Author: Paul Brooks

The anti-VLT activist Bernie Walsh has blamed the province of Nova Scotia for stashing up the money collected and aimed at helping local problem gamblers rather than using them to fund research into gambling addiction or specialized programs and services for gambling addicts. The province of Nova Scotia receives 1% […]

Orland Park officials have managed to revoke the video gambling ban in the village, after months of debates and negotiations plus a couple of questions placed at an advisory referendum a few months ago. The deciding vote which overturned the ban was the one of Mayor Keith Pekau, who described […]

For years, the Mayor of Chicago, Rahm Emanuel, has been against permitting local bars and restaurants to offer video gambling machines, as he has been hoping to ensure an operating for a large downtown casino. However, some unregulated devices which not only look but also work almost exactly the same […]

The deal for all the gambling operations in Southwestern Ontario was the one which ended up establishing the largest casino company in Canada. However, local taxpayers have never got any information about the amount which Gateway Casinos and Entertainment paid for the casinos situated at the Western Fair District and […]

Since the ground-breaking ruling of the US Supreme Court, more states have begun legalizing sports gambling to take advantage of the newly-opened opportunities, with the state of Mississippi being one of the most recent ones. With such a grand expansion of the local gambling sector taking place, professional sports leagues […]

The 57-year-old Kendall Locklear, who was pointed as the leader of the Tuscarora Indian Nation and owned one of the three casinos which have recently been raided by North Carolina authorities, denied breaking any state and federal laws and revealed that he had no relation with the rest of the […]

Online gambling has become extremely popular almost everywhere in the world, including in Canada. In addition, the online gambling sector globally sees some of the largest amounts of money spent by customers. However, this does not mean that online gambling is well accepted in all countries, but where it is, […]

Since its opening, Parq Vancouver, the new international entertainment destination in downtown Vancouver, has been associated with the casino facility offered there. However, as the owners of the complex have always highlighted, the place offers much more than that, especially considering the fact that two Marriott-branded hotels, the Douglas, and […]

Last week, the Quebec Superior Court overruled the controversial attempts of the province to impose a ban on local residents’ access to online gambling services being offered without an official permission by the state-run gambling corporation. In 2016, the Quebec province adopted a price of legislation under which Internet service […]

The members of the Tuscarora Nation are defending themselves after law enforcement authorities of North Carolina raided three casinos and arrested more than 25 members of the citizen group at the beginning of the week. The individuals arrested are facing charges on illegal gambling, running an unlawfully armed personnel, money […]