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Net gambling ban bill set for Senate strifeNews Story
A bill to ban Internet gambling faces opposition in the US Senate but backers still hope to win passage of it within a few weeks, a top aide to US Senate majority leader Bill Frist said on Thursday. Eric Ueland, Frist's chief of staff, said: We are trying to get something done before the August recess, which is set to begin on 4 August. Earlier on Thursday, another Frist aide said lawmakers are still working on the bill but will not be able to vote on it before the Senate heads off for i
Jul 21, 2006, 8:27 am - Lottery News

Online Gambling Conference Shuts Down After ArrestsNews Story
David Carruthers became the latest poster boy or scapegoat, depending on one's perspective when he was arrested in Dallas on charges of racketeering, conspiracy and an illegal online gambling enterprise. While on a layover to Costa Rica, where his company is based, Carruthers, chief executive officer for BetOnSports was arrested and detained on Sunday, forcing the online gambling community to take note. Carruthers' arrest seems to have spooked online gaming executives. A major gaming con
Jul 21, 2006, 7:30 am - Lottery News

Responsible gamblers threatened by anti-gambling billNews Story
Joe Callari is 27. He's a college student. He has no wife, no kids. He works about four hours a day. And he says he makes nearly twice as much in a year as the average Joplin household. About six months ago, Callari, a psychology and business major at Missouri Southern State University, quit his job as a manager at a local Hastings store to take on a slightly more profitable venture playing online poker. Callari said he makes $40 an hour in his new gig he sets his own hours an
Jul 21, 2006, 7:09 am - Lottery News

Arizona Ballot Could Become Lottery TicketNews Story
To anyone who ever said, I wouldn't vote for that bum for a million bucks, Arizona may be calling your bluff. A proposal to award $1 million in every general election to one lucky resident, chosen by lottery, simply for voting no matter for whom has qualified for the November ballot. Mark Osterloh, a political gadfly who is behind the initiative, the Arizona Voter Reward Act, is promoting it with the slogan, Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? Vote! He collected 185,902 signatures of re
Jul 18, 2006, 8:27 am - Lottery News

Lottery, casino shutdown cost N.J. millionsNews Story
At Cafe Ole, a coffee house a block from the New Jersey capitol where business slowed to a trickle during a weeklong government shutdown, a new sign adorned the shop's door Monday. All of you are essential to us, read the sign, referring to the 45,000 state workers who flooded back into the city on the first work day after New Jersey approved a new budget, ending a weeklong government shutdown that furloughed workers, halted most state services and closed casinos for three days. The shut
Jul 13, 2006, 11:42 am - Lottery News

US House votes to kill Internet gamblingNews Story
Like with immigration, congress does the opposite of what the people want The House passed legislation Tuesday that would prevent gamblers from using credit cards to bet online and could block access to gambling Web sites. The legislation would clarify and update current law to spell out that most gambling is illegal online. But there would be exceptions - for state-run lotteries and horse racing - and passage isn't a safe bet in the Senate, where Republican leaders have not considered th
Jul 11, 2006, 4:07 pm - Lottery News

US House on the brink of taking away online gambling rightsNews Story
Gamblers who prefer their laptops to blackjack tables won't like what Congress is doing. On Tuesday, the House plans to vote on a bill that would ban credit cards for paying online bets and could padlock gambling Web sites. The legislation would clarify existing law to spell out that it is illegal to gamble online. To enforce that ban, the bill would prohibit credit cards and other payment forms, such as electronic transfers, from being used to settle online wagers. It also would give la
Jul 10, 2006, 8:16 pm - Lottery News

Online gambling threatened by U.S. legislatorsNews Story
Editor's Note: Lottery Post is firmly against any attempts to limit the peoples' right to do as they wish on the Internet, including online gaming. Although anti-gambling lobbyists and legislators continue to sound the same alarm about gambling by minors and gambling addiction , we believe both of those arguments apply to such a small fraction of people that the rights of the vast majority of the Internet population are being taken away needlessly and carelessly. People have a right to do
Jul 7, 2006, 11:32 am - Lottery News

N.C. House backs permanent lottery oversight panelNews Story
The North Carolina House agreed Thursday to create a 16-member oversight committee that would examine whether lottery profits are being used for education and if they are supplanting existing education funds. The measure, approved by a vote of 102-1 and sent to the Senate for consideration, would create a permanent panel chosen by the House speaker and Senate president pro tempore comprised of legislators, educators and a county commissioner. The Joint Legislative Lottery Oversight Committ
Jul 7, 2006, 7:15 am - Lottery News

N.J. budget deal, but lottery restart date unclearNews Story
New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine and lawmakers reached a deal yesterday on a state budget, six days into a government shutdown that shuttered casinos and threw more than 80,000 people out of work. Corzine said about 5 p.m. that the shutdown would end in 24 to 36 hours. The budget bills first must pass both the Senate and Assembly. He cautioned that the budget accord was not cause for celebration, because too many residents' lives had been disrupted. We have much more to do in the coming mon
Jul 7, 2006, 7:02 am - Lottery News