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Government Gambling Recs Cost Pokies Clubs $4 Billion
Gambling911.com special contributor Greg Tingle looks at the toll on Aussie pokies clubs should the government have its way with recent gambling-related recommendations.
Australian pokies clubs and hotels say that the new Australian Productivity Commission Reports recommendations would cost them $4 billion dollars to implement. Media Man and Gambling911 take the probe to the one armed bandits...with this free of charge report...
Australia Releases 2010 Gambling Report
As readers would be well aware by now, gaming and gambling, be it casino, poker, slots, sports betting, bingo, scratchies, online or offline, along with internet censorship, are a few of the hottes
Australian Casino And Gambling News: Huge Week
Readers, punters, media and gambling tycoons, and everyone else... yet another huge gambling, gaming and sports betting week.
Australian Political Challenge: PM Kevin Rudd VS Julia Gillard
Politics, media, new media website portals and gambling do mix.
California Poker Hearing Set for June 29
The California Senate Governmental Organization Committee has a hearing set for June 29 at 3:30 local time on proposed intrastate online poke legislation. The proposed legislation looks to make C
Australian Casino War Goes Soccer Mad With Guinness
The world famous Australian casino wars have taken on a new angle, with casino owners, media agents, whales and patrons catching World Cup soccer fever, with double dose of Soccer Roo Mania, a de
Crown Casino Aims To Sue Ex High-Roller Client Re $50m
Australian casinos do not like clients and former clients who owe them money.
Intralot Aussie Connection: My Big Fat Greek Profit Hole
Australia enjoys a largely positive history with our Greek friends. But, in recent years Intralot has impacted Australia's gaming sector in a less than stellar fashion.
Asia Pacific Gaming and Casino News
Australia and the Asia Pacific region remains a hot bed for casino, online casino, gaming, political and internet censorship news.
Star City Casino Hot Bed for Aussie Casino Cheats
Down under in Australia, land of the convicts, seems some of those criminal tendencies keep coming to the surface at land based casinos and pubs. As the "Friendly Casino War" continues between James Packer owned Crown Casino in Melbourne and Star City in Sydney, its seems apparent that Sin City's Star have more of a cheating clientele, or at least that's what the official numbers are showing. Media Man and Gambling911 put on our private detective coats and load up the plastic handcuffs and batons with this special report.
Harrah’s Opposes New Jersey Legalized Online Gambling
Assembly Bill 817, which would permit "in-person wagering at casinos on results of professional sports events, subject to voter approval," was held until Thursday for a committee vote.
Melbourne Catches Tiger Woods By The Tail
Tiger Woods, champion golf player and champion club, casino and woman player, is coming back to Melbourne for this year's Australian Masters.
Tzvetkoff Played Santa While Company Crumbled
Jailed Australian online gambling processing mogul Daniel Tzvetkoff apparently spent large sums of money buying Christmas presents for the children of employees while his company crumbled all aroun
Australian Casino Jewel Mildura: Christmas Is Coming
Down under in Australia, Mildura way in regional Victoria, the debate over a new casino development heats up. Media Ma and Gambling911 with the story...
Who will win? The casino "lovers" or the casino "haters"? Mildura is enjoying its own 'State Of Origin' type mini casino war, within its own country patch. It's not quite Crown Casino VS Sydney's Star City, but the passion and the size of the fight in the dogs is on the same level.
2010 WSOP: The British Are Coming!
British poker players are making out quite well at the 2010 World Series of Poker (WSOP).
France Issues Eleven Online Betting Licenses
PARIS (Reuters) - Eleven companies have been licensed and registered by the French government to conduct online betting on sports and horse races, as well as poker, the local regulatory authority s
Some NJ Lawmakers Betting on the Internet
Blackjack, baccarat, craps and other casino games featured in Atlantic City could become available on the Internet.
Australian Political Casino Wars
Australian casino "wars" continue, as a new political element enter the arena.
Gambling Giants Hold Macau Get-Together
Asia's leading gambling trade show and conference, Global Gaming Expo Asia, kicks off on Tuesday in Macau, the world's largest gambling center and the only place where casino gambling is legal in C
ECJ Out of Touch With Modern Consumer Says Right2Bet
RIGHT2BET has condemned yesterday's ECJ ruling in the Ladbrokes and Betfair cases against the Dutch Government and the country's monopoly operator, De Lotto.
Internet Gambling: Indiana Attorney General Not On Board
Indiana's Attorney General is steadfastly opposed to Internet gambling becoming legalized in his state.
Greg Zoeller announced on Friday that he opposes current federal bills that have reached Congress seeking to legalize Internet gambling, by licensing gaming operations under federal government control, Keith Loria of the Legal Newsline reports.
EU Court Says Countries Can Ban Online Gambling
(Reuters) - EU countries can ban online gambling if their aim is to combat fraud, Europe's highest court said on Thursday, dealing a blow to the multi-billion euro online betting industry seeking t
Senate Committee Approves New Jersey Online Gambling
By Juliet Fletcherstaff Writer, Press of Atlantic City
2014 Super Bowl in NJ Won’t Derail Sports Betting Efforts
New Jersey state lawmakers insist that the successful bid to land the 2014 Super Bowl in the state will not derail their efforts to bring legalized sports betting to NJ citizens.
State Senator Raymond Lesniak (D) said the Senate would vote next week on a measure to send the issue to a public referendum. "I don't believe they frown on [gambling] publicly because the Denver Broncos are playing the San Francisco 49ers in October at Wembley Stadium, and people will be betting right across the street from the stadium," said Lesniak, referring to a preseason game in London.
European Court Rules on Dutch Gambling Policy
Brussels, 3 June 2010: Today, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) rendered two preliminary rulings (1) addressing key questions relating to the compliance of the Dutch legislation
Australia Gets New Gambling Watchdog in Town: Woof!
Australian gambling remains politically red hot. With the changes in town comes a new watchdog...
California Votes to Legalize Online Poker
Realizing the horrid condition of its state economy with little hope of recovery without some serious cash infusion using creative means, the California legislature has voted to legalize online pok
What Is An Online Affiliate Program
Australia Media Man, Greg Tingle, offers up a self-promotion piece and answers, among many other questions, What is an online affiliate program? He also explores the latest happenings down under.
Greece Told To Get Off Euro: Odds Still Available
British economists have urged Greece to default on its €300 billion (£255 billion) debt in order to save the nation's economy. Greece is essentially being told to drop the euro.
The Centre for Economics and Business Research (CEBR), a London-based consultancy, has warned Greek ministers they will be unable to escape their debt trap without devaluing their own currency to boost exports, according to a Times Online report.
Should Greece choose to do so, experts believe other nations could quickly follow.
Aussie Racing Club Buys Pokies Clubs
The Australian gaming, igaming, racing and overall business sector continues to evolve, as the old adage of only the strong will survive continues to hold true.
