December 2009 News Articles

Listing of all the news articles for December of 2009, sorted in ascending order.

1. Another Athlete Arrested for Bad Casino Gambling Debt
   By Lance Burkhart on December 1, 2009
   Another former professional athlete is charged with failing to pay gambling debts to a Las Vegas casino....
2. Bulgarian Prime Minister Orders Lawmakers to Raise Gambling Taxes
   By Brian Chan on December 2, 2009
   Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov pushed the national legislature to raise existing gambling taxes after lawmakers initially declined....
3. Frank Committee Hears Experts on Internet Gambling
   By Lance Burkhart on December 3, 2009
   A bill to regulate online gambling drew testimony today in Washington as an array of experts said regulation would solve many problems left by the UIGEA ban....
4. CityCenter Casinos Opening Brings Hope and Fear to Gambling Town
   By Brian Chan on December 5, 2009
   After years of construction and battles to stave off financial ruin, the opening of CityCenter's hotels, casinos, and gambling floors brings promise and trepidation....
5. Problem Gambling Experts Say Sports Betting a Teen Crisis
   By Brian Chan on December 6, 2009
   A problem gambling expert says high school kids are gambling on sports in high numbers....
6. Florida Gambling Compact Back to Drawing Board
   By Lance Burkhart on December 7, 2009
   A powerful Florida legislator says there will be no special session to vote on the proposed Seminole gambling compact, and a new casino bill may emerge next spring....
7. Online Casino Technology Prevents Sports Fixing
   By Brian Chan on December 8, 2009
   Fixed matches being exposed in European soccer do not result from licensed online casinos, who use technology to prevent losses to suspicious wagers and bets....
8. Indiana Lawmakers Receive Casino Gambling Report
   By Lance Burkhart on December 9, 2009
   Indiana's legislature was presented with the findings of a study on the state's casino gambling and future options....
9. Alabama Governor Missing Point of Gambling Faux Pas
   By Brian Chan on December 10, 2009
   Bob Riley of Alabama says his betting on sports with Florida's governor is all in good fun, and shouldn't be lumped with gambling he wants to drive out of the state....
10. NBA to Back Legalized Sports Gambling?
    By Lance Burkhart on December 11, 2009
    David Stern, commissioner of the NBA, opened the door to considering throwing league support behind legal sports gambling....
11. Online Gambling Merger May Create Industry Giant
    By Lance Burkhart on December 12, 2009
    Online gambling operators bwin and PartyGaming are in exploratory talks over a potential multi-billion dollar merger....
12. World Cup Soccer to Be Sports Betting Event of the Year
    By Brian Chan on December 13, 2009
    The looming World Cup in South Africa promises to be among the biggest sports betting events in gambling history....
13. Pinnacle Commitment to Louisiana Casino Dwindles
    By Lance Burkhart on December 15, 2009
    A long-awaited new casino in Lake Charles, Louisiana, is now under construction, but gambling operator Pinnacle has lowered its financial commitment to the site....
14. Kentucky Internet Gambling Lawyers Want US Citizens Added to Case
    By Brian Chan on December 17, 2009
    Lawyers representing Kentucky in its attempt to seize 141 online casino domain names say they want to add US citizens and companies to the complaint....
15. Penn Governor Threatens Layoffs Without Casino Gaming Bill
    By Lance Burkhart on December 18, 2009
    Governor Ed Rendell says the only way to prevent hundreds of Pennsylvania state workers from losing their jobs is passing a bill allowing table gambling to casinos....
16. Kansas Casino Finally Open After Years-of Delays
    By Brian Chan on December 19, 2009
    After interminable delays that cost the state millions of dollars from top-name gambling operators, the first casino to operate under a 2007 lottery expansion opened in Kansas....
17. Lotteries Feature $100 Million Christmas Jackpots
    By Lance Burkhart on December 20, 2009
    The two big lotteries in the US, Powerball and Mega Millions, each have had the progressive jackpot rise over $100 million....
18. Las Vegas Sands Looks to Asian Gambling as Future
    By Brian Chan on December 21, 2009
    Sheldon Adelson of Las Vegas Sands is predicting his Asian division will nearly double gambling, retail, and hotel sales next year....
19. Caribbean Gaming Show 2010 Announcement
    By Angela Bedford on December 22, 2009
    The Caribbean Gaming Show and Conference is set for March 10th and 11th in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic....
20. Petition Calls for Casino Gambling in Stephen King Country
    By Brian Chan on December 23, 2009
    A petition in Maine demanding casino gambling be expanded has gathered over 100,000 signatures....
21. Gambling and Strip Clubs Reveal Tiger to be One of Us
    By Lance Burkhart on December 24, 2009
    Revelations that Tiger Woods loves high-stakes gambling and high-end strip clubs only continues to humanize the golf champion....
22. US Sports Continue Gambling Deals as NHL Signs with Lottery
    By Brian Chan on December 25, 2009
    Sports organizations in the US continue their two-faced relationship with gambling, publicly decrying the hobby while profiting from it at every opportunity as the NHL signs lottery deals....
23. Israeli Online Casino Crackdown Continues
    By Brian Chan on December 26, 2009
    An Israeli court indicted five men accused of operating a series of online casinos within the country's boundaries....
24. Massachusetts Law Ends State Greyhound Gambling
    By Lance Burkhart on December 27, 2009
    Gambling on greyhound racing is a hallowed tradition in Massachusetts, but also one that has ended as of this week....
25. Russia Follows Casino Ban by Exporting Gambling
    By Brian Chan on December 28, 2009
    Russian casino operators have used the country's ban on gambling as a launchpad to open casinos in tiny countries free from gambling regulation....
26. Florida Floating Casinos File Bankruptcy
    By Lance Burkhart on December 29, 2009
    SunCruz Casinos, a Florida cruise line specializing in short gambling trips just beyond the legal limit at sea, declared bankruptcy....
27. Smoking Vulture Brains a New African Gambling Tradition
    By Brian Chan on December 30, 2009
    From now on, whenever a gambling or casino patron goes on a hot streak, observers will say, "He's smoking vulture brains!" ...