It seems that nobody sees the true irony in this story: The Fort Worth Star-Telegram reported that four employees of Fidelity Investments were fired f...
Posted 12.16.2009 | Business
The $100 billion dollar world of illegal gambling is happening all around us and can carry dire consequences, according to a CNBC investigative report...
Roger I. Abrams | Posted 12.16.2009 | Sports
NBA Commissioner David Stern suggested last week that accepting legalized gambling as a part of the NBA product was a "possibility."
Will Schwartz | Posted 12.10.2009 | New York
I bet this Deficit Reduction Plan (DRP) won't last us through May. That's about six months before the next bout of calamity.
WHDH | Posted 11.25.2009 | Sports
BOSTON -- A source tells 7Sports that the gambler at the center of the 2008 NBA betting scandal says 13 referees were involved....
LA Times | Lance Pugmire | Posted 11.22.2009 | Sports
However, on Oct. 25, Week 7 of the NFL season, the corporate types running the mighty Las Vegas sports books found themselves trapped in the unpleasan...
HuffingtonPost.com | Shahien Nasiripour | Posted 11.10.2009 | Business
In describing the complex and little-understood world of derivatives trading as "a sophisticated form of gambling," three U.S. Senators proposed legis...
Rep. Jack Franks | Posted 10.16.2009 | Chicago
I've filed a bill to repeal the Video Gaming Act, which allows places licensed to serve alcohol to have up to five video poker machines for patron use -- the equivalent of 60 new casinos in Illinois.
Beau Friedlander | Posted 10.14.2009 | Politics
The very nature of the health insurance industry is antithetical to its stated reason for being: helping people stay well and to get better.
Don McNay | Posted 10.12.2009 | Business
I'm convinced that most of the mistakes made handling money result from lack of information and bad habits formed in childhood.
AP | Posted 10.07.2009 | Denver
GREELEY, Colo. — Authorities say they have arrested former major league pitcher Shawn Chacon at a Colorado bowling alley on charges related to u...
nytimes.com | IAN URBINA | Posted 11.09.2009 | Business
Casinos and lotteries in most states are reporting a downturn in revenue for the first time, resulting in a drop in the money collected by state and l...
Editor & Publisher | Posted 10.18.2009 | Media
Forty percent of sports reporters admitted in a recent survey to gambling on sports, while 5% said they had bet on sports they had covered....
Don McNay | Posted 10.16.2009 | Business
Everyone has dreams and desires but usually keep them hidden, back in the recesses of their minds. The lottery question gets those dreams and desires out in the open, on the front burner.
wsj.com | CONOR DOUGHERTY | Posted 09.10.2009 | Business
States' revenue from casinos, slot machines and lotteries is falling for the first time in many of the 48 states that have grown to depend on gambling...
Don McNay | Posted 09.08.2009 | Media
Obama's election was not only a door opener for people of color. It also showed that people with absent dads, or no dad at all, can grow up and live in the White House.
Don McNay | Posted 08.22.2009 | Living
I've dealt with hundreds of parents of special needs children. They take the hand that is dealt to them. And usually turn that hand into aces.
Keith Thomson | Posted 08.06.2009 | Politics
The news of Sarah Palin's resignation reached gamblers during a busy holiday weekend. Still, somehow, they found time to handicap and place a flurry of online bets regarding Palin's future.
Kelley Bell-Wenzlaff | Posted 08.01.2009 | Politics
Ohio is facing one of the worst budget crises in its history and instead of rolling up their sleeves to hash out a budget, the politicians are rolling the dice in an epic game of fool the public.
GlobalPost | Posted 07.26.2009 | World
SAN FRANCISCO The European Union recently took a shot at the United States in little-noticed trade war over internet gambling, charging that the Unite...
Les Leopold | Posted 07.25.2009 | Business
We cannot thrive or even survive in an economy that only moves money around instead of producing tangible goods and services.
Lea Lane | Posted 07.20.2009 | Living
Before I tell you how, as a two-year old, I was my daddy's shill, let me tell you a bit about him. Daddy was a "professional gambler," if betting dail...
Srinivasan Pillay | Posted 07.17.2009 | Living
The message here is that although we may be fixed in the ways in which we handle guilt, we can teach our brains to become smarter about how we handle our desires.
CBS 2 Chicago | Mike Flannery | Posted 06.05.2009 | Chicago
There is a new push to expand gambling across the state, including Chicago, sources tell CBS 2 Political Editor Mike Flannery. The deal for gambling ...
Don McNay | Posted 06.01.2009 | Business
When I go to the track, I don't look at the racing form, jockeys, past history or pick horses with funny names. I usually win enough money to pay for lunch.
Ron Shandler | Posted 12.18.2009 | Home