A craze for wagering on football is sweeping the nation Getabalew seife is beginning to feel suspicious. Four times a week he saunters into the same bar in downtown Addis Ababa and puts down a bet. He often punts on Manchester United, his favourite football club. But he almost always loses. …
It is fiercely enforcing its monopoly on gambling There was no violence and there were no victims, unless you count the crickets, which rushed at each other, mandibles agape, for a few seconds. But that did not stop the police raiding the barn on the outskirts of Shanghai, abruptly halting the …
He waited nearly 10 months to claim his lottery winnings because, he said, he felt so overwhelmed by the size of his luck. Bon Truong, of Edmonton, Alberta, had been playing the same lottery numbers for decades by the time he netted $60 million last fall, CTV News reported. He woke up …
Ming Chai has been caught up in an Australian scandal examining organized crime, money laundering, immigration favors and Chinese political influence. SYDNEY, Australia — When Australian federal agents searched a private jet with high-stakes gamblers at a coastal resort airport in 2016, they were seeking proof of international money laundering. …
LAS VEGAS — Hossein Ensan defeated Dario Sammartino heads-up to clinch the 2019 World Series of Poker main event title and the $10 million first-place prize. Ensan, 55, started each of the three days of the final table well ahead of everyone else, and despite ceding that lead to Sammartino …
PHOENIX (AP) — A growing number of states are moving to allow the winners of big lottery jackpots to stay anonymous as privacy concerns are increasingly trumping lottery groups’ wishes to publicize winners to boost sales and show that the games are fair. Arizona could be the next state to …
Growing up in Tunica at the height of its casino boom, Roosevelt Hall felt his community had been dealt a winning hand. Lavish monuments to gaming — a gleaming high-rise tower, an Irish medieval castle, an art deco movie house — rose up amid the cotton and rice fields, flooding …
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Law enforcement and regulatory forces in Asia say they are gearing up to fight illegal gambling operators who have ramped up activities in the region ahead of the World Cup, making use of savvy technology and cryptocurrencies to evade prosecution. People walk past a Hong Kong …
Repeal of Prohibition in 1933 instantly reduced crime by reducing the number of criminalized activities, including some that millions of Americans considered victimless activities and none of the government’s business. Now, America is going to become more law-abiding, the Supreme Court having said that the federal government cannot prohibit states from legalizing …
Now that the Supreme Court says it’s OK, states are free to legalize betting on sports if they want to. As a once under-the-table economy moves into the open, it creates some large business opportunities — and the potential for millions in new tax revenues. But first comes the nitty-gritty part: …
WASHINGTON (AP) — A decision by the Supreme Court means American sports fans will soon have many more places to place legal bets on the results of football, baseball, basketball, hockey and other games. Five states have the edge in the race to legalize sports betting because they already passed …
The Supreme Court’s lifting of the federal ban on sports betting is expected to unleash tens of billions of dollars in legal sports wagering nationwide and set off a battle among California racetracks, Indian casinos and card clubs for a slice of the added betting revenues. Suddenly, all bets are …
