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Internet Gambling: An Abridged Overview of Federal Criminal Law

American law has always reflected our ambivalence towards gambling. Anti-gambling laws were common in colonial America, yet even in the Northeast where they were perhaps; most numerous the lotteries was a popular form of public finance. Majorities of states continue to outlaw most forms of gambling, but most also continue...

Tags: Congressional Research Service, lottery, finance, Internet

White papers 2004-11-29

Loto Quebecn Hits the Jackpot with Xcelle Net

Loto-Quebec is the gaming company in the Canadian province of Quebec. Their operations include lottery sales, casinos, CD-ROM lotteries, video lotteries and network bingo. Overall Loto-Quebec has streamlined their business with the help of XcelleNet’s solution. No matter what type of business you’re in, your company can’t afford to gamble...

Tags: Corporate communications, lottery, CD-ROM, video, game, sales, network

White papers 2003-01-01

Hanging Up on Telephone Hucksters

American consumers lose more than billion dollars a year to telemarketing fraud. It is no wonder that con artists in foreign countries want in on the action. Con artists are still swindling consumers with the tried and true pitches for bogus sweepstakes and vacation packages. But telephone hucksters also are...

Tags: Sales channel, Financial services, Advertising & Promotion, lottery, FTC, credit card, computer hacker, telemarketing, phone, bank, agency, financial, computer

White papers 2003-01-01

Additional Resources

Power forwards for the NBA draft

Kevin Love is the son of a former NBA big man and the nephew of a Beach Boy, a star recruit in high school and an immediate media magnet as a standout in one season at UCLA. He knows spotlights. So he appears unfazed about the one...

Articles 2008-06-26

Fab freshman class awaits NBA call

NEW YORK -- Michael Beasley strolled into a hotel ballroom Wednesday, spotted the swarm of cameras surrounding his table, and jokingly asked Brandon Rush if he wanted to switch spots. The guy Beasley really may want to swap with is Derrick Rose. Rose is...

Articles 2008-06-26

Italy a hot spot for NBA scouts thanks to Gallinari

Italy is showing it can produce more than fast cars, fashion and soccer stars and that mozzarella, cannoli and Sambuca aren't the only things that need no translation. Suddenly, Italy is a basketball hotbed, a welcome stop for every NBA scout with a passport. While enjoying espressos...

Articles 2008-06-26

First impression: Rose and Beasley or Beasley and Rose?

DALLAS -- Some misguided souls actually believed Chicago would challenge the top teams in the Eastern Conference this past season. Now that we've acknowledged one of the lowest moments in my career of NBA prognostication, let's move on. What is it people say, if...

Articles 2008-06-26

Lottery jackpot estimated at Pounds 2.5m

Home News IN BRIEF *The winning numbers in last night's Lotto were 11, 12, 22, 23, 24 and 36. The bonus ball was 26 and the jackpot was estimated at 2.5m. Thunderball numbers were 13, 18, 31, 32 and 33, with Thunderball 3...

Articles 2008-06-26

Inside the NBA draft -- Shooters

(Shooting guards/small forwards) TOP OF THE DRAFT A point guard and a power forward, Memphis' Derrick Rose and Kansas State's Michael Beasley, will go 1-2 in Thursday's draft, in one order or another. But a shooter could follow, and the first likely will be...

Articles 2008-06-25

Diving into this year's talent pool

Draft countdown See the top prospects at nba.usatoday.com Teams unfortunate enough to miss this year's playoffs can take some consolation in Thursday night's NBA draft. Those postseason absentees will hold a draft lottery ticket, good for one of the top picks. This year's draft...

Articles 2008-06-24

Utah Jazz: Inside the NBA draft

Floor generals Point Guards Top of the draft With the recent success of Deron Williams in Utah and Chris Paul in New Orleans, top-notch point guards are all the rage in the NBA these days. University of Memphis freshman Derrick Rose is a top-...

Articles 2008-06-24

Two LA Lottery Tickets Worth More Than $360,000 Still Unclaimed

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- There are hundreds of thousands of dollars in prize winnings from California Lottery tickets that remain unclaimed. Two of the larger, outstanding tickets were sold in Los Angeles. The tickets were each purchased two months ago for $1 and hit the first five of six...

Articles 2008-06-23

We were lucky, admits Casillas

VIENNA AFP — Spain hero Iker Casillas admitted his team had been lucky in progressing to the Euro 2008 semi-finals following their penalty shoot-out victory over world champions Italy. Casillas stopped penalties from Daniele De Rossi and Antonio Di Natale as Spain won the shoot-out 4-2 after a...

Articles 2008-06-22

Lottery is not a solution

As everyone knows, local, state and federal governments are struggling to find ways to obtain the revenue needed to support essential programs like education. Here's a proposal: Let's develop a program that takes the most from those that have the least. We'll capture an average of 9 percent of income...

Articles 2008-06-22

Connected to LocalBUSINESSFilling the grocery gap

By Trista Freed Photographs by Jake Gatchell THE CAPITAL-JOURNAL ESKRIDGE - Dolly Mercer, co-owner of Solomon's Porch, stood behind a small counter ringing up a bag of chips and gallon of milk, busily chatting with a customer. Mercer...

Articles 2008-06-22

Quiet Big Spin® Contestant Wins for Son, Pulls Heartstrings

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Soft-spoken and extraordinarily polite, Mike Wallace from Fresno would have welcomed the minimum prize any Big Spin contestant receives, but his story and his luck gave him much more on this week's California Lottery Big Spin show. The show aired statewide Saturday, June 21, 2008. The grand...

Articles 2008-06-21

Tinbu and PennySaverUSA.com Announce Alliance

Tinbu, a leadingprovider of interactive data modules in a variety of in-demand categories,is pleased to announce its alliance with PennySaverUSA.com, one of thenation's leading online local advertising networks and a business ofHarte-Hanks, Inc. (NYSE: HHS). Tinbu's patent-pending technology is designed to enable seamlessintegration of interactive data modules and content into...

Articles 2008-06-20

Fischer Edit Posts Washington Lottery's "Birds" TV Commercial

What do a penguin, chicken and emu have incommon? They're all flightless birds who share the screen in Washington Lottery's latest TVspot "Birds," voted #1 last week on Adcritic . The ad shows how winningthe lottery can offer people a chance to do something they...

Articles 2008-06-20

Microlog Wins Contract From Redstone Arsenal for Service First(R) Upgrade

Microlog Corporation (PINKSHEETS: MLOG), aGermantown, Maryland-based technology leader in Integrated Voice ResponseIVR and Computer Telephony Integration CTI solutions for theGovernment, Healthcare and lotteries, has been awarded a contract from theRedstone Arsenal to upgrade their patient appointment system at Fox ArmyHealth Center. Based in Huntsville, Alabama, Redstone Arsenal is an elementof...

Articles 2008-06-20

Comeback kings Turkey edge into semis

VIENNA AFP — Turkey lived up to their billing as comeback kings with a 3-1 penalty shoot-out win over Croatia here on Friday to put them into the Euro 2008 semi-finals. The spot-kick lottery was called for after the sides were inseparable at 1-1 after extra-time, both of those goals...

Articles 2008-06-20