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Revenue Enhancement via Problem Gambling
Revenue Enhancement Via Problem Gambling The operational approach of the NY State Legislature to problem gambling is horribly clear from the voting records on S7833 (passed 55 to 4 on...
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Caesars at Woodbury: Problem Gambling ? No Problem
Summary: This is a critique of Attachment IX.A.2.a_A2 in section 07 – IX.A. Assessment of Local Support and Mitigation Local Impact of the application by Caesars Entertainment to the...
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Nowhere
Rainbow’s end Nowhere Most people assume that the New York State Gaming Commission has to award four new casino licenses in 2014 or 2015. This assumption has made some individuals and groups in...
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Hidden social costs of predatory gambling
Under the rug Statement of Stephen Q, Shafer MD MPH to the Gaming Facility Location Board of the New York State Gaming Commission at the hearing in Poughkeepsie on Sept 23, 2014 My name is Stephen...
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Bad add
Peering over the EdgeFlickr CC The message below was sent by e-mail on the morning of Jan 5, 2015 to Bradley Fischer, Esq., Director of Policy, Development and External Affairs, NYS Gaming...
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AllGamblingAllTheTime by then-State Senator Frank Padavan was written some years ago. Nothing in it is outdated, although sad to say, New York State has kept expanding state-sanctioned predatory...
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The Curse
Pachinko A Talk at Patchogue-Medford Library Long Island NY July 30, 2015 by Robert H. Steele Mr. Steele is a Connecticut business executive and former U.S. Congressman, and was a nominee for...
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Online Poker Hearing Misses the Point
The New York State Senate website has announced that the Senate Racing, Gaming, and Wagering Committee will ‘discuss the future of online poker in New York State’ at a hearing scheduled for...
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If the casino comes to town
Aerial view of proposed Tyre casino site April 7 2015, Remarks by Robert H. Steele at the Stop Predatory Gambling National Day of Action event in Geneva NY, 26 September 2015, Geneva is a few miles...
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From the Front Lines Against Predatory Gambling
A Stop Predatory Gambling National Day of Action in Geneva NY 26 September 2015 was co-sponsored by CAGNY, Women’s Interfaith Institute, Geneva Assembly of God “Celebrate Recovery,” Phelps Baptist...
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Daily Fantasy Sports Is Internet Gambling and Illegal
On Nov 10 2015 NYS Attorney General Eric Schneiderman announced that his had issued a cease and desist order to Fan Duel and Draft Kings, the two largest operator of Daily Fantasy Sports. He gave...
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Hold ’em Harmless?
The following letter was sent by US mail on 26 October 2015 to the Delhi District office of State Senator John J. Bonacic. An electronic version with attachment was transmitted to the Senator’s...
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Generally Recognized as Gambling: Daily Fantasy Sports
Testimony Before the Hearing on Daily Fantasy Sports held by Committees of the New York State Legislature, 8 December 2015 My name is Stephen Shafer. I chair Coalition Against Gambling in New York, an...
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“Fair Game,”“Fair Game”“Fair Game” and Daily Fantasy Sports
Super Bowl 50 What is “a fair game?” According to game theory, it’s one in which all participants have an equal chance to win whatever is at stake. A classical lottery is a fair game in that sense....
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See no gambling, hear no gambling, speak no gambling, think no gambling: A 10473
Comments on A 10473 New York State Assembly “Relates to the registration and regulation of interactive fantasy sports contests” Introduced by Mr. Pretlow May 27 2016 S 6793A was brought out in the...
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Legislators: Vote NO on legalizing internet poker
Coalition Against Gambling in New York, the New York State Council of Churches and the national organization Stop Predatory Gambling say to New York State legislators “Vote NO” on S5302 and “NO” on...
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