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Xerox Corp plans to buy Affiliated Computer Services Inc for $5.5 billion to move into the outsourcing business, but shares of the printing company plunged on concerns that it was gambling on a major shift in strategy.

A casino proposal that proponents claim will create tens of thousands of jobs will simply cause money to change hands and replace established jobs, according to an economic study released Tuesday.

DENVER (AP) Colorado gambling regulators are lowering their forecast for how much they expect casino-tax revenue to rise in the first year of higher betting limits, longer hours and new games.

Associated Press - September 29, 2009 11:14 AM ET DENVER (AP) - Colorado gambling regulators are lowering their forecast for how much they expect casino-tax revenue to rise in the first year of.

A new in-patient facility in Washington State aims to treat people who are addicted to Internet use and video game playing.

Ian McIlwraith looks at the top of the salary mountain and how the big packages break down.

A federal appeals court denied Delaware's request to get its sports gambling case heard by the full panel on Tuesday, a ruling that all but ends that state's legal fight to establish unlimited betting.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - A planned Thursday start to gambling at the historic Greenbrier resort is far from a sure bet. State Lottery Commission workers are at the White Sulphur Springs resort working to get the property ready to add gambling to its list of amenities.

Real Madrid are extending its shirt sponsorship deal with Austrian gambling operator bwin.

DOVER, Del. (AP) Gentleman, stop your wagering. The idea of putting $5 to win on the No. 5 has gone bust at Dover.

Across the USA News from every state

It is all too easy to get dazzled by the facades of high politics and state policy, to be taken up with tactics, metrics, movements, trends, with ideologies and philosophies, as if the life of the world was actually conducted on this elevated plane.

Tech-savvy scammers rake in fortune flogging fake pills, software and luxury goods.

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The Hungarians have found a surprising solution to the ongoing global financial crisis, by playing online poker to make a living, Reuters has reported.

The News Hole by Van Smith: As recounted in court documents made public yesterday in Maryland's U.S. District Court, federal authorities seized the contents of six Wachovia Bank accounts held by a company called Forshay Enterprises, Inc., saying the accounts hold gambling proceeds involved in money laundering. The move follows.

Many Oklahoma public schools have launched now-required financial literacy education, with instruction beginning as early as seventh grade.By 2014, Oklahomas graduating seniors must have competed coursework in the basics of balancing a checkbook, budgeting and saving, investing, Internet shopping, gambling and other financial matters that most adults need to know. Schools can create a specific .

A new statewide poll in Ohio shows strong support for a ballot issue that will allow Casino in the state.

Hershey: Gambling can be a risky bet for states

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As China prepares to celebrate the 60th anniversary of communist rule this week, the one-party system looks more and more unlikely to last another 60. Questions about who will succeed Chinese President Hu Jintao in 2012 are increasing because two coalitions of almost equal power are jockeying for position. On one side are populists like Hu himself and Premier Wen Jiabao, who want to improve .

The News Hole by Van Smith: As recounted in court documents made public yesterday in Maryland's U.S. District Court, federal authorities seized the contents of six Wachovia Bank accounts held by a company called Forshay Enterprises, Inc., saying the accounts hold gambling proceeds involved in money laundering. The move follows.

A former Westpac bank manager who stole more than $460,000 during a 20-year period was jailed for three years today.

BERLIN, Maryland -- As reported by the Washington Post: "Maryland officials are poised to award the state's first slot machine gambling license to the Ocean Downs racetrack, a move its owner has said would allow betting to begin at the Eastern Shore location as early as Memorial Day weekend, according to several sources familiar with the process.

HONG KONG, China -- As reported by Reuters: "Wynn Resorts, the world's third-largest casino operator by market value, said on Wednesday that it does not expect new casinos set to open in Singapore to be a threat to its Asia business.

Gambling industry leaders and experts in problem gambling are gathering in Boston to discuss policy options as the state considers proposals to expand gaming in Massachusetts. Monday's conference at the Suffolk Downs horse track is co-sponsored by the Massachusetts Partnership for Responsible Gambling and the Massachusetts Council on Compulsive Gambling aimed at state policy makers and the .

