GamingIllinois Gaming
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Counterpoint: Gambling expansion bill is a continuation of failed policies
(Illinois) -- Gambling revenue promises are rarely met. The recent op-ed, “More gambling can help state out of money crisis,” is a rehash of failed gambling...
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Our View: No holiday for lawmakers facing tough decisions
(Illinois) -- Illinois lawmakers won’t get much of a holiday, and that’s a good thing. There’s important work to be done as the legislative session...
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Point: Gambling expansion bill is based on ‘supply and demand’
(Illinois) -- Unfortunately, The State-Journal Register’s May 20 editorial, “More gambling a bad bet,” displays a fundamentally flawed understanding of...
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Franklin Park considers video gambling
(Illinois) -- Franklin Park village trustees discussed allowing video gambling in Franklin Park at their May 21 meeting. In 2009 the Illinois General Assembly approved...
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Word on the Street: Gaming laws catch officials unaware
(Illinois) -- If you want your city to bring electronic video poker to the local watering hole later this year, you should probably contact your city or village...
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Internet Sweepstake Cafes
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N.H. faces tough odds in bid to ban Internet sweepstakes
(New Hampshire) -- When you enter a room and see people sitting in front of computer screens with spinning rows of jewels, cherries, bells or 10-gallon hats, eagerly...
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Labor & Unions
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Union wants casino ban on off-duty gaming staff
(Macau) -- João Bosco Cheang Hong Lok, president of the Macau Gaming Industry Employees’ Association wants Macau to follow Singapore’s example and ban local...
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Maine Gaming
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A name's power
(Maine) -- Bob Bahre first went to a casino in the 1990s, when he and his son, Gary, briefly ran a Las Vegas racetrack. He hasn't been since. "I haven't...
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Maryland Gaming
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New casino at Arundel Mills could bring highway, parking horrors
(Maryland) -- The D.C. region is about to hit the jackpot with the opening of a new casino far closer to the District than ever before. But will this lead to horror on...
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Our View: How much gambling is enough?
(Maryland) -- The evolution of state-sanctioned gambling in Maryland has been interesting to watch. Interesting, that is, if you can separate yourself from any strong...
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STUTZ: An oddly self-serving cry of 'enough'
(Las Vegas) -- It's not shocking when anti-gaming zealots or those opposed to gambling for moral reasons argue that America has too many casinos. Imagine the...
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Massachusetts Gaming
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LETTER: Give citizens a voice in racino negotiations
(Massachusetts) -- To the editor: I agree with Rob Rose on one point: the final say on the racino must come from Plainville voters. ("Final say on racino plan...
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N.J. Sports Betting
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BLOG: Two dollars on the Celtics, please
(USA) -- A seemingly innocent throwaway item posted online Friday created little buzz when it was seen, but it got me to thinking. If you're a resident of New Jersey...
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Column: Don't Bet on NFL Wagering
(Maryland) -- In Pro Football Talk Sunday, proprietor Mike Florio devotes a chunk of words about New Jersey’s desire to bring sports betting to the state. Gov....
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Column: New Jersey sports betting debate ignores reality
(USA) -- When I opened the Sunday edition of the Clarksburg (W. Va.) Exponent-Telegram (yes, some of us Internet hacks still read the newspaper), I came across a column...
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Ohio Gaming
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Casino brings competition for neighboring states
(Ohio) -- Indiana, Michigan and Pennsylvania could lose millions of dollars in tax revenue if Ohio gamblers place bets in Ohio. Ohio's first casino opened in...
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Neigbouring States to be Affected by Ohio Casinos
(Ohio) -- This spring marks the opening of casinos in Ohio, and neighouring states are already predicting the damage that this will cause their own gambling markets.
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Austintown racetrack and casino inching it's way towards reality
(Ohio) -- The state legislature's approval of Ohio's new gambling bill moves the finish line for bringing a race track and casino to Austintown a little closer.
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Online Legislation
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OP/ED: CSR’s Weekly Recap, We the People Want Online Poker Right Now
(USA) -- Good morning boys and girls, poker players, slot slingers and bingo heads! First up on the weekly recap we would like to wish everyone in the US a very happy...
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OP/ED: Washington is too dysfunctional to approve online gambling so states act
(USA) -- It is not much of a secret that Washington is dysfunctional. The latest symptom is Maine Senator Olympia Snowe leaving the Senate. The moderate senator wrote a...
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Ontario Gaming
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Casino decision looms
(Ontario) -- The casino gambling debate is coming. City politicians will likely have to decide sometime over the next year or two if a casino will be welcome in North...
