Saturday, January 27, 2007

adn.com | sports : Kuskokwim 300 looks much like tournament of champions

adn.com sports : Kuskokwim 300 looks much like tournament of champions:

"The $100,000 purse makes this the second highest paying professional sporting event in the state. Only the Iditarod has a bigger payout. The biggest thing in Bethel all winter, the Kusko has been hugely efficient at collecting money from sponsors and gambling receipts from pull-tabs."

Tuesday, January 23, 2007

Palladium-Item - www.pal-item.com - Richmond, Ind.

Palladium-Item - www.pal-item.com - Richmond, Ind.:

"Gambling addiction isn't a disease that affects those who can afford it. 'One thing that gets ignored is bingo,' Roll said. 'There are people spending their grocery money on it.'
The growth of the gaming industry isn't likely to subside.
'We've gotten dependent on it,' State Sen. Allen Paul said. 'People don't want taxes.'
A bill that would allow racetracks in Indiana to sell 'pull tabs' is expected in this session of the Indiana General Assembly.
The rampant legalization of gambling has reduced the outcry against illegal gambling.
'I can't remember when the last time was we got a complaint,' Richmond Police detective Sgt. Brad Berner said.
Local police work with Indiana excise police in enforcing gambling laws.
'Frankly, it's a low priority for us,' Berner said. 'It's difficult to enforce something that's been legalized around the state.'
Addiction to gambling is much like other addictions, Campbell-Roux said. 'The brain reacts to gambling in much the same way it can react to drugs or alcohol,' she said.
There is no 'magic pill' to help a person through a gambling problem. Education and support are the key to the cure."

Saturday, January 20, 2007

Lexington Herald-Leader | 01/19/2007 | Couple accused in bingo scheme sentenced to three months in prison

Lexington Herald-Leader 01/19/2007 Couple accused in bingo scheme sentenced to three months in prison:
"Undercover investigators found that various charities were used as fronts at Jackpot and that much of its revenue, including sales of 'bootleg' pull tabs, was pocketed by the Adamses and the other defendants Ð Rita Faye Tipton and her sister, Gloria Ann Williams."

Friday, January 05, 2007

The Seattle Times: Local News: Jesus gets a toehold at taverns

The Seattle Times: Local News: Jesus gets a toehold at taverns:
"A few months ago, this minister was the talk of the bar when he won $105 playing pull-tabs.
What are these ministers doing here — at the SoundTrack Bar and Grill in Interbay, near the Ballard Bridge? Where earlier this year there was a police drug raid? And a shooting in the parking lot? And where tonight a working girl is sweet-talking any man who strays near the bar's side door?
'Where would Jesus hang out?' shrugs Pastor Rick Reynolds, the one with the spectacles. 'Jesus ran with the hookers and the tax collectors. It's the opposite of where most church people say we should be going.'"