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An increased focus on the benefits of Internet gambling regulation are expected as the Senate Finance Committee considers a proposal introduced on Saturday to use Internet gambling revenue to offset the costs of health care reform.

James Packer believes VIP gambling on credit will hit the jackpot, writes John Garnaut in Macau.

Life's working out pretty well for 27-year-old Ryan Cannon. The Livonia native married wife Jill Aug. 28, with a reception at the Mayflower Meeting House in Plymouth. On the work front, he's been with NFL.com for about two years, keeping the popular National Football League Web site fan-friendly.

Maryland awarded its first license for slot machine gambling Wednesday, giving Ocean Downs racetrack on the Eastern Shore permission to operate up to 800 machines as early as Memorial Day.

HARRISBURG -- State lawmakers are moving closer to legalizing poker, blackjack and roulette at Pennsylvania casinos and setting the fees they may have to pay: a one-time, upfront licensing fee of $15 million and a tax rate of 18 percent on gross table revenue.

Working over deadline usually prompts hasty compromises and quick decisions, but Gov. Rendell and the Pennsylvania legislature took their sweet time agreeing on a state budget, which was announced last Friday. As the last state to do so, their "deal-making" is hardly something to applaud.

Wayne Gretzky has resigned as coach of the Phoenix Coyotes. Gretzky's departure had been rumored as the bankruptcy court battle between Canadian billionaire Jim Balsillie and the NHL over the sale of the financially troubled team dragged on. Gretzky confirmed he was leaving on his Web site.

A legislator said Thursday that the General Assembly should consider having Arkansas gambling houses in Hot Springs and West Memphis pay for services for problem gamblers so the state lottery wont have to shoulder the full burden.

Two more area men were ordered into custody Wednesday for refusing to testify in front of a federal grand jury in Kansas City.

Experts disagree over online gambling. A new survey of over 9,000 gamblers in the UK has indicated that gambling addiction is ten times more prevalent in online casinos than it is at land based venues.

Tazewell County Board Chairman David Zimmerman officially announced his opposition to video gambling within Tazewell County Monday in a memo addressed to his fellow board members. In reaction to Gov. Pat Quinns recent signing of legislation that legalized video poker throughout the state as part of a public works program, Zimmerman in August asked each board member to consider the merits of .

LONDON & MUNICH----Currently, the gambling industry has its eyes on France, and many operators expect a boost for their business from the opening of the French online gambling market that is scheduled for 2010.

ATLANTIC CITY -- The former lawmaker who ushered in Atlantic City's casino era said his biggest regret in the 30 years of gaming is that government didn't work closely enough to harness the tremendous economic power of the gambling industry.

Recession proved bad luck for Macau, but now the world's No.1 gambling town appears set for another hot streak

Nova Scotias NDP government has pulled the plug on a controversial electronic gambling game introduced last March.

A POKIE-STYLE computer-animated racing game could be rolled out in suburban TABs in a move that would generate tens of millions dollars in turnover.

As summer wound down, critics of video gaming stepped up their fight to kill a bill that is set to allow some 45,000 video poker machines in restaurants, bars and fraternal organizations throughout the state. And some are predicting video gaming in Illinois will never get off the ground, which would leave Illinois lawmakers on the hook to replace the $300 million less each year it's counting on .

OKLAHOMA CITY Of all the labels that apply to Jackie Borovetz wife, mother, grandmother, professional gambling addict might be the last to come to mind.

The long debated question of casino gambling in western Massachusetts could be decided sooner than you may think. Massachusetts House speaker Robert Deleo has come out in favor of building resort casinos.

Joseph N. Merlino's construction company has done work at sensitive sites, including two nuclear power plants and a New Jersey State Police building but so far has been barred from working in the casino industry.

BOSTON A Canadian public relations executive on Monday urged those backing expanded gambling in Massachusetts to establish solid groundrules that would ease concerns about the industry's potential growth.

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DETROIT, Michigan -- As reported by The Detroit News: "Italo Mario Parise has sworn off gambling for good. "The 61-year-old professional engineer indulged his appetite for cards, slots and game tables at MotorCity Casino in Detroit for a decade, losing $673,854 of his own money.

