Coming up early in the 2012 on the agenda for California legislators is When state lawmakers is legalizing online poker. Lawmakers held hearings in 2011 on a proposal that the state sanction certain websites for poker and other gambling, with a cut of the action going to the treasury. The matter was postponed until 2012 [...]
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California Legislators Debate Legalizing Poker on the Internet
January 2nd, 2012 No Comments
Tags: California · Darrell Steinberg
Gambling Facts to Ponder
August 20th, 2008 No Comments
About 86% of Americans have gambled during their lives. 60% of Americans gamble in a given year. The amount of money wagered annually in the United States is estimated to be about $500 billion. Casino gambling (often referred to as “gaming”) had gross revenues of $84.65 billion in 2005. The American Psychiatric Association says between [...]
Online Gambling as a Check for Fixed Games
May 24th, 2008 No Comments
With Internet gambling predicted to surpass $20 billion in 2008, and with illegal wagering accounting for $150 billion in the United States, by some estimates, the temptation for those seeking to influence the outcome of games has never been greater. Now, a raft of gambling scandals in sports, from cricket to soccer and most recently [...]
Tags: irregular bets · sports gambling
