by admin | Aug 7, 2006 | News
The state gaming commission finds itself in an awkward position – because it regulates legal gambling. The commission regulates legal and licensed forms of gambling – casinos, horse racing, and charitable bingo. But it gets a lot of calls from people...
by admin | Aug 1, 2006 | Business, Sports Features
One of the world’s largest online betting companies is going to ignore federal criminal charges and a civil lawsuit aimed at stopping its operations in this country. Lawyers for BetOnSports have not appeared for the arraignment of the ocmpany and some of its...
by admin | Aug 1, 2006 | Politics / Govt
The superintendent of the Missouri Highway Patrol has announced his retirement. Colonel Roger Stottlemyre will wrap a 32-year career with the patrol on September first. He’s going to work for the state Gaming Commission. Stottlemyre is a native of Unionville in...
by admin | Jul 31, 2006 | Business, Crime / Courts
Don’t bet on it; whether officials with one of the biggest off-shore internet gambling companies will show up in federal court in St. Louis this afternoon to face mail and wire fraud charges. BetOnSports also is accused of illegally accepting billions of dollars...
by admin | Jul 26, 2006 | Business, Politics / Govt
The Missouri Gaming Commission meets with its new leader for the first time today. Former St. Louis County Executive Gene McNary admits he knows little about the gaming industry, that the only time he’s been in a Missouri casino was for a business meeting when...