GamblingEastern Band of Cherokee
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Live-dealer gaming moves forward (5/16/2012)
(North Carolina) -- The state Senate has approved a measure allowing live dealers at table games in Indian casinos in North Carolina. The gaming compact was one of the...
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NC Senate Takes Up Cherokee Casino Card Games (5/16/2012)
(North Carolina) -- North Carolina lawmakers are moving to change gambling laws and allow the state’s only casino to offer live dealer poker and blackjack games.
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NC Senate takes up Cherokee casino card games bill (5/16/2012)
(North Carolina) -- North Carolina lawmakers on Wednesday began weighing whether to allow the state's only casino to allow card games featuring human dealers instead...
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Minnesota Gaming
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Canterbury: Relaxed gaming rules should help business (5/16/2012)
(Minnesota) -- For the first time in many years, Canterbury Park will begin its racing season Friday evening amidst optimism regarding the future of racing in Minnesota.
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Dayton signs bill giving racetracks more gambling options (5/4/2012)
(Minnesota) -- Gov. Mark Dayton signed a bill Friday that allows more gambling tables at state racetracks and opens the gate to simulcast horse racing at tribal casinos.
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Dayton signs off on racetrack-casino bill (5/4/2012)
(Minnesota) -- Gov. Mark Dayton signed off Friday on a new state law that will unite the state's feuding racetracks and tribal casinos in a new moneymaking venture.
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Gov. Dayton Signs Bill to Expand Casino Gambling, Revive Horse Racing (5/4/2012)
(Minnesota) -- Gov. Mark Dayton signed legislation Friday that amends laws governing Canterbury Park's card room, Canterbury Park officials said Friday.
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Poker, horse race gambling expansion OK’d (5/4/2012)
(Minnesota) -- Poker players will be able to find more seats and place bigger bets in horse track card rooms, and Minnesota Indian tribes will get permission to...
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Dayton Likely To Sign Expanded Gambling Bill (5/2/2012)
(Minnesota) -- A source in Governor Dayton's office says he is likely to sign a bill that would allow significant new gaming at card casinos at Canterbury Park and...
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Social Gaming
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Social gaming to gambling: states inch forward (5/16/2012)
(USA) -- When will the floodgates open? It feels like an eternity that the casino industry and makers of games like Zynga Poker have been waiting for states to flip a...
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Social games and gambling: what a long strange trip it'll be (5/3/2012)
(California) -- Gambling is coming to a social game near you. This was the unanimous opinion of everyone who attended GIGse, the Global Gaming Expo, in San Francisco...
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Internet Cafes
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Ohio legislators ignore the obvious about Internet cafes (5/15/2012)
(Ohio) -- Recognizing that Ohio was en- tering a new era with the opening of the first of four legal gambling casinos in the state, the General Assembly rushed to pass...
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Canton says no new internet cafes (5/14/2012)
(Ohio) -- The mood and vibe at the 3 in a Row Internet cafe was mellow on a recent afternoon. Lisa Irwin, owner and operator of the business that offers what she...
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Internet cafe: What's difference between skill vs. sweepstakes? (5/14/2012)
(Ohio) -- Canton officials and the public may not see much of a difference between skill games and sweepstakes games. But according to the attorney general’s...
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Bill seeks regulation of gaming at cafes (5/8/2012)
(Ohio) -- Sweepstakes parlors and Internet cafes would be required to obtain licenses and post game-winning odds, under legislation being considered in the Ohio Senate.
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Sweepstakes Gaming
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Seminole could be closer to closing strip mall casinos (5/15/2012)
(Florida) -- Seminole county may be closer to shutting down strip mall casinos. A federal judge has ruled that the group Allied Veterans, which runs many of those...
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California Online
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California offered piece of the action from Internet poker (5/14/2012)
(California) -- As state leaders sweat over another possible round of cuts from schools and social services, casino operators are offering officials a cut of the action...
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Florida Gaming
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Florida Supreme Court Denies Review in Gambling Expansion Case (5/14/2012)
(Florida) -- The Florida Supreme Court recently denied a request for it to review the Florida Court of Appeal’s determination that a Florida statute is valid even...