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Poker Tournament
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2012 World Series of Poker Begins Today
(Las Vegas) -- The city of Las Vegas is replete with activities for its visitors. Shows, casinos and “other” adult activities abound but, for slightly more...
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2012 WSOP Gets Underway Today
(Las Vegas) -- The 43rd annual World Series of Poker is all set to kick off in Las Vegas starting Sunday, May 27th, eventually building up to its climatic finale on July...
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43rd World Series of Poker to begin in Las Vegas
(Las Vegas) -- Las Vegas poker dealers and casino employees are getting a chance to play in a prelude to the 43rd annual World Series of Poker.
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A Guide to the 2012 World Series of Poker
(Las Vegas) -- The World Series of Poker starts on Sunday; this is your guide to the action in Las Vegas, and how to follow this year’s WSOP. The World Series of...
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Casino employees welcome 2012 World Series of Poker
(Las Vegas) -- It’s an event card player’s look forward to all year, the World Series of Poker, and the two month tournament began Sunday at the Rio Hotel...
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Jeweler: World Series of Poker bracelet most expensive sports prize ever
(Las Vegas) -- The cards may decide winner, but they can't beat the bling. The World Series of Poker unveiled its championship bracelet for the main event winner...
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World Series of Poker Begins Sunday
(USA) -- Cards get into the air on Sunday, May 27 at the 43rd annual World Series of Poker. The biggest tournament series of the year will feature a record 61 bracelet...
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World Series of Poker Kicks Off With Casino Employees Event
(Las Vegas) -- With the announcement of “shuffle up and deal,” the first event of the 2012 World Series Of Poker officially kicked off on Sunday, marking the...
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Revel Casino
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A.C.’s Revel resort: Exciting, creamy, plenty to like — and not quite ready yet
(Atlantic City) -- It’s not cheap. But then, that’s the idea. When I told a colleague I was heading off to the spanking new, high-style Revel resort and...
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Live: Beyoncé Brings The House Down At Atlantic City's Newest Casino
(Atlantic City) -- Better than: Slacking off. This weekend's four Beyoncé shows at the Revel Resort in Atlantic City—a multibillion-dollar casino that's...
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Review: Beyonce at Revel
(Atlantic City) -- Towards the end of the second night of Beyonce’s four-show Memorial Day weekend stand at the Revel casino and resort in Atlantic City on...
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Sheldon Adelson
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STUTZ: Nevada's richest list includes many with casino ties
(Las Vegas) -- In the age of the "Occupy Wall Street" movement amidst reverberating cries of the "99 percent versus the 1 percent," one has to wonder...
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Toledo Casino
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Card counters likely to tally up trouble at casinos
(Ohio) -- When Hollywood Casino Toledo opens its doors to the public for the first time Tuesday, it hopes thousands of people pour in with cash to lose.
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Hollywood name recalls city’s history of betting
(Ohio) -- Those with stakes in Hollywood Casino Toledo probably hope their business has better luck with the law than the first gambling house in Toledo named Hollywood.
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Local police to step up patrols for casino's 1st days
(Ohio) -- Toledo police say they are intent on making sure everyone stays safe when Hollywood Casino Toledo opens to the public Tuesday. "We want to provide a safe...
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Other News
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Riviera CEO Andy Choy takes a gamble with classic casino
(Las Vegas) -- Ask Andy Choy what he studied in college and he smiles slightly. “I was actually a probability major,” he says after a one-beat pause. “...
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Descendant: Capones paved way for Nevada gambling
(Reno) -- Move over Bugsy Siegel. A descendant of Al and Ralph Capone says in a new book that the two gangsters played a much bigger role in creating Nevada's...
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Nev. casinos seek halt to collection of back taxes
(Las Vegas) -- Nevada casinos are pressing the state Department of Taxation to halt the collection of more than $200 million in back sales taxes due on past...
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Paying their fair share
(Pennsylvania) -- The Keystone Opportunity Zone program provided the earliest hope Chester could reinvigorate itself by promising tax breaks for any business...
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Column: Harness Racing A Family Affair
(New York) -- Harness racing has always had a family flavor to it. Often times, it is a generational sport where the parents get their kids involved, whether as fans or...
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Buffett gives Biloxi taste of Margaritaville
(Mississippi) -- The Margaritaville Casino is open. And it’s already getting rave reviews. Pascagoula native Jimmy Buffett came home Tuesday and opened...
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Commentary: Let the good times roll on, no matter the cost
(Missouri) -- Whenever wagering gets started around me — be it at casinos, office pools or for lottery tickets — I shy away, strangely offering that I never...
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CASINOS: Gaming needs customer focus, not more casinos
(Indiana) -- Politicians are again looking to gaming to save the day, but new realities in a maturing industry are making that a dicier and dicier proposition.
