Gambling News Archives 2002

July 2002

Bibb DA seeks to destroy video gambling machines - 19 July 2002
Bibb County District Attorney Howard Simms filed a motion Wednesday to destroy the 620 video-gambling machines seized earlier this month in a downtown warehouse.The motion alleges saving the machines as evidence would be unwieldy, and prosecutors instead plan to photograph and videotape the machines as they sit in stor - read more »
Military Credit Cards Used for Gambling, Escorts - 18 July 2002
As reported by the Los Angeles Daily News: “Army personnel used their government travel cards on strip club outings, female escorts, Internet gambling and other personal pleasures while racking up millions of dollars in unpaid debts, Congress was told Wednesday. "'Where are the master sergeants? Where are the people w - read more »
Cashed up adult.com looking at casinos.com - 31 July 2002
Perth online porn broker Adultshop.com will enter the realms of Internet gambling and dating services as the cashed-up company goes on the hunt for acquisitions in the next six months. Further expansion of its Today's Success online 'adult entertainment' business has kept the cash registers ringing for Adultshop, which - read more »
UK government calls gambling reform “a safe bet” - 26 July 2002
The UK government is putting a positive spin on its package of gambling reforms, which are being touted as a means of economic regeneration for UK resort towns. New changes to gambling regulations will allow a new $3,134,650 (£2 million) maximum jackpot in Bingo, and Las Vegas-style live entertainment in casinos. In - read more »

August 2002

Game room owners file suit to prevent police raids of operations - 25 August 2002
Owners of various Pasadena game rooms are hoping a lawsuit they have filed will show they aren't violating state gambling laws and stop police from raiding their businesses. The dozen business owners filed suit after receiving a letter dated Aug. 15 from Pasadena police Sgt. James Zink, who warned the video machines i - read more »
Study: Problem gamblers not confined to casinos - 08 August 2002
There are problem gamblers at casinos, but not significantly more than in the general population, according to a new study on gambling addiction. A study of 500 gamblers at the Mohegan Sun casino indicates that the proportion of problem gamblers is about 5% - roughly the same as in the general population.'I think peopl - read more »
New delays for Internet gambling, OK since mid-2001 in Nevada - 29 August 2002
Nevada's Internet gambling law, more than a year old, is going nowhere fast given word from the Justice Department that it remains opposed to betting in cyberspace.State Gaming Control Board Chairman Dennis Neilander said Thursday he got a letter from the federal agency showing the Bush administration opposes Internet - read more »
UK gambling reforms criticized - 15 August 2002
The rush to liberalize the UK's gambling laws has drawn criticism of the government from some sources, after revelations that a donor to the ruling Labour party may benefit from the reforms. Now, the reformers have drawn more flak with the news that pleas from the former head of the gaming board to maintain the present - read more »

September 2002

More Net Casinos Join Seal of Approval Program - 30 September 2002
The Interactive Gaming Council (IGC) today announced that three additional online casinos have applied to participate in the Seal of Approval program (SoA), an IGC initiative designed to increase consumer confidence in interactive gambling. The new participants are Captain Cooks Casino, Casino Kingdom and English Har - read more »
Bingo Mania to Award $4M This Month - 25 September 2002
With the launch of Version 6.0, bingo players around the world just got a little luckier. With the addition of progressive jackpots, Bingo Mania is slated to award more than $4 Million Dollars to players during the month of September. Each bingo game at Bingo Mania gives players a chance to win a large progressive ja - read more »
Avoid Non-Paying Online Casinos - 19 September 2002
John May, “one of the world's most feared gamblers” and the author of “Get The Edge At Blackjack,” has written in RollingGoodTimes.com a useful article advising gamblers which type of online casinos to visit for gambling -- he cites the statistic, from other sources, that up to 30% of the casinos online do not pay win - read more »
Mexico May Legalise Online Gambling - 21 September 2002
Mexican lawmakers may legalize casino gambling this year, opening the door to a potentially enormous gaming market, experts said during a conference here Thursday. “Legislation to legalize casinos in border and resort areas is pending in the lower house of Mexico's Congress, said Donald Brennan, vice president of devel - read more »