A loophole in Ukraine's law against gambling has allowed casinos to convert to Internet cafes offering connection to online casinos.

Oleksiy Boyko This new Internet club on Kostyantynivska Street in Podil used to be a gambling hall. But after last summers national gambling ban, the business reopened with computers so the betting could go online.

With a little help from the federal government, Delaware swiftly went from being "The First State" to "A Fools' Paradise" in regard to sports wagering, says columnist Norman Chad.

Jay Christensen covered college football, among other sports, for the Los Angeles Times and produces the popular college football blog TheWizofOdds.com . Envision youre a college football sportswriter spending your days watching practices, inte.

A loophole in Ukraine's law against gambling has allowed casinos to convert to Internet cafes offering connection to online casinos.

Oleksiy Boyko This new Internet club on Kostyantynivska Street in Podil used to be a gambling hall. But after last summers national gambling ban, the business reopened with computers so the betting could go online.

Australian slot machine developer Aristocrat Leisure Ltd., a longtime innovator of video slot machines, is making a big push to earn a bigger share of the U.S. market, it's chief executive officer said recently.

When PartyGaming floated in 2005, investors couldn't get enough of the internet-poker trailblazer. The company's initial public offering was three times oversubscribed, helping propel the gambling website into the FTSE 100 within months.

Organizations love to collect data on people, often in the name of identity and access control. But more often than not, the information gathering fails to improve security.

Some proponents of Amendment 50 see an increase in wager limits at Colorado's casino towns as the ticket to sorely needed funding for the state's community colleges.

SAN FRANCISCO Slot machines are by far the most popular form of casino gambling, on average bringing in about 70 percent of a casinos revenue. With their popularity comes a jackpot of myths and superstitions.

Ben Alexander is an internet addict. His drug of choice is the World of Warcraft online role-play game. He used to spend as much as 17 hours a day lost in a virtual realm of wizards and trolls a pursuit that eventually led to him dropping out of college.

Millions of dollars for grassroots sports clubs is at risk after a Government warning that amateur sport may not qualify for charity grants from pokies gambling.

Millions of dollars for grassroots sports clubs is at risk after a Government warning that amateur sport may not qualify for charity grants from pokies gambling.The warning, from the Department of Internal Affairs to 33 charitable.

Greg Iles resides in Natchez, Mississippi, and has chosen the Southern region of the United States as the setting for many of his novels. THE DEVILS PUNCHBOWL may be his finest and most nuanced work to date, with the action taking place in Natchez.

This year, the province's community gambling grant program approved only 350 of the 953 applications for funds requested by cultural organizations, such as small dance companies, galleries and community art projects, for a total of $8.9 million. More than 600 were rejected. Last year, 840 applications were approved, totalling $18 million.

TO COMMEMORATE the 70th anniversary of the Second World War, the Pioneer invited Gerry Davey who grew up in Rhos on Sea to share his wartime childhood memories.

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DUBLIN----Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Casinos & Gaming in China" report to their offering.

Reports that the once-popular video-game manufacturer will enter online gambling market. It's kind of a surprise. To know that SEGA is even still around at all. But the Japanese video game manufacturer of my childhood is back in the news, and once again relevant to my life.

I REFER to Gambling rings raking in big bucks ( The Star , Sept 16) on syndicates making millions of ringgit from the current World Cup qualifying matches ahead of the finals next June-July.

Three bank accounts in the United States allegedly holding funds from online casinos were seized by the federal police on 4 September.

Ben Alexander is an internet addict. His drug of choice is the World of Warcraft online role-play game. He used to spend as much as 17 hours a day lost in a virtual realm of wizards and trolls a pursuit that eventually led to him dropping out of college.

MARION COUNTY, Fla. -- Detectives in Marion County say another gambling hall, masquerading as an Internet caf, is closed for business. Agents raided the hall on State Road 200 in Ocala on Thursday and arrested the employee.

A North Dakota tax on charitable gambling wagers could replace a confusing array of taxes on pull-tab tickets, bingo cards, blackjack and other games, which would make for less paperwork, a state regulator says.