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Roulette is coming to Broward. Just don't call it roulette. (5/14/2012)
(Florida) -- Underneath a sign reading, "Roulette," 12 gamblers sit at a table and place their bets. Within seconds, a white ball shoots onto a spinning wheel...
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New Jersey Online
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BRENNAN: Online gaming – not a good bet, say New Jerseyans (5/14/2012)
(New Jersey) -- Just four days after a bill that could make New Jersey the first state to offer online gaming passed an Assembly committee in Trenton, a poll has come...
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Fearing a hit to the pocketbook, most N.J. voters oppose online gambling, poll finds (5/14/2012)
(New Jersey) -- A bill to allow Internet gambling on casino games is making its way through the New Jersey Legislature, but a new poll shows the majority of Garden State...
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New Jersey Voters Don’t Want Internet Gambling (5/14/2012)
(New Jersey) -- Some New Jersey legislators may be excited about expanding Atlantic City gambling to the Internet, but Garden State voters are not.
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NJ Voters Oppose Internet Gambling (5/14/2012)
(New Jersey) -- While some New Jersey legislators may be excited about expanding Atlantic City gaming to the Internet, a majority of Garden State voters are against it.
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Poll: New Jersey voters oppose Internet gambling (5/14/2012)
(New Jersey) -- A new poll finds most New Jerseyans oppose legalizing Internet gambling, but want the ability to legally bet on sporting events.
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New Jersey Online Gaming Bill Moves Toward Vote (5/14/2012)
(New Jersey) -- The bill to legalize online gaming in New Jersey moved closer to realization last week as a state Assembly committee approved a bill very similar to one...
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Ohio Gaming
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Polls Show Support For Ohio’s Casinos (5/14/2012)
(Ohio) -- Polls show Ohioans overwhelmingly approve of Ohio’s four new casinos slated to open in coming months. Not everyone is happy, ONN’s Jim Heath...
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What is Turfway's future? (5/14/2012)
(Kentucky) -- With Rock Gaming getting approval to purchase an equity stake in Turfway Park, gaming companies will soon own 90 percent of the the Northern Kentucky race...
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Gambling bill nixes card rooms (5/8/2012)
(Ohio) -- A rewrite of the state’s gambling law authorizing slot machines at Ohio’s seven horse racing tracks will not include a provision allowing county...
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Ohio Senate to vote on bill regulating state's gambling (5/8/2012)
(Ohio) -- A bill that tries to bring order to Ohio's multiple moving parts when it comes to casinos, racetrack slots parlors, and other gambling is headed for a full...
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Iconic Borally's Catering to become charity gambling complex (5/6/2012)
(Ohio) -- Veteran restaurateur Christian Haffey plans to open a charity gambling business with electronic poker and blackjack tables in the Borally's Catering party...
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Gambling plan called a 'restriction' (5/5/2012)
(Ohio) -- The chairman of a Senate committee considering a measure that would allow all 88 counties to designate permanent card rooms for charitable gaming said Thursday...
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Vikings Stadium
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Racinos Off The Table As Minnesota Tribes Score Lobbying Win [sub req] (5/14/2012)
(Minnesota) -- Minnesota’s modest gambling expansion is a victory for the state’s long-established tribal casinos, who managed to blunt what could have been...
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Minnesota Governor Signs Agreement for New $975 Million Vikings Stadium (5/14/2012)
(Minnesota) -- Today, Gov. Mark Dayton authorized an agreement to build a new $975 million stadium for the Minnesota Vikings at the same site of the team’s current...
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After House says yes to Vikings stadium, now its Senate's turn (5/8/2012)
(Minnesota) -- The largest single construction project Minnesota officials ever have considered goes in front of the state Senate today. A $975 million plan to build a...
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Minnesota Senate approves proposed $975 million Vikings stadium (5/8/2012)
(Minnesota) -- The Minnesota Senate approved a Vikings stadium construction bill 38-28 late Tuesday night. Bill author Sen. Julie Rosen, R-Fairmont, said the bill was a...
