07/05/2008
Louisiana lawmakers report gambling income, contracts with government (WWL-TV, Channel 4 New Orleans)
BATON ROUGE -- Louisiana lawmakers have filed their required 2007 financial disclosure forms. And it's the last time they report income from just two sectors -- government and gambling interests.
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07/06/2008
State lawmakers report gambling income, government contracts (The Shreveport Times)
BATON ROUGE — Louisiana lawmakers have filed their required 2007 financial disclosure forms, the last time they report income from just two sectors: governments and gambling interests.
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07/05/2008
Lawmakers report gambling income, gov't contracts (KATC 3 Lafayette)
BATON ROUGE, La. -- Louisiana lawmakers have filed their required 2007 financial disclosure forms, the last time they report income from just two sectors: governments and gambling...
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07/05/2008
Easily accessible gaming halls will increase victims of gambling, usury - Gerada (Malta Star)
The sudden introduction of easily accessible legal gambling opportunities, such as gaming halls, and sports betting, took place without first assessing their social impacts, and the negative impact of children and the families will only be measured in a couple of years “when the problems become acute.”
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07/05/2008
World Gambling Revenue Forecast for 2012 (Online Casino Reports)
A study completed by international auditing group PricewaterhouseCoopers, released in June, has predicted that annual global gambling revenue will top US$155 billion as early as 2012.
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07/05/2008
Report: State's gambling take comprised 2.9% of budget in '06 (The Daily Mail)
ALBANY — New York state takes in more than 10 percent of all state-sponsored gambling revenue nationwide and, in fiscal 2006, the state's take from the lottery, racinos, and pari-mutuel wagering comprised 2.9 percent of the state budget.
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07/04/2008
Former Sask civil servant with gambling addiction jailed 15 months for fraud (The Canadian Press via Yahoo! Canada News)
REGINA - A high-rolling former civil servant is going from a casino floor to a jail cell after stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from the Saskatchewan government to feed her gambling addiction.
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07/04/2008
Ex-civil servant gets 15 months for defrauding Sask gov't to feed gambling habit (CNews)
REGINA - A former Saskatchewan civil servant has been sentenced to 15 months in jail for stealing money from the government to feed her gambling addiction.
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07/04/2008
Former Sask civil servant with gambling addiction jailed 15 months for fraud (Times & Transcript)
rolling former civil servant is going from a casino floor to a jail cell after stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from the Saskatchewan government to feed her gambling addiction.
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07/04/2008
Florida court rejects Crist's gambling deal (Deseret Morning News)
The Florida Supreme Court on Thursday overturned an agreement Gov. Charlie Crist signed with the Seminole Tribe to expand gambling at its casinos, saying the governor had no right to allow games that are illegal elsewhere in the state.
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