Gamblor’s World

The Problem Gambling Community Program purpose is to strengthen the
capacity of communities to respond to the negative impacts of
gambling. The program works in collaboration with Saskatchewan Health
to assist in the delivery of the public education and community
development components of Saskatchewan’ s problem gambling program.

121st Edition: U.S., Europe and Antigua Tangle, Professional Gamblers
and NCRG Conference

1) Ohio Ban

Ohio state’s democratic governor, Ted Strickland, has asked the GOP
controlled legislature to ban cash payouts from gaming machines, which
are increasingly popping up around the state.

http://tinyurl. com/248nmf

The twists and turns of state legislatures and their dance with
lobbyists come to mind as we read the op.ed. piece on the
bucyrustelegraphfor um.com site.

http://tinyurl. com/2erv4s

2) A Touch of History from a Professional. . . Gambler not Historian

Ted Sevransky began betting on sports regularly when he held a job
managing a sports bar in 1992. He moved to Las Vegas to bet on sports
as a full time professional in 1998.

The allure of the life of a professional gambler is often glamorized.
Yes, there are those who can succeed in the `profession. ‘ However it
is important to recognize the difference between fact and fiction.
The costs of the lifestyle can be high and losses must also be cited
hand in hand with wins.

He provides his caustic perspective on the UIGEA (Unlawful Internet
Gambling Enforcement Act).

http://tinyurl. com/yuuwtg

3) 8th Annual NCRG Conference on Gambling and Addiction
Paris Las Vegas Resort Las Vegas
November 11-13, 2007

The NCRG Conference will test conventional wisdom about how to best
protect those most vulnerable from developing gambling disorders and
how to provide those who do develop problems with effective means of
recovery.

http://tinyurl. com/2fo6rw

4) EU Takes on the U.S.

The European Union told the U.S. June 19 that it wanted compensation
for a U.S. foreign online gambling sites ban that doesn’t comply with
global trade rules.

The E.U. - the world’s largest consumer market - joins the tiny
Caribbean nation of Antigua and Barbuda in seeking compensation. The
twin-island nation argued that online gambling had provided income for
hundreds of its citizens and was helping to end its reliance on
tourism, which was hurt by a series of hurricanes in the late 1990s.

http://tinyurl. com/yp8kd7

) Antigua Tenacity Continues: Challenges U.S.

Antigua and Barbuda said June 20 that it was entitled to $3.44 billion
in compensation from the United States in a World Trade Organization
dispute over a U.S. ban on Internet gambling. The compensation demand
would be enforced as Antigua withdrew intellectual property protection
for U.S. trademarks, patents and industrial designs, the government said.
“We feel we have no other choice in the matter, we have fought long
and hard for fair access to the U.S. market and have won at every
stage of the WTO process,” Errol Cort, Antigua’s finance minister, said.
After losing the case at the WTO, Washington announced that it would
take the unprecedented legal step of changing the international
commitments it made as part of a 1994 treaty regulating trade in
services among the 150 members of the WTO. As a result, Washington
declined to challenge the WTO ruling, because it says that its legal
maneuver effectively ends the case.
Ed. Note: How convenient it is to change the rules of the game midstream.
http://tinyurl. com/yq2oj2