(PhysOrg.com) -- Natasha Schull recalls how in the late 1990s she began observing people in Las Vegas transfixed for hours at video poker and slot machines. What, she wondered, kept them glued to machines until they lost ...
Social Sciences
May 20, 2009
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US authorities have begun an effort to ban all forms of internet gambling, reversing course from a 2011 decision and imperiling a burgeoning online wagering sector in several American states.
Internet
Jan 20, 2019
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(AP) -- A U.S. appeals court has upheld an Internet gambling ban in a challenge filed by an association of off-shore bookies.
Internet
Sep 1, 2009
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Chinese authorities have busted what is reportedly the country's biggest online gambling ring, which allegedly handled bets of more than 70 billion yuan ($11 billion), according to state media.
Internet
Nov 2, 2012
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New Jersey gambling regulators gave six casinos the green light to offer Internet gambling statewide on Monday.
Internet
Nov 25, 2013
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With a record number of people seeking help for problem gambling through the National Gambling Helpline last year, and the Gambling Commission's new figures suggesting that as many as 1.3 million adults in Great Britain might ...
Social Sciences
Feb 17, 2024
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(AP) -- Zynga, the social game company known for "FarmVille" and "Zynga Poker," is mulling a new market - online gambling.
Internet
Jan 20, 2012
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New York state investigators are looking into Yahoo's daily fantasy sports games to determine if they should be targeted for illegal gambling along with other operators, sources said Wednesday.
Internet
Nov 18, 2015
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Online social games could get a shot of real money with a new platform launched by a startup on Monday.
Internet
Jul 9, 2012
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It's a condition that turns the lives of millions of Americans upside-down: addiction.
Other
Sep 14, 2015
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