By Froma Harrop - THE FBI is shocked, SHOCKED that Americans will illegally bet an estimated $2.4 billion on March Madness college basketball. Perhaps they’ll round up the usual suspects — all several million of them. You see, gambling is immoral, except when done through lotteries, keno, off-track betting, Indian casinos, riverboat casinos, dog races, horse races, jai-alai frontons, card rooms and other wagering venues blessed by the states. And betting on college sports is especially evil, unless you do…

Slot machines at Gettysburg? Susquehanna Financial Group has set the odds at 99/1. CEO of the Chance Enterprises, David LeVan, who wants the license reckons those odds are cheap. A spokeswoman said, on his behalf, that he’d take the bet… Continue . …

Tucker Keeling of Bixby, Oklahoma who has ALS (commonly known as Lou Gehrig’s disease) has won the inaugural $250,000 PartyCasino.com World BlackJack Championship. His total winning could be in the region of $113,000. Keeler, who worked a professional dealer in… Continue . …

Operation Kings Flush a 16 month investigation into illegal gambling has snared 11 people and thousands of dollars in cash and equipment in raids this weekend. Brooklyn District Attorney Charles Hynes said that the raiders concentrated their efforts on members… Continue . …

Gamblers in Ohio, USA are campaigning for slot machines to be allowed to operate in the State’s seven racetracks. Each machine can earn in excess of $67,000 per annum of which 30% could go towards the Learn and Earn program… Continue . …

Gaming Guru Mark Pilarski, of the Casino City Times, has posted an email he received in which a screenplay writer asks what you call a person who can control the outcome of the dice they throw at the craps table…. Continue . …

The FBI has had a word with basketball players about the dangers of sports gambling, especially when it comes to betting on their own games. A survey of the NCAA (National Collegiate Athletic Association) and gambling taken 3 years ago… Continue . …

FIFA will be keeping an eye on suspicious betting patterns during this year’s world cup. After being rocked by a huge betting scandal last year, the footballing governing body, FIFA will be working in parallel with other companies to… Continue . …

LIN LIANG REN, the Chinese gangmaster, gambled £600 on a single hand of blackjack at a Liverpool casino on the eve of the Morecambe Bay tragedy…….

The night before the Morecambe Bay disaster Lin Liangren had been in a Liverpool casino, wagering £600 on a single hand at blackjack….

Russia’s State Duma (not pictured) has taken steps to end underage gambling. Anyone under the age of 18 will be banned from gambling establishments and slot machines that can be easily assessed by youths will have to be moved…. Continue . …

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PartyGaming has found their successor to Richard Segal, the CEO that left the company back in February. Mitch Garber will be taking over the CEO mantle - and will be earning $17 million for his troubles - in the… Continue . …

It seems as if the US media are finally realising the hypocrisy and idiocy of certain congressmen’s attempts of trying to ban online gambling - and restricting gambling across the country. The message is simple - people gamble. They’ll… Continue . …

The Sportman, Britain’s first daily national paper in over 20 years, was launched today. I had a look at it this morning instead of doing something “more constructive” as my father would say. The front page was dedicated to… Continue . …