No gambling lords operating Small Town Lottery - PCSO
The Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) yesterday assured the House of Representatives that jueteng lords and illegal gambling operators have not been authorized to operate the Small Town Lottery (STL), adding that firms granted STL licenses are owned by businessmen of unassailable moral background.
Related Gambling News:
- Solons to PCSO: Keep gambling lords from STL
- Gibraltar’s gambling laws not as robust as in the UK, says House of Lords debate
- PNP chief dared to get top gambling lords
- Gambling lords frequent Malacañang visitors
- How will your firm survive the future?
- Man arrested for operating gambling establishment
- STL firm sued for illegal gambling
- Deal for Laughlin casinos tentatively OK’d
- Million-dollar idea started small — really small
- Small town lottery is still gambling: councilor
- Police protectors of gambling lords: Dad
- Former Appalachia councilman enters plea to gambling charges
Gambling history facts:
- The name blackjack came from an early bet (since discontinued) that paid 10 to 1 if the player got a jack of spades and an ace of spades, both black cards, as the first two cards.
- Men and women tend to have different preferences in their gambling. Men are more likely to gamble in games such as blackjack and lotteries and women are more likely to engage in bingo and raffles.
- 1951: On September 4, Frank Sinatra makes his Vegas debut, performing in the Crystal Room at the Desert Inn.
1959: Wayne Newton performs in Vegas for the first time, despite the fact that he is still too young to enter a casino. - 2000: MGM Grand Inc. stages the gaming industry's largest corporate buyout with its $6 million purchase of Mirage Resorts Inc.
2005: Las Vegas celebrates one illustrious century on May 15.
RSS feed
