legislators Out There (Reading This)… Legalize Online Gambling, And You Can Balance Your State Budgets

Now here is something interesting I read the other day. It was a report put out by a group (I’d never heard of) called the Global Betting and Gaming Consultants (GBGC). The report said the online gambling market in 2010 increased by twelve percent to $29.3 billion dollars. Pretty amazing, huh? Such an incredible growth rate [...]

Advantages of betting in online casinos

All online casino sites that we find available today on the network, base their service on providing full satisfaction to all his players, and while this is a general rule that applies in any market or business, online casino benefits and advantages for users highlight a special way, making each player enjoy every game and [...]

Frenchman in Court: Drugs Made Me Gamble, Turn to Gay Sex

Now here is a clever excuse for an addiction to online gambling…and gay sex. A Mr. Didier Jambart, 51, of Nantes, France, is suing the British pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline, sayng the drug he took to treat his Parkinson’s symptoms…a drug called Requip, “turned him into a gambling and gay sex addict.”

Whatta Day in the U.S.A.! New Jersey Lawmakers Pass Law to License and Regulate Online Poker (Gambling)

Just a few hours ago I wrote about what was going on in New Jersey. Well, it happened. So here we are … at a momentous time. Mark down January 10, 2011, as an historic day for online poker. And online gambling. New Jersey became the first state to pass legislation to license and regulate [...]

I’m Keeping My Eye on New Jersey, Where Lawmakers Could Make Online Gambling Legal This Week

Once again, money talks. In New Jersey, where the government is facing huge deficits, it seems likely that legislators will go forward with a bill to in effect legalize online gambling. The bill is A-2570. And if I’m not incorrect, it will be debated this week in the state legislature. The online gambling bill is [...]

Gibralter Raising Tax Rates on Online Gambling Firms Based in the British Territory

Many of the online gambling sites I visit have their headquarters in Gibralter, a U.K. territory, but that may all change because the government has announced that it will be drastically inflating its taxes on all online gambling firms starting in January. This is a decision that could prove costly for several online poker sites. Especially [...]

Viva Italia! WSOP Coming to the Great Country of Italy

To the thousands of you who read this posting every week, you KNOW how I hate regurgitating press releases, but on rare occasion I find them interesting. They are self serving bullshit, usually. But now this one…. seems like Caesars Interactive Entertainment, Inc., has announced a long-term agreement with Microgame S.p.A. for the Italian poker market [...]

Effort to Legalize Online Gambling Moves Forward in California

The push to legalize online gambling — in the form of online poker, online casino, etc. — is continuing in multiple states around the U.S. The latest news is out of Southern California, where some tribes with large casinos are pushing for government legislation that would legalize online gambling. To be fair, other tribes in [...]

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