06/30/2009 04:04 PM
At the Metelitsa casino, the oldest private gambling house in Moscow, which opened in 1993 after the fall of the Soviet Union, they are packing up the card shoes and folding the gaming tables away. Across Russia thousands of others are doing the same ... | |
07/03/2009 03:36 AM
Casinos and other gambling establishments across Russia were legally obliged to shut on Wednesday, as a law aimed at curbing gambling addiction came into effect. In Moscow, police overnight verified that some 513 gaming venues, among them 29 casinos ... | |
07/01/2009 08:39 AM
Moscow - Casinos and other gambling establishments across Russia were legally obliged to shut on Wednesday, as a law aimed at curbing gambling addiction came into effect. In Moscow, police overnight verified that some 513 gaming venues, among them 29 ... | |
06/30/2009 03:50 PM
MOSCOW - Nearly two decades after the Soviet collapse set Russia's roulette wheels spinning again, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin is calling in the chips on the gambling industry — a symbol of the glitz and excess of Russia's oil-fueled boom. It's ... | |
06/30/2009 07:10 PM
GLOUCESTERSHIRE County Council is backing a proposed ban on selling knives online. Trading Standards chiefs across the UK today called for a blanket ban on sales of knives and bladed objects over the internet. The call follows an undercover operation ... | |
07/01/2009 08:11 AM
Columnist Michael Kinsley could have had Pennsylvania in mind when he coined the phrase, “The scandal isn’t what’s illegal. It’s what’s legal.” Last week, the Common Cause Education Fund released a study showing that the gambling industry ... | |
06/29/2009 07:54 PM
MOSCOW -- Nearly two decades after the Soviet collapse set Russia's roulette wheels spinning again, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin is calling in the chips on the gambling industry - a symbol of the glitz and excess of Russia's oil-fueled boom. It's ... | |
07/01/2009 03:10 AM
MOSCOW - Nearly two decades after the Soviet collapse set Russia's roulette wheels spinning again, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin is calling in the chips on the gambling industry - a symbol of the glitz and excess of Russia's oil-fueled boom. It's all ... | |
06/30/2009 06:56 PM
MOSCOW - Nearly two decades after the Soviet collapse set Russia's roulette wheels spinning again, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin is calling in the chips on the gambling industry — a symbol of the glitz and excess of Russia's oil-fueled boom. It's ... | |
06/30/2009 06:56 PM
Trading standards officers have called for a ban on online knife sales after a machete was sold to a 15-year-old for £1.50 over the internet. The potential weapon was delivered in the mail in bubble wrap and cardboard to the teenager who was testing ... | |