DOVER -- A judge today refused to allow a former Roxbury police sergeant who was convicted in 2007 of running a gambling club in town to withdraw his guilty plea. Richard Winstock, 41, of Independence, pleaded guilty in September 2007.

BEIJING -- The reopening of initial public offerings on China's stock markets earlier this summer came as a welcome breath of fresh air to the country's eager investors, buoyed by free-lending banks and government plans to spend the country's way back to economic growth.

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. Revenue is in a three-year free-fall, thousands of jobs have been lost, and casinos in the nation's second-largest gambling market want to freeze salaries for the next three years.

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Former Formula One driver Alex Zanardi, who lost both legs in a car accident, intends to compete for a place on Italy's cycling team at the 2012 Paralympics in London.[.]

In Columbus Arena District, where a casino would be built west of the Huntington Park baseball stadium, surrounding businesses are demonstrating a lack of enthusiasm about the plan.

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Presidential Cabinet Chief suggests online gambling could be on its way to the country of 40 million people. The word coming out of Argentina is that the country is about to legalize online gambling, following recent remarks by a senior official.

The European Court of Justice has upheld the right of Portugals gambling authority to fine Bwin Interactive Entertainment AG, EUR74,500 for concluding a sponsorship deal with the Portuguese professional football league in 2005.

A former Mesquite High School football coach accused of theft agreed to a plea deal Friday and received two years of probation and a $500 fine, according to Dallas County court records.

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From the outset, the Balboa Pavilion in Newport Beach seemed destined for a special place in local history.

Leroy Thomas visited Harrahs Chester Casino and Racetrack Monday afternoon to test his luck at the slot machines.

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - A legislative committee studying gambling in Indiana is planning to discuss a host of issues, including the possibility of moving one of Gary's riverboat casinos.

A YORKSHIRE council is gambling with the elements this winter by setting aside money to cope with just three days of snow - a year after the region suffered twice that amount

Gambling Mapping the American Moral Landscape was published in August 2009. Edited by Alan Wolfe and Eric Owens, it is a collection of essays by leading experts on different aspects of society; professionals and academics from sociological, psychological, philosophical and theological backgrounds, as well as input from within the gaming industry.

By Francis C. Hidalgo Jr. Correspondent BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya: The controversial numbers game being conducted by a Spanish gambling firm is legal, according to the firms lawyers.

Austrian Internet betting and gambling operator bwin has agreed to buy Italian poker operator Gioco Digitale for up to 115 million euros (100 million pounds) in shares and cash, it said on Monday.

VIENNA, Sept 14 (Reuters) - Austrian Internet betting and gambling operator bwin has agreed to buy Italian poker operator Gioco Digitale for up to 115 million euros ($167 million) in shares and cash, it said on Monday. The purchase, which bwin flagged last week, will make bwin the biggest poker operator in Italy, which has deregulated the online gambling market more than other European countries .

Whats in store for casino gambling and offshore drilling? Will a crime-tracking computer system ever be funded by the state? Should public schools have barred live coverage of President Barack Obamas speech? Florida Rep. Matt Hudson, R-Naples, whose District 101 includes much of Broward County, is this weeks guest on "One on One with Jeff Lytle."

Revel Entertainment has turned to the Chinese government for help finishing the lavish casino it is building on Atlantic City's Boardwalk.

Oregon State kicker Justin Kahut got a chance at redemption, while his team may have had a bit of luck in the gambling capital of the world on Saturday night.

Naperville residents have shown their hand, and they're in favor of banning video gambling. In July, Illinois legalized video gambling outside of casinos with the Video Gaming Act but gave local governments the option to ban the practice in their communities.

The Arkansas Lottery Commission approves using $200,000 of its startup funds to train addiction counselors and set up a treatment network for problem gamblers.

LITTLE ROCK State health officials told the state Lottery Commission on Wednesday they plan to use a portion of the lottery's start-up budget to launch a program to help problem gamblers, though it may be nearly two years before comprehensive services are available statewide.

As 87-year-old casino tycoon Stanley Ho convalesces after a serious fall at home in Macau, his rivals are speculating on who will fill the power vacuum when he eventually dies.