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House approves Vikings stadium bill (5/7/2012)
(Minnesota) -- The Minnesota House approved a new Vikings stadium late Monday. The 73-58 vote sends it to the Senate, where it could be debated today or Wednesday.
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In Capitol gripped by stadium bill fever, Minn. lawmakers try to finish off other work too (5/7/2012)
(Minnesota) -- In a Minnesota Capitol struck with stadium fever, other work stands between legislators and their session finish line. Lawmakers return Monday from a...
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Vikings stadium vote queued up in Minn. House (5/7/2012)
(Minnesota) -- The $1 billion Vikings stadium package is getting its first test with a big vote planned in the Minnesota House.
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Stadium kickoff set for Monday (5/4/2012)
(Minnesota) -- It will be a Monday night football game like none other. The Minnesota Legislature plans to finally debate a Vikings stadium plan Monday, a debate many...
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Vikings stadium vote set for Monday after Republicans abandon last-minute plan (5/3/2012)
(Minnesota) -- The Minnesota Vikings stadium plan is finally getting a floor vote in the state Legislature on Monday.
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Foxborough Casino
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Vote Spurs Massachusetts Casino Partners to Fold (5/8/2012)
(Massachusetts) -- Residents of a Massachusetts town near Boston notched a victory against a gambling magnate and the owner of a professional football team, forcing them...
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Wynn, Kraft will drop Foxborough casino plan (5/8/2012)
(Massachusetts) -- In the wake of the yesterday’s election in Foxborough, Mass., where casino opponents swept the town selectmen’s race, the Kraft Group and...
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Graton Rancheria
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State Senate Okays Petaluma Casino Project (5/8/2012)
(California) -- Plans for a massive gambling casino and resort hotel in Rohnert Park have taken a major step forward as the State Senate in Sacramento ratifies an...
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New York Gaming
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New York’s Tribes Start Casino Pushback [sub req'd] (5/8/2012)
(New York) -- A push to legalize full-scale commercial casinos in New York faces emerging opposition from the state’s tribal casinos, who are bulking up on high-...
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Hard Rock
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Hard Rock to run casino-hotel in Caribbean’s Aruba (5/7/2012)
(Florida) -- The Seminole Tribe of Florida plans to add another popular tourist spot to the list of locations for its Hard Rock hotel brand: the island of Aruba in the...
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Sports Betting
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Cantor Gaming debuts new sports book at the Palms (5/4/2012)
(Las Vegas) -- Cantor Gaming on Friday opened its sixth owned-and-operated race and sports book in Las Vegas, a luxury facility at the Palms.
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Poarch Creek
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Most commenters say court justified in ruling jackpot suit at Indian casino a tribal matter (5/3/2012)
(Alabama) -- In response to a local judge's dismissal of a lawsuit that claimed an Indian casino refused to pay out a $1 million jackpot he won on a 25 cent bet, our...
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Our Views: Why should Creeks have slot machines? (5/3/2012)
(Alabama) -- Did you ever wonder why folks like Milton McGregor couldn’t have electronic bingo machines legally, but Native American tribes could? What a...
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Kansas Gaming
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Marshall pushes gaming bill once more (5/2/2012)
(Kansas) -- State Sen. Bob Marshall, R-Fort Scott, has been down this road before. In fact, last year he made a push for a similar gaming bill that made its way through...
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Kentucky Gaming
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Future of horse racing in Kentucky may depend on slots (5/2/2012)
(Kentucky) -- The balconies will be jammed, mint juleps will flow and fans will wager with both hands in the 138th Kentucky Derby on Saturday.
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Other News
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Del. Eyes Slots Winnings for Child Support (5/16/2012)
(Delaware) -- A bill allowing state officials to seize gambling winnings from people who owe child support is on its way to the governor.
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Lottery calls discrepancies at casino 'display error" (5/16/2012)
(New York) -- A Lake George woman uses an iPhone to capture an unexplained drop in her total while playing a video lottery terminal at the Saratoga Casino and Raceway....
