Casinos to Seize Winnings from Dead Beat Parents.
by Lara James ( February 18 2007 13:49:0 ) Names of Casinos Winners to run thru dead beat data base.
On Friday a bill passed the House by a vote of 51 to 13 to hold casino and track winnings of anyone found to owe child support. The bill aimed at stopping dead beat parents from gambling away their child support payments by playing at poker rooms and casinos.
The bill was approved by the House and sent to the Senate. The bill will require racetracks and casinos to run the winners Social Security number against a dead beat parent dat...
UK Doctors say Minors Should not Gamble.
by Steve Green ( January 31 2007 13:2:0 ) The BMA has released a report saying that gambling is harmful to children and should be stopped.
Doctors are sharing their concerns that with the expansion of the number of casinos in Brittan, so will the numbers of gambling addicts expand.
A reports recently released by the British Medical Association, is saying that the more the gambling laws are relaxed the more the chances of children and women becoming addicted to gambling grows.
Leaders from the medical community are saying that national health Services should pay for treatment of people with gambling problems, and that clinicia...
Bill Outlaws Casino Credit to Drunks.
by Steve Green ( January 15 2007 12:34:0 ) A proposed bill would make it illegal for casinos to offer credit without giving a Sobriety test.
After a Kentucky man who witnesses say was visibly drunk was allowed to take $75,000 in credit from an Indiana casino one State Senator is suggesting sobriety tests become mandatory before a player be allowed to accept any casino credit over $1,000.
This will not only protect a drunk player from having the casino take advantage of them, but it will also protect the casinos from a drunk who can not afford the credit but is too drunk to make a responsible decision. The sobriety tests will also ...
Raising the Age Limits in Rhode Island
by Steve Green ( December 28 2006 14:2:0 ) Rhode Island legislators are trying to raise the legal gambling age to 21.
A freshmen Rhode Island lawmaker is pushing a bill that will he read for the first time next week, the bill is aimed at helping curb teen gambling by raising the legal gambling age from 18 to 21 in all of Rhode Islands legalized gambling parlors and racetracks.
After the bills official reading it will be assigned to a committee for further discussion and investigation.
According to the house speaker a similar bill was drafted in 2002 but failed to get enough votes to pass.
The lawmaker ...
Bethlehem, Lots of Snow, But no Casino.
by Lara James ( December 12 2006 12:44:0 ) People in the Lehigh Valley area do not want a casino moving in and ruining their small town
Citizens of the Lehigh Valley area of Pennsylvania are extremely worried about the possibility of a Slot casino moving into their town. If the license is granted a group is looking to build a new slots casino on the site of Bethlehem's old steel Company.
the group has chose to go by the name the Bethlehem Defense Fund, plans on hiring Lawyers, engineers, and
Traffic Consultants in an attempt to stop the casinos opening at any expense.
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