SAN FRANCISCO Stocks of major casino operators rose Friday after third-quarter results showed better-than-expected gaming revenue from the Chinese gambling enclave of Macau, leading analysts to grow more optimistic.

Shreveport-Bossier Convention Tourist Bureau The Eldorado Resort Casino has an attractive art deco look inside and out. You can hear live music most nights in the Celebrity Lounge.When you need a break from the slots, tables and ponies, there's plenty: a venerable family-run muffaletta eatery, a fledgling arts scene, solid shopping, a great kids' museum, and nightlife inside and outside the .

Sept. 11 (Bloomberg) -- 888 Holdings Plc rose the most since May in London trading after signing a contract with a unit of Harrahs Entertainment Inc.

Sept. 11 (Bloomberg) -- 888 Holdings Plc , the second- largest U.K. online gambling company, rose the most in four months in London trading after signing a contract with a unit of Harrahs Entertainment Inc.

Recent legislation that would allow video gambling continues to generate controversy, and depending on the way Naperville goes, much of the state of Illinois could follow.

AN ONLINE quiz to work out how much you spend on the punt is part of a new responsible gambling campaign targeting young men.

COPENHAGEN, Denmark, Sept. 9 (UPI) -- Denmark's Supreme Court ruled a man who earned nearly $28,000 playing online poker in a single year violated laws against professional gambling.

SPORTS AND GAMBLING First sports betting in Delaware starts with Thursday NFL gam

With the union and league at a negotiating impasse, could replacement referees take the court in October? It's just posturing from both sides, Ken Berger says as he blows the whistle on the idea.

KUANTAN: Pahang police arrested 14 people in raids on Monday and Tuesday in Cameron Highlands as part of an effort to wipe out Internet gambling in the state.

Denmark's Supreme Court ruled a man who earned nearly $28,000 playing online poker in a single year violated laws against professional gambling. The court said in its ruling Wednesday the man violated the laws by using his poker winnings as his sole source of income and ordered him to surrender the money, the Copenhagen Post reported Wednesday. The Supreme Court said the online poker games are .

Ellis Park's average daily attendance was up significantly along with the on-track wagering during its just-concluded 2009 live racing meet, the track reported.

Struggling with an economy that has gouged gambling profits and cut casino companies' ability to borrow, MGM Mirage hopes to keep expanding its international hotel and casino empire and fattening its profit -- but have other companies foot the bill.

Authorities are slow to regulate this organized crime-ridden sector.

Members of Gov. John Lynch's Gaming Study Commission are approaching the complex task of deciding whether expanded gambling would be good for the state.

CTXM, a leading developer of online gambling software and gambling platforms, has released two next-generation 3D slots in Freaky Slots Family. [PR.com - September 10, 2009]

A federal appeals court upholds 2006 legislation barring online gambling, setting aside arguments that players have a right to be free of government intrusion in their own homes.

Europe's top court has denied an online gambling company the right to offer its sports betting services in Portugal. The company had argued that Portuguese restrictions violated EU free trade laws.

Americans love to win -- at sports, gambling, racing, and in business. Yes, winning has become a near obsession for many of us. And, boy, do we hate to lose!

Montanans can bet on professional football players in one of the lottery's newest games beginning today. At the same time, the Montana Board of Horse Racing is betting that enough players will fill out cards to help boost that sport in the state.

Nobody will upstage Michael Jordan on Friday, but presenters Isiah Thomas, Larry Brown and Charles Barkley might steal the show from other Hall of Fame inductees, Ken Berger says.

Twenty-five years ago, Nike gambled on a skinny kid from N.C. Neither the shoe business nor the NBA were ever the same again.

Governor Charlie Crist and the Seminole Tribe have agreed on a gambling deal. Last minute maneuvering and concerns by key lawmakers kept the clock ticking until mid afternoon Monday, the final day to reach agreement. There is a pile of cash riding on the deal.

In a world dominated by multinational corporations, mergers, joint ventures and the like, it comes as no surprise when big deals are brokered. But online gambling industry pundits were somewhat surprised when news broke of a new multi-billion dollar acquisition of Marvel Entertainment by Disney.

