An article in the Las Vegas Sun offers us a look
around a university campus and a glimpse inside the issue of sports gambling by
students, stepping behind the current debate in Congress over how to stop it.
Stosh Bruch, 25, says gambling on professional and college games is simply part
of college culture for some students: "You bet the one o'clock games, then
the four o'clock and the seven o'clock games. Then you bet Monday night. Every
weekend." Matthew, a Cornell University student, admits, "I'm addicted
to gambling, to be honest." He uses bookies on campus to place bets on
college basketball, professional basketball, hockey and baseball. Matthew says
his bookie collects bets from maybe 20 other gamblers on campus and then places
them with another guy who runs the operation. Matthew doesn't know who is at
the top, but says it's not someone in Nevada. He says it's strictly a local
network. What's the best way to stop the many students like Matthew from
gambling? The NCAA says its bill will close the Las Vegas "loophole"
that allows campus bookies to place big bets in Nevada; but Arnie Wexler, a
nationally recognized gambling counsellor and former addict, maintains,
"Las Vegas is not the problem. The problem is on campuses. Early intervention
is the ballgame, and no one is doing it."
The Las Vegas Sun has the complete story.
Glazer Reports on World Series of Poker
Championship
Acclaimed gaming columnist Andrew N.S. Glazer,
a.k.a. "The Poker Pundit," will provide coverage of the most
prestigious poker championship on Earth, the World Series of Poker, already in
full shuffle at Binion's Horseshoe in Las Vegas until May 18. The World Series
attracts the best and brightest poker players from even the most remote corners
of the globe. However, players don't need a big reputation or a winning team
behind them to participate in situs poker online .
Anyone over 21 years of age can enter to compete and maybe even win the grand
prize this year of at least one million dollars. As the Casino.com Network's
poker expert, Andrew N.S. Glazer will provide detailed daily reports on the
high-stakes tournament action starting on April 21 until the final showdown on
May 18. Poker enthusiasts are invited to subscribe to Glazer's free
e-newsletter, Wednesday Nite Poker, to receive the exciting reports--full of
quips and tips--in their inboxes.
Online Gambling Comes to Scandinavia
The Aland Islands Slot Machine Association, PAF,
is operating an online gambling site after a Finnish Supreme Court decision on
April 11 permitting the operation. Aland, the group of islands between Sweden
and Finland, is an autonomous, Swedish-speaking region with representation in
the Finnish Parliament. When the government of Aland gave PAF the right to open
the betting site, the Finnish government and the competing gambling monopoly on
the Finnish mainland, Veikkaus, objected to the decision. However, Finland's
Supreme Court agreed with Aland's stance that Internet gambling takes place
where the game server for the site is located, not where the player is located.
The gambling site, now available in Finnish and Swedish, currently accepts only
transactions from customers holding Finnish bank accounts; but PAF plans to
accept credit card transactions by the end of June.
Northern Light has the complete story.
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