Theft defense pivots on gambling as an illness
Palm Beach Post - The notion that stiff prison sentences will deter other gamblers from stealing is a myth, experts say. Gambling addicts are like drug addicts and alcoholics who are arrested repeatedly but continue to drink and take drugs, said Arnie Wexler, a ...
Are other leagues safe from gambling by officials?
ESPN.com - At his televised news conference on Tuesday, NBA commissioner David Stern presented a lengthy list of safeguards the league had in place to prevent the sort of disgrace brought on in the last week by a federal investigation of suspected gambling by a ...
Measures target 4 gambling compacts
San Diego Union-Tribune - But other tribes still live in poverty. “Why should the government extend the gambling monopoly for these tribes to make them even wealthier at the expense of the local community?” he asked. Sycuan's deal has drawn stiff local opposition ...
Banned: Gambling in Second Life
ZDNet.be Blogs - So down come all those virtual casinos and other 3D gambling joints, and out goes all the painstakingly programed scripts designed to ensure that overzealous avatars, like me, keep losing money. Not to mention the devastating effect it could have in ...
Betting firms fight 9pm TV ad watershed
Times Online - ... the industry had been used as a “political football” while another said Britain had become a “laughing stock” because of the measured way other countries had relaxed their attitudes. Bosses also fear that a study of the prevalence of gambling ...
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