Speculation and hopes that the latest Massachusetts legislative proposal aimed at introducing two land casinos would not outlaw online gaming in the state were dashed when it was introduced by House Speaker Robert DeLeo.
Page 123 of the 172-page bill reads, Any person who knowingly transmits or receives a wager of any type by any telecommunication [...]

What happens to old online casinos that die off? Their brands are often picked up by new owners, and sometimes it’s a great improvement.
That’s what appears to have happened with Players Palace Casino, a familiar name to the old Starnet software players going back a few years that has now resurfaced with new owners, new [...]

Hawaiians with a yen to gamble refuse to be frustrated by island bans, reports the Financial Post in an interesting article over the weekend. Instead, large and growing numbers of them head off regularly to Las Vegas.
Locals of the state, which is made up of a string of eight islands, refer jokingly to Las Vegas [...]

Chubby Checker wants you to do The Twist. His daddy is sleepin’, and his mamma ain’t around, so take him by his little hand, and go like this.
If you’re doing The Twist now, after reading that, people will probably wonder if something is wrong with you. But if you instead chose to do The Twist [...]

TEENAGERS who play video games regularly are more likely to develop the obsessive and anti-social tendencies that lead to problem gambling.
Researchers at the University of Adelaide surveyed 2669 teenagers aged between 13 and 17, and found that 56 per cent had gambled in the past year and 2.4 per cent had already become pathological [...]

CLEVELAND (AP) — An opponent of casinos proposed for Ohio’s four largest cities is now offering his own plan for a casino in downtown Cleveland.

Developer Jeffrey Jacobs envisions a $500 million hotel and casino next to Cleveland’s planned convention center and medical trade show complex.
In an interview with The (Cleveland) Plain Dealer, Jacobs [...]