Archive for February, 2010
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Rooting for bet OK, but betting on pick illegal (Philippine Daily Inquirer)
Sunday, February 28th, 2010
It’s OK to root for Noynoy or Manny or Erap or Gibo, but just don’t bet on any one of them winning in the May 10 presidential election. It could land you in jail.
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Types of bets
Sunday, February 28th, 2010
Aside from simple wagers—betting a friend that one’s favorite baseball team will win its division, for instance, or buying a football “square” for the Super Bowl–sports betting is commonly done through a bookmaker. Legal sports bookmakers exist throughout the world (perhaps most notably in Las Vegas). In areas where sports betting is illegal, bettors usually [...]
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Betting on election winners prohibited (Sun Star)
Sunday, February 28th, 2010
THE Commission on Elections (Comelec) warned the public not to bet on who’s going to be the country’s next president or they will be charged of violating the Omnibus Election Code (OEC). read more
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Betting on poll results a crime, warns poll exec (Philippine Daily Inquirer)
Sunday, February 28th, 2010
It’s okay to root for Noynoy, or Manny, or Erap or Gibo, but just don’t bet on any one of them winning in the May 10 elections. It could land you in jail.
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A sure bet for school (Times Leader)
Sunday, February 28th, 2010
MOUNTAIN TOP – A hall that usually resonates with the sounds of elementary school children laughing and eating their lunch morphed into a place filled with the sounds of card shuffling, poker chips being stacked and adults making their wagers. On Saturday night the “Texas Hold ’em” poker tournament was held at St. Jude’s School in Mountain Top.
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Don’t bet on table games quite yet (The Capital)
Saturday, February 27th, 2010
Despite struggles to get Maryland’s 15,000 allotted slot machines up and running, some legislators are looking to pass a constitutional amendment that would add table games such as poker, blackjack and craps to state-licensed casinos.
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Iowa May Legalize Online Gambling (KWQC-TV 6 Davenport)
Saturday, February 27th, 2010
Online gambling in Iowa? Some lawmakers are looking to make that a reality. If that happens Iowa would become the first state in the country to allow in-state Internet wagering.
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Online gambling in Iowa faces long odds (The Globe Gazette)
Friday, February 26th, 2010
DES MOINES — A state lawmaker said Friday that Iowa could become the first state in the country to allow online gambling, and if the state wants to be on the leading edge now is the time to do it.
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Senior pleads guilty in Beach gambling ring (WTKR Norfolk)
Friday, February 26th, 2010
Police say 82-year-old Howard Amdusky a.k.a. “Moose” is the ring leader, and at the center of the investigation.
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NASCAR — The current status of gambling in today’s NASCAR (ESPN)
Friday, February 26th, 2010
Ryan McGee delves into NASCAR betting — where it stands in Vegas and what the future holds — as well as Bill France Sr.’s dealings with Jimmy Hoffa.
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Senate wants to dump old gambling law (Argus Observer)
Friday, February 26th, 2010
BOISE (AP) — The Senate wants to dump a law dating to 1890 that requires law enforcement agents to pursue all instances of gambling, even Friday-night poker all-stars and football-pool addicts.
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Ballot proposals bet on more Michigan gambling (Times Herald)
Friday, February 26th, 2010
LANSING — Backers of proposals to open more Michigan casinos are in the early stages of trying to put the questions on this year’s ballot.
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Simmons–Tierney bet
Monday, February 22nd, 2010
The Simmons-Tierney bet is a bet made in August 2005 between Houston banking executive Matthew R. Simmons and New York Times columnist John Tierney.[1] The stakes of the bet are US$10,000.00. The subject of the bet is the year-end average of the daily price-per-barrel of crude oil for the entire calendar year of 2010. The [...]
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Don’t risk an audit: Know the IRS’s rules on gambling (Reno Gazette-Journal)
Monday, February 22nd, 2010
NEW YORK — Clinching the office pool for March Madness entitles you to a pot of money and gloating rights. And nobody can take that away from you, except maybe the IRS.
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Lotto corporations bet on online gambling (MalaysiaNews.net)
Sunday, February 21st, 2010
TORONTO — Some lottery corporations across Canada are starting to place their bets on the once-underground world of online gambling, hoping that government-endorsed games will provide some credibilit…
