Posts Tagged ‘gambling’
German gambling monopoly ‘unjustifiable’, EU court says - Update
Luxembourg - A German state monopoly on most forms of gambling is "unjustifiable" and must be ended at once because it is neither consistent nor systematically applied, the European Union`s top court said in a shock judgement Wednesday.German gambling monopoly is ‘unjustifiable’, EU court says
Luxembourg - A German state monopoly on most forms of gambling is "unjustifiable" and must be ended at once because it is neither consistent nor systematically applied, the European Union's top court ruled Wednesday.Number of Czechs treated for gambling on the rise
Prague, Sept 7 (CTK) - A total of 1435 people were treated for gambling addiction in the 10.5 million Czech Republic last year, which is almost 20 percent more than in 2003, according to the data of the Czech Institute of Health Information and Statistics (UZIS).Illegal gambling arrests continue
Illegal gambling continues to be a problem in Iloilo City as evidenced in the arrest of a bet collector of “first-two balls” numbers game this week.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
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.Worldwide, breast cancer represents one in ten of all cancers among women, with the exception of ...Gambling on breast scans: Monte Carlo analysis could help reduce number of cancers missed by mammography
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 new research.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.[...]Are Canada, online gambling a good fit?
As the provinces increasingly look to lucrative online gambling as a potential new source of revenue, they will no doubt consider the success of one global Internet giant that had used a legal loophole to set up shop in Canada.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?
