Posts Tagged ‘Casino Gambling’
Tracking gambling addiction in Arkansas
Arkansas' first lottery ticket was sold on Sept. 28, 2009 - despite opposition from some groups that it would - among other things - create gambling addictions. But has that prediction come true?Gambling and the Law: In defense of lobbysts
"Okay, you've convinced me. Now go out there and bring pressure on me." --- President Franklin D. Roosevelt Lobbyists, and their clients, "special interests," often get a bum rap.More and more people in Ontario need help with gambling
Providing treatment for problem gambling is an escalating challenge. When provincial governments began legalizing casinos and VLTs in the early 1990s, operators made a boatload of profits, according to Statistics Canada.[...]Mobile gambling to surpass $48 billion by 2015, report says
A new report published today by Juniper Research has found that a combination of mobile casino, lottery and betting service launches in major emerging markets led by China allied to liberalization of remote gambling legislation across the US and Europe will see the scale of annual wagers on mobile gambling exceed $48 billion by 2015.Gambling on breast scans
( Inderscience Publishers ) A mathematical tool known as a Monte Carlo analysis could help improve the way X-rays are used for mammography and reduce the number of breast cancers missed by the technique as well as avoiding false positives, according to research published this month in the International Journal of Low Radiation.Gambling addiction controlled his life
Jeremy started gambling at school football and hockey pools when he was 11. At 16, he went to his first racetrack, fibbing to his parents about his whereabouts.Gambling Council
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) - A former president of the board of the Delaware Council on Gambling Problems says he was removed from the board after... Visit WMDT.com for the full storyMatch-fixing: Why is the Gambling Commission so anonymous?
• Gambling Commission yet to make prosecution in three years • Lack of action attracting criticism despite snooker inquiries The Gambling Commission celebrated its third birthday yesterday. Since its inception on 1 September 2007 to investigate match-fixing in British sport the number of cases it has successfully prosecuted amounts to zero. Not a single one. It is unlikely that this means the ...Legal Internet gambling may help big casino firms, hurt small ones
Although major U.S. casino companies see a potential gold mine in legalizing Internet gambling, some operators of small, neighborhood casinos in Nevada — which make up most of the properties in the world’s largest concentration of gambling halls — see problems.Economy, problem gambling a bad mix
As college football season gears up and the National Football League finishes its preseason schedule in a struggling economy, a Green Bay-based gambling awareness group says calls to its helpline are near record levels.