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Casino's play could save the day
(Iowa) -- This summer, for the 45th consecutive year, the Sioux Falls Jaycees will sponsor an Independence Day fireworks display, and next year’s outlook suddenly is a...
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Gambling apps are no big deal for kids
(Australia) -- TECHNOLOGY is breeding a new generation of child gamblers and a Monash University expert fears legislation is struggling to keep up.
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WSJ: Strength of Online Gambling [sub req'd]
(Ireland) -- Patrick Kennedy is used to losing almost every bet he makes, so he was a happy man when he found he'd backed the winners of both rugby's Heineken Cup and...
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A serious man
(Australia) -- Some say bookmaker Tom Waterhouse is too young, too rich and too lucky. Will his wager on online gambling pay off? Tom Waterhouse just lost $400,000. It...
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Parts of Sussex have worst betting debts in UK
(UK) -- Gamblers in Sussex lost hundreds of thousands of pounds in the past year, and parts of the county have the worst betting debts in the country.
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Teen arrested over Casino attack
(Australia) -- A TEENAGER will appear in the Lismore Local Court tomorrow after an 87-year-old man was allegedly attacked and robbed in his home last week.
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Asian casinos fight world’s best cheats, say experts
(Hong Kong) -- As billions of dollars pour into Asia’s gleaming casinos, they are becoming the front line of a sometimes hugely lucrative battle between cheats and...
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'Now I know who my real friends are': Jackpot aunty
(Singapore) -- The 'Jackpot Aunty' who became cash-rich from taking on the Marina Bay Sands (MBS) casino to claim her winnings now feels poorer for the whole experience.
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Staying Ahead of the Pack in Horse Racing
(Hong Kong) -- Horse racing in the West might conjure up images of lawn dresses, mint juleps and women in gravity-defying hats. In the financial hub of Hong Kong, the...
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US Labor orders Tinian Dynasty to pay over $191K in penalties
(Marianas) -- THE U.S. Department of Labor ordered the Tinian Dynasty Hotel and Casino to pay $191,400 in civil money penalties for violating the overtime provisions of...
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Why gambling can make you sick
(Nigeria) -- Gambling is not a financial problem, but an emotional problem that has financial consequences. Experts, aside insisting that it is a powerful addiction just...
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Beware of scratchie scam
(Australia) -- NORTH Coasters, especially anyone with a gambling problem, have been warned off scam scratchie cards which a Federal Government agency says have been...
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Couple held on child-endangerment charges
(Pennsylvania) -- A Levittown couple were being held Saturday on children-endangerment charges after, authorities said, they left their two preschool children home alone...
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Trans World Corporation: The Little Casino Stock That Could
(Wall Street) -- Make no mistake, Trans World Corporation is about entertainment. As a stock analyst, I have to admit it is an entertaining company to cover, and fun to...
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NASA studies ‘moon rocks’ from Vegas mogul’s estate
(Las Vegas) -- It’s been a long, strange trip for what appears to be several tiny chips of lunar rock that found their way into a casino mogul’s hands after being...
5/26/2012
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Gov Bets He'll Win on Sports Wagering
(New Jersey) -- Gov. Chris Christie stands to cash a winning bet with his eagerness to force a showdown with the federal government over sports wagering — even if...
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You can bet on it: Legalized gambling on sports on the way
(California) -- It’s the longest of shots, the darkest of horses. But don’t rip up that teaser card. Now’s the perfect time to propose the question:...
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Casinos want to block collection of back sales tax
(Las Vegas) -- Nevada casinos have called on the state Department of Taxation to halt collection of more than $200 million in back sales taxes due on past complimentary...
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Chester casino seeks gains in crowded Pa. market
(Pennsylvania) -- When Harrah's Chester Casino & Racetrack opened its doors in this struggling city in January 2007, it was the state's third casino, a novelty that...
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Ill. House gambles Quinn will go for casino money
(Illinois) -- Offering up a direct challenge to a resistant Gov. Pat Quinn, the Illinois House resurrected a huge expansion of legalized gambling Wednesday that includes...
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Ohio casinos will cut into nearby states' winnings
(Ohio) -- Ohio's entry into casino gambling this spring isn't good news for its neighboring states. States including Indiana, Michigan and Pennsylvania are...
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Ohio's problem gamblers can ban themselves from Horseshoe Casino Cleveland, other locations
(Ohio) -- Since opening May 14, the Horseshoe Casino Cleveland has ejected four gamblers who were so consumed by games of chances they had banned themselves from casinos...
