A 2010 survey conducted by the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority says that Las Vegas is heading towards economic improvement; however this is not because of an increase in the visitor’s spending on gambling. This was a major revelation to have come out of the study as most of the 3,600 visitors that were surveyed confirmed that they did not look to gamble away as large amounts of money that they used to in the past years.

The survey showed that the…

The National Center for Responsible Gambling, which is a charity funded by a powerful lobby group for casinos, says that colleges can treat gambling like alcohol and policies can be written to control its abuse while at the same time it acknowledged that it can be healthy when enjoyed in moderation. The organization walks college officials through the process of this transition.

It has planned to launch on Tuesday an internet based resource center to supply…

This week saw the often “stop and start” efforts for legalizing online poker in the US gain some momentum in the state of Nevada as the lawmakers of the state started to consider legislations which could be made concerning the issue. Other developments in this ambit included the top poker website in the world being joined by a casino company to push for federal action and the plan by the largest casino company in the world to offer online wagers to overseas customers…

The lawmakers of state of Iowa stated on Tuesday that they are apprehensive of the move to legalize online poker in the state as they are worried that it will lead to more people taking up gambling. A proposal which legalized the online poker services in the state with the state’s regulation was seen as sailing through the Senate without much resistance, with the Governor Terry Branstad cautiously supporting it. However, Tuesday saw the Senators halt the plans and voice…

The Vancouver City Council was informed by a medical health officer on Monday night that more than 43,000 British Columbians suffer from extreme cases of gambling addiction and as many as 152,000 have a moderate addiction to gambling. However, according to the researcher, Dr. John Carsley, it cannot possibly be determined whether the move proposed to expand gambling in the state will actually increase the extent of the addiction problem as not enough research is currently…