2008 May 13 Gambling News, Events and Happenings - Page 3

After years of speculation about an off-track betting parlor coming to Hoffman Estates, a gaming company on Monday unveiled plans for one inside Poplar Creek Bowl to a lukewarm reaction by the village board.

HANOI, VIETNAM: Vietnamese authorities have arrested two journalists who reported aggressively on a major gambling and bribery scandal that prompted the resignation of the transportation minister, state media reported Tuesday (13 May).

Real-time web applications company Kaazing and Sun Microsystems have announced an alliance to deliver an advanced Web 2.0 development platform for real-time applications including trading systems, betting and gambling applications, and interactive sports and news broadcasts.

Casino boats operating out of South Carolina do not have to report how much money they take in each month to the state Revenue Department, the state Supreme Court has ruled. The court Monday overturned an administrative law judges ruling requiring the boats to report gross proceeds and payouts from gambling machines. The justices agreed with the operators of SunCruz Casinos that state law …

Legislation that will more than double the allowable payouts at bingo games can’t beat the power of real casinos to draw the gamblers, CMU researchers and firefighters say.

Researchers at the University of Buffalo’s Research Institute on Addictions released the results of a recent study this week, showing that an estimated 750 000 American teens and young adults are problem gamblers, reports the Wshington Post.

Gibraltar online gambling group 888.com’s inexorable march forward into innovative new gaming partnerships saw it sign its third partnership in a month this week in a strategic deal with the London-based interactive gaming content provider Electracade.

Ethoca, the international network for collaborative fraud management, has welcomed to its ranks the Gibraltar-based online gambling group Mansion.

Could it be that the Greek government’s policy of restricting access to its gambling market is about to undergo a change? That was the question on Internet gambling observer’s lips this week as Greek media reports from reputable publications like the Greek Herald and Reporter Net carried a brief story on a meeting scheduled for next week between European Commission enforcement chief Charlie McCreevy and Greek economic minister George Alogoskoufis.