Gambling News by House of Odds

BRUSSELS, Oct 23, 2007 (AFP) - The European Commission expressed concern Tuesday about the arrest of a chief executive of international online betting firm Unibet, who was picked up on a warrant issued by French authorities.EU CONCERNED ABOUT ONLINE GAMING CHIEF'S ARREST IN FRENCH GAMBLING CASE (The Tocqueville Connection)

THE HAGUE, Oct 23, 2007 (AFP) - The head of international online betting firm Unibet has been arrested in the Netherlands on a French warrant, triggering concern Tuesday in Brussels about a possible breach of EU law.ONLINE BETTING CHIEF ARRESTED IN FRENCH GAMBLING CASE (The Tocqueville Connection)

Vancouver anti-gambling activists are outraged over a new B.C. Lottery game that offers 100 pairs of tickets to the 2010 Olympics opening ceremonies. But Olympic committee CEO John Furlong yesterday defended the $5-a-ticket, scratch-and-win game, which gives profits to support amateur sport.New SportsFunder lottery criticized (Vancouver Province)

Internet poker players are raising the stakes in Washington. Threatened by a federal law that restricts online gambling, the Poker Players Alliance, a two-year-old lobbying group that says it represents 800,000 poker enthusiasts nationwide, plans on pressing Congress this week to consider several new bills that would exempt poker from the law or regulate the gaming industry.Poker Players Fight Online Gaming Ban (AP via Yahoo! Finance)

Seven men were charged yesterday with running a sports betting enterprise across Rockland as part of an Internet gambling ring that officials estimated raked in hundreds of thousands of dollars annually.Seven arrested in Rockland on gambling charges (The Journal News)