Jowell backs slot machine limits
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The culture secretary stands by plans to limit slot machines offering massive prize money in new gambling laws.
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UNITED KINGDOM - As reported by the UK Sky News: &quot;Culture secretary Tessa Jowell has signalled a possible retreat over the controversial Gambling Bill on the eve of a crucial vote in Parliament.
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In a move engineered by Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R - Tenn.), the United States Senate on Saturday passed legislation that effectively makes it illegal for a bank or other institution to transfer funds to organizations that are involved in so-called "unlawful Internet gambling."
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Prime Minister Tony Blair's government said Thursday it will introduce legislation deregulating Britain's gambling laws within weeks, a move eagerly awaited by U.S. casino companies hoping to get their slice of the next big market.
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US casino operators are queuing up for a share of the burgeoning British market, betting on an outbreak of gambling fever after MPs voted to loosen laws governing the industry.
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TORONTO - People with gambling problems account for more than a third of the $4 billion spent each year by Ontario residents at casinos, racetracks and lottery kiosks, a new study suggests.
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A report on gambling in the UK, which is expected to influence plans for super-casinos, is to be published.
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A council becomes the first in England to allocate secondary places by lottery prompting a debate over choice.
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About seven in 10 Maryland residents favor legalizing slot-machine gambling, but just as many oppose a sales tax increase that Gov. Martin O'Malley is pushing to close a looming $1.7 billion budget shortfall, a Washington Post poll has found.
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Responding to ATM robberies, the bank is lowering daily withdrawal limits for all customers as a security precaution.
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Slot machine makers, keen to find a  new selling point for a traditional game, are trying to  increase the social aspect of slots by linking up machines so  players can share payouts and the thrill of winning.
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Investor's Business Daily - Slot machines are evolving to suit a new generation of gamblers. The new machines, targeted at gamblers under the age of 40 who grew up playing video games, require greater hand-eye coordination, with some models featuring joysticks in the works. Slot makers say younger gamblers also like clusters of machines linked together to allow for communal games. One manufacturer has teamed up with video game maker Atari to create a Pong-style machine and other skill-based slots.
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Steve Swindal, a managing general partner of the Yankees, has other business interests outside of baseball. Thatâs where the slot machines come in.
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Racing executive Joe De Francis says Monday he would relinquish proceeds from slot machines at Laurel Park if it would help ease alternative-gaming bills through the state legislature.
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A bill to ban online gambling in the  United States was drafted haphazardly and risks driving  millions of gamblers underground onto unregulated Web sites, a  former U.S. state attorney general said on Thursday.
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A bill to ban Internet gambling  faces opposition in the U.S. Senate, but backers still hope to  win passage of it within a few weeks, a top aide to U.S. Senate  Majority Leader Bill Frist said on Thursday.
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SACRAMENTO, California -- As reported by the San Diego Union-Tribune: &quot;...The state&#39;s big horse racetracks and card clubs will launch their big push today for an initiative that could give them slot machines with a $3 million-a-week television buy for a