October 2002

Backers betting on casino - 14 October 2002
A batting cage in this sleepy resort town still stands on the shores of Lake Taneycomo, but with half the fencing now torn away. Broken concrete litters a nearby go-cart track. An arcade that once featured bumper cars and Skeeball now serves as storage space. More than half of the buildings on Main Street are vacant - read more »
Indian casino experience sours mayor - 03 October 2002
Knowing what he knows now, if he were mayor of Buffalo, he would not be happy about this. If he were mayor, and George Pataki said a Seneca-owned casino is coming to downtown Buffalo, Wes Johnson would not have said "Thank you." Wes Johnson would have said, "What have you done to me?" - read more »
Casinos' revenues grow at slower pace - 15 October 2002
Detroit casinos' revenues rose nearly 5 percent to $89.3 million in September compared with the same month last year, but the gain was the weakest growth rate the industry has seen locally since all three gambling halls have been operating. It's also the second straight month of single-digit revenue growth. That sugges - read more »
High Rollers Clean Out Australia’s Burswood Casino - 24 October 2002
Perth's Burswood Casino will no longer put out the welcome mat for international high-rollers after being cleaned out during its annual baccarat tournament in August. Speaking at Burswood's annual meeting yesterday, managing director John Schaap said the casino would impose strict betting limits on its lucrative high-r - read more »

November 2002

Beware gambling scam - 20 November 2002
Here we go again. Another lottery scam appears to be in the works.Let's "save" Florida's public schools by opening up the door to gambling. Let's make sure our kids have the small class sizes they need by allowing their parents and grandparents to blow their paychecks and Social Security checks at video lottery termina - read more »
Tribe eyeing Richmond for casino - 18 November 2002
With the promise of cash gains in a city struggling for respectability, Richmond city officials lent an ear to a casino proposal last week. This roll of the dice comes from the Lake County-based Scotts Valley Band of Pomo Indians, a tribe with about 160 members who have laid claim to aboriginal homelands at the foot of - read more »
Cannery dreamin': Casino targets locals market - 12 November 2002
Some seven miles from the shimmer and glitz of the Las Vegas Strip and amid the modest tract homes and retail centers of burgeoning North Las Vegas, a factory-like building rises from a corner of dirt on Craig Road just west of Interstate 15.The structure, built to resemble a fruit cannery from the post-World War II er - read more »
Anti-Tribal Gaming Suit OK - 08 November 2002
The Business Review magazine reports that despite the intervention of Governor George Pataki, newly elected Tuesday and with a fresh mandate from New Yorkers, a lawsuit that would “prevent the opening of Indian casinos and eliminate video lottery terminals at the Saratoga Equine Sports Center harness track” is in order - read more »

December 2002

State opposes San Pablo casino - 31 December 2002
The state has criticized plans by a Healdsburg-area tribe to open a Las Vegas-style casino in urban San Pablo and discouraged other tribes from opening casinos in densely populated cities.In a U.S. District Court brief, Attorney General Bill Lockyer said voters in 2000 who approved the creation of casinos on American I - read more »
State approves merger of two Atlantic City casinos - 31 December 2002
The state has formally approved the merger of the Claridge Casino Hotel and Bally's Atlantic City. The Treasury Department certified the deal on Monday, making the Claridge a wing of Bally's. The union of the city's smallest and biggest casinos creates a resort that covers four blocks and employs 7,900 staffers. It has - read more »
Inquiry Widens on Gambling at Florida State - 21 December 2002
Florida State linebacker Kendyll Pope received a frantic call from his mother on Thursday after she heard on a radio program that members of the Seminoles' football team were included in a gambling investigation by state and local authorities. "You're not involved, are you?" Pope said his mother asked him. "I'm like: ' - read more »
Tampa Bay Downs looking at expanded gaming - 11 December 2002
When Tampa Bay Downs opens its practice golf facility in the next few weeks, it will be the first golf establishment in the United States to offer legalized parimutuel wagering."The golf facility is part of our overall strategy to make this a major entertainment alternative for fans in the Tampa Bay area," said track g - read more »

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