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BLOG: A casino proposal's obvious flaw (5/16/2012)
(Arkansas) -- I wrote yesterday that Delaware North, owner of the Southland Park casino at West Memphis where gamblers pour more than a billion a year into the slots,...
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Car dealer sues Orleans Parish DA over gambling debt 'bounty' (5/16/2012)
(Louisiana) -- A prominent Mississippi car dealer has sued Orleans Parish District Attorney Leon Cannizzaro in federal court, claiming Cannizzaro is violating his civil...
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NZ ‘runaway millionaire trial’: thousands lost at Wynn Macau tables (5/16/2012)
(Macau) -- A NZ woman accused of theft and money laundering lost HKD101,000 gambling at a casino in Macau, a Rotorua District Court jury has been told, the New Zealand...
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Cleveland: Knowing the odds before you bet (5/15/2012)
(Ohio) -- The thrill of the game. It's why people still throw good money on the table, despite the "house edge." Dom LoRiggio, author of "Casino Craps...
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Bettor catches machine malfunction with iPhone at Saratoga Casino (5/15/2012)
(New York) -- Saratoga Casino and Raceway has become wildly popular for those looking for a little bit a luck. Thousands upon thousands of visitors play the video...
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Gambling, Smoking and Drinking Monks Scandalize South Korea (5/12/2012)
(South Korea) -- Ever heard the phrase ‘drunk as a monk’? We thought not. But perhaps we’ll hear it more in Korea now, where video footage of eight...
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Monks busted playing high-stakes poker (5/12/2012)
(South Korea) -- The leaders of South Korea's biggest Buddhist order have quit after secret video footage showed them playing high-stakes poker, drinking and smo
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Santa Rosa's Lucky Saint Arcade not so lucky: Operator arrested (5/12/2012)
(Texas) -- The Lucky Saint Arcade in Santa Rosa was shut down Wednesday after the Cameron County Sheriff’s office discovered it was violating multiple Texas...
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In all probability, professor will teach math of gambling (5/12/2012)
(Ohio) -- University of Akron professor Tim Norfolk has been known to gamble more than a wee bit — and as a mathematician, he might know a tad bit more than the...
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Not all casino games are equal (5/12/2012)
(Ohio) -- The house always wins. That’s not just the sad lament of sore losers at casino gaming tables. It’s a mathematical fact, as sure as two plus two...
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Carmichael woman wins $2 million at Konocti Vista Casino (5/11/2012)
(California) -- A woman at Konocti Vista Casino Thursday became the first $2 million gaming winner in Lake County.
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Researchers use physics to beat the odds at roulette (5/11/2012)
(USA) -- You’re probably aware that the odds are against you in a casino. Otherwise it wouldn’t be a viable business, would it? Few games of chance swing...
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How an Oxford Professor Turned Roulette Odds in His Favour (5/10/2012)
(UK) -- If you’re gonna cheat, cheat smart. Like an Oxford maths professor, who has revealed how he used the world’s first wearable computer to beat the...
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StarWorld gives out HK$60 million in jackpots (5/8/2012)
(Macau) -- StarWorld hotel casino, under Galaxy Entertainment Group Ltd, has given out HK$60 million (US$7.7 million) in progressive jackpots in the first four months of...
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Kentucky Derby winner I’ll Have Another was ‘worst-case scenario’ for local book (5/7/2012)
(Las Vegas) -- Immediately after riding I’ll Have Another to victory Saturday in the Kentucky Derby, jockey Mario Gutierrez gave a quote that secured a place in...
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Gambling bill set to pass first reading (5/7/2012)
(New Zealand) -- A gambling bill which gives councils and the public power to cut the number of poker machines in their area and ensures that gambling proceeds are fed...
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Clue slot machines debut at Harrah's (5/4/2012)
(Atlantic City) -- Clue is a new progressive slot machine based on the iconic board game. Caesars Entertainment has an exclusive preview period when players could only...
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Tribes Voice Concern At Federal Machine Standards [sub req'd] (5/3/2012)
(Washington D.C.) -- Proposed rules governing the operation of electronic bingo machines in American Indian casinos are too rigid and not conducive to technological...
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