Liquor, state gaming officers seize machines
(ARIZONA) -- State gaming agents have seized electronic gambling machines from four Phoenix-area legion and lodge halls. The Department of Liquor Licenses and Control said Wednesday that eight pay-for-play video machines were seized Tuesday at two Moose Clubs, an Elks Lodge, an American Legion hall, and the property of 71-year-old Richard Victory of Mesa.
Child-care owner pleads guilty in gaming operation
(INDIANA) -- The owner of a nonprofit child-care business in Fort Wayne has pleaded guilty to charges he helped to run an illegal gambling operation that was masquerading as a lawful charitable gaming enterprise.
Ugly Vegas Carpets Want You to Keep Playing
(LAS VEGAS) -- Mathematician-philosopher Alfred North Whitehead once said, “It requires a very unusual mind to undertake the analysis of the obvious.” This certainly rings true with Chris Maluszynski’s Las Vegas Carpets series, whose name explains it all.
AT THE CASINO: Floorscapes
(LAS VEGAS) -- About seventy per cent of the world’s tufted carpet is produced in the vicinity of Dalton, Georgia, according to the Carpet and Rug Institute, a trade association whose continuing-education program includes such seminars as “Fibers and Yarns” and “Carpet in Acute Care Facilities.”
Job fair to be held at Grand Sierra Resort and Casino
(RENO) -- RenoHires will hold a job fair Sept. 21 at the Grand Sierra Resort and Casino in Reno with AARP Nevada state office, All Valley Home Care, the federal Bureau of Prisons, STS Staffing and other employers attending.
Monorail seeks to erase $640 million in debt
(LAS VEGAS) -- The first edition of the Las Vegas Monorail's bankruptcy reorganization plan would wipe out 97 percent of the $659.7 million owed on bonds that financed the transit line's construction.
Four Corners investment may be shot in the dark
(WALL STREET) -- U.S. gaming industry firm Four Corners Inc. (OTO: FCNE, Stock Forum) may not be making material information publicly available, according to a warning sign that is prominently displayed on the Pink OTC Markets Inc. website.
OP/ED: Milk money betting
(DETROIT) -- California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has ordered his state's welfare debit card vendors to prevent any further use of these cards for the withdrawal of cash from ATMs at casinos. Michigan, whose welfare debit cards evidently are also subject to such questionable use, should do the same.
Casino manager debunks myths about slots
(MISSISSIPPI) -- A single microchip can bust every myth gamblers believe to gain an edge on the slots. It's called the Random Number Generator (RNG). It's in every slot machine at every casino.
Ad glosses over lottery contract trouble
(MASSACHUSETTS) -- The claim: In his latest television ad, state Treasurer Timothy P. Cahill, who is running for governor as an independent, highlights his management of the state lottery, saying he has avoided the kind of controversy that has plagued the agency in the past.
Nev. regulators probing Jordan son's partying
(LAS VEGAS) -- MGM Resorts International was under investigation after the underage son of basketball great Michael Jordan bragged on Twitter about partying at a Las Vegas Strip nightclub, Nevada gambling regulators said Monday.
Ensign: Angle was wrong on CityCenter jobs
(NEVADA) -- Sen. John Ensign said on Alan Stock's radio show Monday that he only made "one call to one of the banks at the time....I thought CityCenter was an important project....I thought it was important to do what we could...All I wanted to do was make sure the banks were doing the right thing."
COLUMN: How Sharron Angle can (still) win
(WASHINGTON, DC) -- There's little doubt that former Nevada Assemblywoman Sharron Angle has stumbled -- badly and repeatedly -- since winning the GOP nomination on June 8.
Vice Fund invests in smoking, drinking, gambling
(BOSTON) -- So much for virtue. Sin is in. That's according to a mutual fund manager who's finding plenty of investment opportunities in companies profiting from vices like smoking, drinking and gambling.
Catholic schools gamble on less funding
(ALBERTA) -- Outside St. Vincent de Paul School, thick wooden beams edge the playground, keeping children in wheelchairs from joining their friends at play.
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