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Scioto Downs' casino rushes to prepare for its planned opening on Friday
(Ohio) -- There's something special about opening the doors of a casino for the first time, said the general manager of the new Scioto Downs. "It's a unique experience...
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Gambling: An issue Gov. Martin O’Malley can’t escape
(Maryland) -- During Maryland’s 90-day legislative session, there were few battles that Gov. Martin O’Malley worked harder to avoid than an attempted...
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Asian Casinos Will Continue To Attract Cheats, Says Expert
(Asia) -- Asia should brace itself for a wave of casino cheats over the coming years, one expert has claimed. In an interview with the AFP, security consultant Sal...
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Cebu solon backs Las Vegas-style Pagcor plan
(Philippines) -- A legislator from Cebu added his voice to the chorus of support for what could be the country’s biggest entertainment and casino project under the...
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Judge: Tinian Dynasty Hotel and Casino withheld overtime; must pay $191K in penalties
(California) -- An administrative law judge from San Francisco has affirmed the U.S. Labor Department's assessment that the Tinian Dynasty Hotel and Casino withheld...
5/25/2012
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Gov. Christie moves to allow sports betting in violation of federal law
(New Jersey) -- New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) said Thursday that he would move to allow casinos in his state to offer betting on the outcome of sporting events like...
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Illinois Drafts Major Changes to Online Gaming Plan
(Illinois) -- Plans for Illinois to oversee a state-run online gaming industry underwent major revisions Friday, as a third amendment to House Bill 4148 puts the...
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State would get 18% of Twin River table game revenue
(Rhode Island) -- Rhode Island would receive 18 percent of revenue from proposed table games at Twin River Casino if voters this November approve allowing the facility...
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Attorney: Tax dispute settlement part of downward trend in Atlantic City
(Atlantic City) -- The settlement of a long-running tax assessment dispute between the owners of the Atlantic Club Casino Hotel and city that ended in a reduction of the...
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Revel adjusts marketing strategy after first month's disappointing revenue
(Atlantic City) -- After a disappointing first month of revenue, Revel has quickly joined with the rest of the casinos in town by offering an array of promotional...
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Mayor mixed on town ID’d as casino site
(Ontario) -- Collingwood's mayor isn't ready to roll the dice on a casino just yet. Mayor Sandra Cooper admits to "mixed feelings" about the...
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New fees for Internet cafes?
(Ohio) -- It's a place where a lot of people go to try their luck hoping to cash in. It's not a casino, but Internet cafes. Now the city may want a piece of that...
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Ohio lawmakers approve new gambling regs
(Ohio) -- A hard-fought legislative compromise to give extra money to certain cities with horse racetracks sent Ohio's new gambling regulations through the...
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Hollywood's triple threat: Casino offers three gambling venues in the region
(Maryland) -- To get to Hollywood, you don't have to catch a flight to the West Coast. You just drive to Cecil County. Or Pennsylvania. Or West Virginia. Penn...
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Session could OK Potomac River slots
(Maryland) -- Investors are hopeful Maryland lawmakers will consider a proposal to build a slot machine parlor off the Virginia coast and over Southern Maryland waters...
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Former NYRA Investigator Says He Was Fired
(New York) -- A former outside counsel for the New York Racing Association claims he was fired in 2011 in the midst of performing two separate “integrity...
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Regulators raise casino taxes across Colorado
(Colorado) -- State gambling regulators have reversed controversial tax breaks for casinos and raised the tax rates by about 5 percent over the objections of casino...
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Kansas Star Casino’s new owner is bigger, more diversified, with reputation as good corporate citizen
(Kansas) -- The Kansas Star Casino will be in the hands of a much larger operator later this year, when Boyd Gaming Corp. is expected to complete its purchase of...
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Doug O'Neill, Trainer Of Kentucky Derby, Preakness-Winning Horse, Suspended By California Racing Board
(California) -- Trainer Doug O'Neill vigorously denied giving one of his horses a performance-enhancing mixture that violated the rules. After a nearly two-year...
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Industry Places ‘Bets’ on Social Gambling
(USA) -- Industry Places Bets on Social Gambling 300x268 Industry Places Bets on Social GamblingHigh hopes linger for the growth of social gambling.
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American Gaming Association mishandles war between LT Game and Shuffle Master at G2E Asia
(Macau) -- High drama erupted today at the G2E Asia gaming industry exhibition at Venetian Macau, with a legal war being played out on the floor of the show between two...
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Growing mass-market gambling segment taking to Macau’s slot machines
(Macau) -- Portuguese-language newspaper Jornal Tribuna de Macau reports that budget airlines now account for 30% of arrivals at Macau International Airport, reflecting...
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