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Wednesday, April 16th, 2008
TripAdvisor, the world's largest travel community, has announced its gambling survey of more than 1,600 travelers worldwide and the lucky seven gambling destinations, according to TripAdvisor travelers and editors.
Thirty-six percent of worldwide respondents, and 42 percent of Americans, plan to go gambling while on vacation in the next 12 months. ...
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Wednesday, March 26th, 2008
Nanette Horner, the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board's Director of Compulsive and Problem Gambling, has been appointed to the Responsible Gaming Committee for the International Masters of Gaming Law (IMGL).
Horner, who joined the Board's Office of Chief Counsel in 2005, was named the first Director of the Office of Compulsive and ...
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Friday, March 7th, 2008
Recognizing the effects problem gambling can have on citizens, the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board is actively promoting National Problem Gambling Awareness Week, March 9 through 15, 2008 with outreach efforts and helpful information.
In addition, Governor Rendell, the House and Senate of Pennsylvania, the Gaming Control Board and the Secretaries of ...
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Tuesday, March 4th, 2008
According to newly released records, Green Bay Packers receiver Max McGee, who scored the first touchdown in Super Bowl history, had a gambling habit that the FBI tracked after his career ended.
From late 1972 through September 1973 FBI agents investigated McGee, before dropping the case for lack of evidence. ...
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Monday, February 12th, 2007
Federal officials are trying to link Online gambling to terrorism. Why do you ask? Because the U.S. government is upset because billions of gambling revenues is leaving the US that may be laundered; ending up in the hands of terrorist groups.
Many land based casinos have stayed clear of ...
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Sunday, February 11th, 2007
According to a new Mayo Clinic study compulsive gambling with extensive losses (in two cases more than $100,000) by individuals without a prior history of gambling problems has been linked to a class of drugs commonly used to treat the neurological disorder restless legs syndrome (RLS).The study (which appeared in ...
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