JAMES Packer's asset sales is more likely to be driven by a desire to spend up on US casinos than funding a privatisation of Crown, analysts say.

VIENNA, Sept 7 (Reuters) - Austrian Internet betting and gambling operator bwin said on Monday it is close to buying Italy's Gioco Digitale, positioning itself on the Italian online gambling market which it expects to be deregulated. The group, which said in its last quarterly report it plans to expand its Italian poker, casino and sports betting operations, said an agreement to buy 100 percent .

TV executives are to allow live interactive gambling on terrestrial TV in a bid to increase revenue in the face of low advertising income.

The European Union Court of Justice decision changes the face of online gambling, and the prospects for a future of a free gambling market across the continent.

VIENNA, Austria -- As reported by Reuters: "Austrian Internet betting and gambling operator bwin's plans to raise its market share in the Italian online poker market with an acquisition was cheered by analysts and drove its stock higher on Monday.

The EU's Court of Justice has upheld Portuguese restrictions on online gambling. The Luxembourg-based court threw out a case brought against the Portuguese government's nonprofit lottery and betting organization by Gibraltar-based BWIN and the Portuguese professional soccer league.

A U.S. appeals court upheld an Internet gambling ban Tuesday, rejecting a challenge from an association of off-shore bookies.

After the first meeting of the state Gaming Study Commission, member and Portsmouth Mayor Tom Ferrini said it was clear to him that the goal of the commission was to pursue "data-driven" findings.

CONCORD Gov. John Lynch chose high-powered leaders in politics, labor, law enforcement, education, business and tourism including Bedford Police Chief David Bailey to serve on his 15-member commission to independently explore the pros and cons of expanded gambling in New Hampshire.

A federal appeals court rejected the state of Delaware's plan to initiate single- and multi-game bets on sports, including NCAA basketball.

Argentina's coach loses tactical battle against Brazil

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DENVER - Let's say you're playing poker and you need one more diamond for a flush. The dealer turns a card, reveals a diamond and you win the hand. Was it skill or luck?

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania -- As reported by Bloomberg: "A 2006 federal law that prohibits gambling over the Internet was upheld by a U.S. appeals court after a challenge from a New Jersey-based nonprofit corporation that promotes electronic betting.

TAKE a walk around the city or any of its suburbs and you are almost guaranteed to run into a beggar. These beggars are usually disabled, old or very young and they sit along the pathways waiting for a handout.

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Excuse Northern Nevada's sports book managers if they break out in a chorus of "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year."

Associated Industries of Florida on Friday endorsed revisiting the states longstanding ban on offshore oil exploration during a special legislative session this fall.

Tampa Tribune, Fla. State lawmakers may address the issue of offshore oil drilling this fall during a special session, Gov. Charlie Crist said Tuesday.

I spent an hour Tuesday night listening to the sound of silence. Silence from Old Trafford, Anfield, Stamford Bridge and the Emirates. Silence from managers, chief executives, directors of football and public relations officers.

MADISON, Ill., Sept. 5 (UPI) -- The University of Wisconsin has dropped sponsorship agreements with two beer companies and commercials for beer during football radio broadcasts.

Despite recent increase, authorities are slow to regulate this organized crime-ridden sector.

Local 10's Roger Lohse looks into a possible loophole in the state's gambling compact with the Seminole Tribe and Gov. Charlie Crist's reaction to it.

TWO men had been friends for many years. But an argument over a gambling session ended in tragedy when one was killed in a tyre shop in Tanjung Karang, Selangor, on Tuesday.

Hoping to gain input on the growing debate over whether to legalize gambling in the state, state Rep. Danielle Gregoire, D-Marlborough, is reaching out to residents today at a town hall-style forum.

Online gambling company Bwin has secured the internet broadcasting rights for the top two divisions of Spanish football.

A federal appeals court upholds 2006 legislation barring online gambling, setting aside arguments that players have a right to be free of government intrusion in their own homes.

Is Texas Hold 'Em about the luck of the draw, or the skill of the player? The question is being played out in courts around the country. Let's say you're playing poker and you need one more diamond for a flush. The dealer turns a card, reveals a diamond and you win the hand. Was it skill or luck?

