The Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department busted an illegal gambling ring at a home on the 1200 block E. 15th Street. Detectives arrested and charged 10 people for their involvement in the illegal activity including an 83-year-old man. Detectives also confiscated a little over $4,400 in cash. Officers removed pull tab machines, 13 brown boxes, and some suspected cocaine. Investigators served a search warrant on the home on Tuesday. All of the suspects were transported to the Marion County Jail, except for 64-year-old Judy Buckner, who officers sent to Wishard Memorial Hospital for high blood pressure. Prosecutors have charged the suspects…

Times Union – A statewide vote to amend the constitution by allowing up to seven new full-gaming casinos in New York has been engineered in the Capitol over two legislative sessions, the culmination of years of debate touching on economic development, quality of life and the social costs of problem gambling. But with just seven weeks to go before voters decide the issue in November’s general election, the silence from advocates and opponents is deafening. That can be ascribed in large part to the recently ended primary campaign season that, upstate and down, included virtually no debate about the casino plan. “We’re just…

iGaming Business – Gerry Gionet, founder of GEObet Network, has confirmed that several Native American tribes have asked to join the organisation, which provides iGaming solutions to land-based casino operators. Gionet held private discussions with tribes from Northern California and Nevada last month. Joining GEObet would allow the tribes ultimately to launch online operations. While some tribes have previously used free-play iGaming sites as an entry point into the market, GEObet offers the opportunity to go live with real-money online poker, casino and sportsbook services. “The use of the airwaves and the practice of gambling on games and contest is…

Card Player – Despite a likely citywide ban on Google Glass inside Las Vegas brick-and-mortar casinos, the gaming industry will reportedly work with the search engine giant to provide views from the inside of casinos for Google’s indoor mapping of locations. According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, on Tuesday at the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority board of directors meeting, a marketing firm unveiled a plan that will allow potential visitors to check out what it feels like to be inside — and presumably move around — of the casino before ever visiting. Or for those who have already…

Finns are among the most enthusiastic about their slot machines in Europe, but there are wide regional differences in levels of gambling. Our interactive map, which uses data from the state slot machine company RAY, shows exactly where people play the most. Finns are exceptionally enthusiastic about gambling. In the first six months of this year they spent an average of 61 euros per session on slot machines, which is around 50 cents more than during the same period last year. Virolahti spends the most per capita on RAY games, with more than a hundred euros spent per resident in…

iGaming Business – The World Lottery Association has revealed that global lottery sales increased by 4.6% in the first half of 2013 thanks to strong growth in the Latin American and Asia-Pacific regions. The association said that participating Latin American lotteries registered an aggregate increase in sales of 24.6% for the first six months of 2013 in comparison with the first half of 2012. Argentina’s Lotería Nacional Sociedad del Estado was a star performer, continuing its upward trajectory with a 31% sales increase for the six months until the end of June. Brazil’s Caixa Econômica Federal also enjoyed healthy growth…