The Gambling Weblog

Gambling seen through the government's perspective, is one of the fast growing money making schemes that can offer a huge tax reward for the government. This has been taken in consideration with t…

A new proposition from social and art groups in British Columbia, is aiming to provide a greater amount of gambling revenues to local non profit groups. This coalition is now pleading to politicians a…

Massachusetts is set to become one of the top gambling centres on the East Coast of the USA this week. Pending three days of debates in the House, a bill could pass allowing two super casinos to open …

At least someone at Chelsea Football Club has had some success in the law courts. Multi billionaire owner Roman Abramovich was paid "a substantial" amount in damages and received an official…

The UK Treasury are today considering a flat 15% tax on gambling institutions. A "hotchpotch regime" of taxation and regulation, it has been suggested, could be brought under control in the …

5 years ago, UK government advisors predicted that gambling addiction would soon hit an all-time high and treatment would not keep up. Now, with news that the 6,000,000 mark has been surpassed, it see…

Governor Steve Beshear waged a war throughout 2009 on online gambling as a reason for underage addiction in the USA. Now, his war has become more pragmatic, and he is pushing for the legalisation of s…

I've been involved in many a "friendly" game of Poker that had endings which were far less than cordial; but the results of a private Poker game conducted in Colorado have resulted in c…

I've long maintained that "playing" the stock market is nothing more than another form of gambling.

Gamblers "play", that is, bet on the horses, the tables, poker, and place …

The battle against the controversial United States ban on funding gambling accounts through U.S. banks is still being waged with the latest shots being fired by the European Union.

Despite having lo…