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Gambling industry adjusting after CEO arrestNews Story
Next week's big online gambling conference in Las Vegas may turn out to be a washout as a number of individuals invited are thinking of cancelling their trip in the wake of the indictments of senior directors at BetonSports. The annual conference, organised by Bodog.com, is a must-go event for industry executives, but the arrest of the BetonSports chief executive David Carruthers on entry to the US has made people think twice about attending. Bodog.com's chief executive, the Canadian maver
Jul 19, 2006, 8:07 am - Todd - Lottery News

US House votes to kill Internet gamblingReply
also found this story... Internet Gaming Bill Faces Uncertain Future POSTED: 8:23 am CDT July 12, 2006 WASHINGTON -- Don't bet on the Senate following the lead of the House in approving a bill that limits Internet gambling. It is not a top priority for Senate leaders, although its main supporter, Arizona Sen. Jon Kyl, said he will aggressively pursue it. The bill makes it illegal to use credit cards to pay for online bets. It is part of an effor
Jul 14, 2006, 11:12 pm - LOTTOMIKE - Lottery News

N.C. Lottery moves ahead after favorable court rulingNews Story
State judge says games came about legally; opponents may appeal North Carolina's new lottery is on schedule to begin selling tickets March 30, after a state judge declined yesterday to stop it and after the top attorney for lottery opponents said he probably won't ask for an immediate stop to the games. The long-term status of the lottery is less clear, though, as lottery opponents consider appeals to higher courts. Among the opponents are several research groups from Raleigh, including
Mar 22, 2006, 7:30 am - Todd - Lottery News

Lottery Post member turns up the heat on the Hoosier LotteryNews Story
Is the Indiana Lottery vulnerable to inside tampering? By Kevin Leininger Fort Wayne News Sentinel You'd think Jim Grimes would be happy. After all, the retired Noble County engineer, whose concerns about the integrity of the Hoosier Lottery were the subject of a column in June 2004, helped spark an investigation that led to three indictments in an alleged million-dollar scam. But, if anything, Grimes is even more frustrated than he was when we first talked nearly two years ago - even
Jan 31, 2006, 6:06 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Too many players winning Powerball, lottery saysNews Story
The agency running the Powerball lottery might decrease the odds of winning the multimillion-dollar jackpot to stem a record-setting run of winners that is keeping jackpots small and, the agency says, causing ticket sales to plunge. To some extent, you try to ride it out. But I think we'll need to make some changes to the game pretty soon, said Chuck Strutt, executive director of the Urbandale, Iowa-based Multi-State Lottery Association, which runs the game. We'll lose more than $400 milli
Mar 22, 2005, 7:21 am - Todd - Lottery News