A probe into a gambling operation at a Middletown has ended up with the owner receiving probation. William S. Anderson, 39, a resident of Middletown, pleaded guilty to one gambling charge and one charge of attempt to evade or defeat income tax. Two others charged in the case also received probation.

North Carolina Gov. Beverly Perdue says the state hasn't ruled out Las Vegas-style card games at a Cherokee Indian casino in the Great Smoky Mountains.

Gambling is not legal in Massachusetts, but that's not stopping the town of Palmer from laying the groundwork for a possible resort casino.

Ooh, the NCAA vs. Delaware issue just keeps getting better. A few weeks ago, Delaware state majority leader Peter Schwartzkopf got all Chris Farley on the NCAA's objection to a legalized single-game gambling motion currently making its way through the Delaware legislative sausage machine. Delaware wants to tax gambling and make money on it; the NCAA claims legalizing such chicanery would "would .

At first glance, the agreement signed by Gov. Charlie Crist is sprinkled with sweeteners for pari-mutuel sites: lower taxes for some sites and expanded poker operations. But the pact made public Monday also gives the tribe the exclusive right to blackjack and slots everywhere in the state outside of Broward and Miami-Dade.

A FORMER Redbacks cricketer and Bradman medallist who stole money from his employer "to feed a gambling addiction" has avoided jail.

China's press watchdog on Monday halted software sales of 45 unapproved overseas cyber games and 26 domestic online games containing pornography, violence and gambling. The General Administration of Press and Publication (GAPP) said the imported cyber games had not won authority's approval and the domestic games had added illegal content or gambling functionality after passing examination and .

Sept. 2 (Bloomberg) -- Bellagio LLC, which operates a hotel and casino on the Las Vegas strip, has sued accused Ponzi mastermind R. Allen Stanford for $258,480 in gambling debts.

LAS VEGAS, Sept. 2 (UPI) -- A Las Vegas casino claims Texas billionaire Robert Allen Stanford ran up a $258,480 gambling debt only a month before regulators closed his financial empire.

s the 2006 ban on Internet gambling Constitutional? Online gaming interests have argued that the federal law is impermissibly vague and violates an individual's privacy rights when gambling in the privacy of home. But Tuesday, a three-judge panel of the Third Circuit Court of Appeals found the law is constitutional.

PHILADELPHIA -- A U.S. appeals court has upheld an Internet gambling ban that prohibits transactions that would be illegal in the state where they take place. The ruling rejects a challenge by an online gambling association in a New Jersey.

The Central American country of Costa Rica could be about to impose taxes on online gambling, if the country's finance ministry has its way. Local newspaper AM Costa Rica reported Friday that the finance ministry is about to present the bill to the country's legislature.

PHILADELPHIA -- A U.S. appeals court has upheld an Internet gambling ban that prohibits transactions that would be illegal in the state where they take place. The ruling rejects a challenge by an online gambling association in a New Jersey.

Internet gambling proponents suffered a major setback Tuesday when a federal appeals court refused to strike down a 2006 law in which Congress banned all Internet gambling transactions that would be illegal in the gambler's state. The 3rd Circuit panel rejected arguments that the law should be declared void for vagueness, finding that the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006 .

A U.S. appeals court upheld an Internet gambling ban Tuesday, rejecting a challenge from an association of off-shore bookies that the federal prohibition was too vague and violated privacy rights.

Sports betting cannot expand in Delaware beyond the multigame pro football wagers allowed 33 years ago.

Aug. 31 (Bloomberg) -- Delawares new sports-wagering plan is limited to offering parlay bets on National Football League games, a federal appeals court concluded.

BUENOS AIRES -(Dow Jones)- The Argentine government is working on plans to allow online gambling throughout the country, presidential Cabinet Chief Anibal Fernandez said Wednesday.

BEIJING: China's press watchdog on Monday halted software sales of 45 unapproved overseas cyber games and 26 domestic online games containing pornography, violence and gambling.

BELLEVUE, Neb. (AP) An anti-abortion group from Kansas is moving its fight north to Nebraska, preparing for a weekend demonstration and holding a workshop to plot its strategy for putting Dr. LeRoy Carhart out of business.

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