Entries categorized as ‘Underage Gambling’
“GamCare is a registered charity that provides advice and help in addressing the social impact of gambling in the UK. GamCare spokesman Andrew Poole said:
“In achieving GamCare Certification, PokerStars have attained the highest standards in player protection and have demonstrated that they genuinely recognise the need to assist their customers in playing responsibly. We look forward to working with PokerStars in the future and in continuing to share their commitment to responsible gambling.”
PokerStars obtained verification after implementing a number of new initiatives which you may have seen for the first time last week on the online poker room. These include:
Age Verification – assuring that all UK players who play on PokerStars are of legal age.”
PokerNews (07/31/07)
Categories: Age-verification · GamCare · Technology · Underage Gambling
“Underage gamblers usually get shown the door when they’re found gambling in Nevada. The punishment, if any, goes to the casino for not preventing it.
But now that’s changing. Don’t assume you’ll get a free pass if you’re caught gambling and you’re not 21.
Billy Dee Wallace, the underage Las Vegas man who tried to recoup his $600 loss at The Venetian by telling hotel officials he wasn’t old enough to gamble legally, is now being prosecuted on misdemeanor charges.
“The district attorney’s office approved prosecution,” said Gaming Control Board member Randall Sayre.
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Categories: Casinos · News · Underage Gambling
“A newly released report conducted by the Arizona Criminal Justice Commission shows an increase in the number of teens who gamble.According to the Arizona Youth Survey, 30 percent of 8th graders surveyed say they are frequent gamblers.
Twenty-seven percent of 10th graders and nearly 22 percent of 12th graders fall in the same category.
According to Tim Christensen in the Arizona Office of Problem Gambling, the most popular form of gambling among the teens is lottery scratch-off tickets. Christensen says those surveyed also prefer betting on sports and playing poker for money.”
KNXV-TV (07/06/07) [video]
Categories: Underage Gambling
“In an age when poker tournaments are a regular sight on ESPN and other stations; gambling is as easy as ever with the Internet; Texas Hold ‘Em cards being sold everywhere, including gas stations; and two of the world’s largest casinos are a relatively short trip up Interstate 95 and are constantly expanding, officials at Fairfield Warde High School are not standing idly by. Earlier this year, a gambling prevention program was piloted at the high school. It’s called WAUGE and stands for Warde’s Awareness of Underage Gambling through Education. While the high schoolers are too young yet to gamble at Mohegan Sun or Foxwoods Resort Casino, they will be 21 in a few short years.
“This is a prevention program,” said Dave Ebling, Fitts housemaster at Fairfield Warde. “We’re really looking to give kids knowledge about the risks of gambling…”
Fairfield Citizen-Trust (06/29/07)
Categories: Underage Gambling
