Sep
25
Poker - still in the news! Check out the below.
EU urged to reject US offer over gambling (Financial Times)
Sep
24
Gambling 2007!- still in the headlines! Look at the below.
Tim Henman has raised concerns about the problems of betting in tennis. The former British number one, who retired at the weekend, says he has heard of players being asked to influence the outcome of matches.Tim Henman raises gambling concerns (Times Online)
LONDON (Reuters) - Tim Henman has warned that increasing betting in tennis could risk the integrity of the sport. Henman, 33, the former world number four, says in an interview with BBC television’s Inside Sport program to be broadcast on Monday that he has heard of players being asked to influence the outcome of matches.Henman warns tennis must guard against gambling scams (Reuters)
Tim Henman tells the BBC’s Inside Sport he believes betting is endangering the integrity of tennis.Henman raises tennis betting fear (BBC News)
IRELAND — As reported by the BBC: “Ronan O’Gara has described allegations that he has had gambling and marital problems as ‘despicable’. “In answer to reports that appeared in the French media…, O’Gara denied he has accumulated large debts through betting on horse racing.Monday September 24, 2007 - 17:00 EST (Rolling Good Times)
Judge’s concern over pokies (The Courier Mail)
Sep
24
Gambling addictions and pain - still in the news. Read about it below.
BOSTON - Gov. Deval Patrick’s casinos plan is getting mixed reviews and raising questions among local legislators. With concerns over gambling addiction, quality of life and impact on the lottery, few are ready to endorse the plan.Support for Casino plan is a gamble (The Daily News Transcript)
A new report says problem gambling levels in the UK are the same as they were eight years ago.UK gambling addiction ’stable’ (Channel 4)
It was the first day of July 2000 when I came stumbling through the door of my first Gamblers Anonymous meeting. I was an absolute wreck, filled with self-loathing and self-pity, and enough hopelessness to fill the entire room with doom and gloom.An anonymous story of addiction (Nevada Appeal)
FRENCH LICK, Ind. — One of Canada’s top gambling researchers told casino and lottery executives and problem-gambling counselors and prevention advocates yesterday that many of the methods now aimed at preventing problem gambling miss the mark.Gambling treatment questioned (Louisville Courier-Journal)
Gambling addicts most at risk from web (Times Online)
Sep
22
Did you hear the following about the current Gambling things lately?
London, Sep 20 (ANI): UK is emerging as the nation of gamblers for a new study has found that almost 284,000 Britons are hooked to casinos and spread betting - which is more than the number addicted to heroin. The report said that there are particularly acute problems among punters who bet on newer and fast-growing forms of gambling such as online casinos and spread betting. The Gambling …More Brits ‘addicted’ to gambling than to heroin: Study (ANI via Yahoo! India News)
Spread betting is one of the fastest-growing forms of gambling. It is dangerous because, while if you put a fiver on the 3.30 at Wincanton, you can only lose a fiver, losses on a ??5 spread bet are potentially unlimited.The perils of spread-betting (Times Online)
Problem gambling is not getting worse, a study showed on Wednesday, but spread betting and video machines in bookmakers’ shops are now the biggest areas of concern.Problem gambling changing but not rising (Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)
Online gambling and spread-betting are now the highest risk areas of addiction for problem gamblers, according to a survey published yesterday.Gambling addicts most at risk from web (Times Online)
LONDON (Reuters) - Spread betting and FOBTs, the video betting machines in bookmakers’ shops, are the biggest causes of problem gambling, a study by Britain’s Gambling Commission showed on Wednesday.Spread betting and FOBTs biggest problems (Reuters.co.uk)
It appears that more people in the United Kingdom are addicted to gambling than to heroin, as a new research study shows.New Research Shows Alarming Compulsive Gambling Figures (Online Poker News)
A visit to Twinspires.com, a website operated by the owners of the Kentucky Derby, offers a reassuring message to betting enthusiasts worried about whether online gambling on horses is legal.Online horse betting groups defiant (Financial Times)
London, Sep 20 : UK is emerging as the nation of gamblers for a new study has found that almost 284,000 Britons are hooked to casinos and spread betting - which is more than the number addicted to heroin.More Brits ‘addicted’ to gambling than to heroin: Study (New Kerala)
Robbery at Poker Tournament (WRCB Chattanooga)
Sep
21
Poker and fun - still in the news! Read about it below.
WEAVERVILLE - The North Buncombe High School Future Farmers of America will hold a benefit poker run beginning at noon Sept. 22, rain or shine. The event raises funds to help the FFA attend more competitions and conventions during this school year.Poker run to benefit N. Buncombe FFA (Asheville Citizen-Times)
Greenville County deputies dealt out a few citations at an illegal poker game on Wednesday.Deputies Bust Illegal Poker Game (WYFF via Yahoo! News)
Popular online poker site, Bodog, was forced to change its name to NewBodog.com after they failed to show up at a patent-dispute trial in Nevada, prompting the judge to suspend its domain, Bodog.com.Popular Online Poker Site Changing Names Due To Patent Dispute (Addict 3D)
Chattanooga police need your help to find three suspects who held up the Knights of Columbus hall at gunpoint this morning. Victims say they had been playing a points only poker tournament all night when the men came in just after six.Robbery at Poker Tournament (WRCB Chattanooga)
This morning around 6:15 am at the Knights of Columbus hall at 7617 Lee Highway 3 men entered the building and robbed several people at gun point. The occupants were participating in a poker tournament that had been going on all night.Poker Players Robbed (WTVC Chattanooga)
The last person charged in relation to illegal poker games at a Corner Brook bar last fall has been sentenced in provincial court.Conditional sentence handed down in poker case (Corner Brook The Western Star)
Chattanooga Police investigate an armed robbery??during an all night poker tournament. read moreChattanooga Poker Club Tournament Robbery In Chattanooga (WDEF Chattanooga)
Excitement continues to build, and so does the list of celebrities joining the inaugural All-Star Poker Challenge at Spotlight 29 Casino. Actors Rodney Grant and Sonny Skyhawk and sports legend Fred “The Hammer” Williamson have joined the line-up, as has TV personality Stephany Hurkos.Excitement Builds as Even More Stars Join Line Up for Spotlight 29 Casino’s All-Star Poker Challenge (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Celebrate the Nevada Day holiday early and play in a no-limit, Texas Hold-em Poker Tournament to benefit Western Nevada College baseball.WNC baseball poker event is October 25 (Nevada Appeal)