VLTsIllinois Gaming
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Homer Glen bans video gambling (5/12/2012)
(Illinois) -- Trustees voted Tuesday to prohibit video gambling within the village, but they may revisit the issue in the future. Under state law, if the village were to...
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Indian Head Park to roll dice on video gambling (5/12/2012)
(Illinois) -- Video poker machines have yet to come to Indian Head Park. If they do, the Village Board wants to be prepared. An ordinance discussed at length May 10...
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Not all video poker paybacks created equal (4/25/2012)
(Illinois) -- There’s a quirk in Illinois gaming regulations that makes it impossible for casinos within the state to offer video poker players some of the top-...
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Gaming board examining local gambling laws (3/31/2012)
(Illinois) -- Illinois gaming officials are trying to determine if potentially large parts of the state might be off-limits to legalized gambling on video poker machines...
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Video gambling could be ready by fall (3/31/2012)
(Illinois) -- The wait for video gambling in Illinois could be over in a matter of months, but some state officials are tamping down expectations of a big payday for the...
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Chicago's ban on video poker games costs state, city (2/27/2012)
(Illinois) -- If Chicago's ban on video poker remains in place, Illinois would lose $63 million to $118 million per year in potential revenue, state forecasts show.
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Video poker by September no sure bet (2/27/2012)
(Illinois) -- The first video poker machines in Illinois to legally pay winners could be plugged in as soon as September, but only if gaming officials overcome steep...
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Georgia Gaming
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Atlanta developer eyes Gwinnett for 'video lottery' room, hotel, concert hall (3/3/2012)
(Georgia) -- The owner of Underground Atlanta is looking north to Gwinnett County as a possible site for his next big project, including one element that Georgia Gov....
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OP/ED: Video lottery: Not just a game (3/3/2012)
(Georgia) -- GEORGIA LAWMAKERS should think long and hard about legalizing video gambling to pump up revenue for the state’s HOPE scholarship and Pre-K programs.
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Colorado Gaming
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Video lottery bill gets mixed reviews (2/24/2012)
(Colorado) -- A proposal to fund community colleges and scholarships by placing video lottery machines at three locations in the state including Pueblo got mixed reviews...
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Ohio Gaming
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House Passes Casino/Video Lottery Terminals Bill (2/19/2012)
(Ohio) -- The Ohio House has OK'd legislation to accommodate casino gambling, video lottery terminals at horse racing tracks and expanded charitable bingo in the...
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Tobacco & Cigarettes
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Manitoba band ready to open smoke shop, VLT lounge (11/5/2011)
(Manitoba) -- A Dakota First Nation VLT lounge and smoke shop will open Wednesday in southwestern Manitoba, Canupawakpa Chief Frank Brown has confirmed — with or...
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New Hampshire Gaming
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NH House panel backs legalizing video lottery (10/28/2011)
(New Hampshire) -- Abandoning its traditional opposition to gambling, a House committee voted Thursday to back legalizing two casinos equipped with video slot machines...
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New York Gaming
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Mayor wants VLTs in Albany (9/7/2011)
(New York) -- Albany Mayor Jerry Jennings turned up at a casino hearing Wednesday and said he'd like to see video slot machines clattering in an Albany gambling hall.
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Other News
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Hosting Gaming Machines Will Be a Gamble for Mount Pleasant Taverns (4/25/2012)
(Wisconsin) -- The village has changed its ordinances to comply with state statute on gambling machines, but some business owners — along with the Tavern League of...
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Illegal slot-machine owner in Goshen gets fine, probation (4/25/2012)
(California) -- A Laguna Hills man was fined $500 and sentenced to probation after being convicted for installing an illegal slot machine in a Goshen gas station.
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DISCUSSION: Should We Make An Honest Woman Out Of Lady Luck? (4/15/2012)
(Wisconsin) -- We've all seen illegal video gambling machines in bars, restaurants and gas stations for years. And while the Department of Revenue and the Caledonia...
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Gambling industry perking up in Montana after painful slump (2/26/2012)
(Montana) -- State video gaming seems to be on the uptick, spurred by a spate of play in the small oil-boom counties of northeastern Montana.
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Video lottery lobbyists lose 2nd try to get more machines and bigger bets (2/25/2012)
(South Dakota) -- Video lottery lobbyists made another run Friday in the Legislature to raise South Dakota’s bet limit on video gambling to $5 from the current $2.
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Senate approves more terminals at video lottery establishments (2/12/2012)
(South Dakota) -- The first expansion in the quarter century that South Dakota has allowed video lottery won approval Friday from the state Senate.
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Jury still out on new Montana line games (2/12/2012)
(Montana) -- Montana gaming revenues jumped almost 4% over the last quarter and the day after the period ended, line games were introduced for the first time off of...
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VLT revenues fuel economic development on Swan Lake First Nation (2/11/2012)
(Manitoba) -- It's easy to deride VLTs as a tacky way to make money, an unsophisticated economic development scheme every First Nation seems to fall back on.
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Colorado bill renews bid for "video lottery terminals" (2/8/2012)
(Colorado) -- Supporters of allowing an Aurora horse track to operate businesses with "video-lottery terminals" — devices similar to slot machines...
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Video gambling billed as 'charity' (2/4/2012)
(Illinois) -- At Tailgaters' expansive sports bar in Bolingbrook, patrons can bet $2 every few seconds on touch-screen, bingolike games while sipping their beers and...
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Authorities seize 80 electronic gambling devices (2/1/2012)
(Alabama) -- Authorities say they raided a suspected bingo hall in Lipscomb, Ala., on Tuesday morning, seizing about 80 illegal electronic gambling devices.
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SLED chief wants to know if machines are legal (2/1/2012)
(South Carolina) -- State police in South Carolina are moving cautiously as they investigate whether new machines showing up in stores and bars are illegal gambling...
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SLED plans crackdown on gambling machines in South Carolina (2/1/2012)
(South Carolina) -- SLED officials in September said they would launch a massive crackdown to seize possibly hundreds of suspected new gambling machines popping up in...
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Tech team tackles Montana casino machines (1/31/2012)
(Montana) -- The addition of line games to casinos across Montana several weeks ago is beefing up business for the state agency that regulates gaming.
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North Sioux City video lottery owners look to new games to revive their fortunes (1/22/2012)
(South Dakota) -- Video lottery operators here are rolling out new slot machine-style games to reverse a slump in revenues and fight off added competition.
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Lawmakers hope to close gap in video poker law (1/14/2012)
(South Carolina) -- Ten years ago, video poker machines were banned in South Carolina. However, state lawmakers said loopholes in that law are allowing the machines to...
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Corpus Christi police seize nine 8-liners from markets Thursday night (1/7/2012)
(Texas) -- Corpus Christi police seized nine 8-liner gambling machines from a pair of markets Thursday night. Officers served search warrants about 6:30 p.m. at a market...
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Montana casinos, customers excited about new "line games" (1/6/2012)
(Montana) -- Montana casinos are hoping to cash in on the new line games, and while the Las Vegas-style slots are the latest in gambling in the Treasure State, they may...
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Gambling bust: Deputies find drugs, 8-liners at mobile home (1/6/2012)
(Texas) -- Shock and surprise were no doubt the biggest emotions throughout Wilson County on Thursday after sheriff’s deputies discovered a home full of 8-liner...
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Gaming industry excited about rollout of new 'line games' (12/31/2011)
(Montana) -- Midnight Saturday, the dawn of the new year, will also ring in the first new form of video gambling in Montana since poker and keno machines were legalized...
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