GamingAustralia Online
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Australian Panel Backs Online Tournament Poker, In-Play Betting, But With Restrictions [sub req'd]
(Australia) -- An Australian government draft report has gone ahead with recommendations allowing in-play sports betting and testing online tournament poker to help cut...
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Expert backs Government's interim gambling report
(Australia) -- An interim review of Australia's decade-old online gambling laws has recommended legalising some forms of online poker.
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Online bets to come with measures to limit harm
(Australia) -- LEGAL online poker tournaments and in-play sports internet betting are a step closer, but micro-betting where punters can bet on events such as individual...
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Plan to expand online betting
(Australia) -- AUSTRALIANS could get access to legal online poker tournaments and a wider choice of online sports betting options under proposals to liberalise the...
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Report recommends liberalising Australian online betting
(Australia) -- Online poker tournaments and live sports betting online could be legalised across Australia under new proposals before the federal government to...
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Europe Online
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Spanish Online Gambling To Go Live On June 5 [sub req'd]
(Spain) -- Spain’s gambling regulator has pushed back the launch of its online market until next Tuesday June 5, but companies without a licence will still have to...
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Georgia Gaming
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BLOG: Poll Position: Casino gambling for education?
(Georgia) -- Last week, the executive committee of the Georgia GOP approved five questions to be placed on the party’s July 31 primary ballot. Ballot questions...
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Georgia voters to weigh in on ethics, other issues on July ballot
(Georgia) -- Georgia political parties will ask voters in July whether they support capping lobbyist gifts, legalizing casino gambling and other questions.
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Illinois Gaming
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Gambling bill could be a good bet
(Illinois) -- Illinois legislators again have been working on a gambling bill. Passage would mean, among other things, that racetracks would get slot machines they hope...
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Maryland Gaming
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Arundel Mills casino attempts to set itself apart with electronic table games
(Maryland) -- Just beyond the entrance of the Maryland Live Casino, row and row of video slot machines clang and beep and flash, beckoning would-be gamblers to insert...
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Maryland Live! casino holds media preview before opening in June
(Maryland) -- Maryland's largest casino is more than three football fields long. Maryland Live! opened its doors for a media preview Tuesday. The casino is vast and...
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Outside 3rd Md. casino, gambling debate lingers. Inside, it’s a whir of flashing lights.
(Maryland) -- From the outside, it looks like a theater as big as an airport terminal. There are no dancing fountains or indoor Venetian waterways, but it is clear from...
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Massachusetts Gaming
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Massachusetts Gaming Commission may not approve 3 casinos for state
(Massachusetts) -- Members of the Massachusetts Gaming Commission plan to review whether they might approve less than three casino resorts for the state.
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N.J. Sports Betting
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Christie willing to tackle NFL for N.J. sports betting
(New Jersey) -- Governor Chris Christie has continued his case to bring sports betting to New Jersey by vowing to defy any effort by the federal government to stop him.
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New York Gaming
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Gaming Assoc. backs ‘problem gambling’ bills
(New York) -- The New York Gaming Association, which represents the state’s nine racetrack casinos, is backing a slate of legislation sponsored by Assemblyman...
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New York Gaming Association Opposes Problem Gaming
(New York) -- The New York Gaming Association, the lobbying group for the state’s nine racetracks, is supporting legislation that would help problem gamblers. The...
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Ohio Gaming
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Racino: Will it get out of the gate?
(Ohio) -- With the opening of the Hollywood Casino in Toledo many are wondering what's next for the proposed racino here in the Dayton region.
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State lawmakers are expected to revisit the issue of charity poker rooms next month.
(Ohio) -- A Cleveland lawmaker hopes the state’s Legislature quickly re-visits the question of what to do about so-called “card rooms” in Ohio.
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Playtech
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Hindu anger over Playtech slot
(UK) -- A Hindu statesman has demanded the withdrawing of a new online slot game which features two of the religion’s deities.
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Revel Casino
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Revel earns high praise from visitors during its official grand-opening weekend
(Atlantic City) -- On Friday night, Alan Klawans was sitting in the fifth row of a Beyonce concert, close enough to snap some must-see photos of the pop superstar on his...
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Rhode Island Gaming
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New Gambling Tax on the Table Today
(Rhode Island) -- State lawmakers today will discuss a bill that would grant the state an 18 percent share for all table games if voters approve a plan that would allow...
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Sheldon Adelson
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Romney to meet with Adelson
(Las Vegas) -- Mitt Romney will meet with Sheldon Adelson - a man who, for many months, helped keep Newt Gingrich's campaign afloat - at a stop in Las Vegas Tuesday...
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Social Gaming
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Bwin launches $50m social gaming push
(UK) -- Bwin.party, the online gambling group, is to spend $50m over the next two years to broaden its reach into social gaming. The FTSE 250 company on Wednesday...
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Report Reveals Rise Of Social Gaming
(Wall Street) -- A new report has revealed the increasing influence of cutting-edge technology in the gaming industry. Figures from Juniper Research, one of the world...
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Trophy Slots on Facebook doesn't quite hit the jackpot
(California) -- In the ever-growing casino genre on Facebook, players now have plenty of games to choose from if they just want to gamble virtual money on themed slot...
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Toledo Casino
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Casino employees wait for crowds to arrive
(Ohio) -- A dozen card dealers, who were called into work at 9 a.m. to count their inventory of dices and cards, stood alone at their tables Tuesday.
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Casino Expected To Draw 2.8 Million Visitors
(Ohio) -- Ohio's second casino is ready to for its debut. The Hollywood Casino in Toledo opens Tuesday just two weeks after the state's first casino opened to...
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Jamie Farr leads Hollywood Casino ribbon cutting ceremony
(Ohio) -- "3, 2, 1," the crowd counts down to the ceremonial ribbon-cutting at Toledo's Hollywood Casino on Tuesday. With that, the $320 million facility...
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New Ohio casino makes debut, takes aim at Detroit
(Ohio) -- Developers of Ohio's newest casino think they'll do just fine competing for gamblers with Detroit's three casinos, even without the spas, hotels...
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Not everyone on board with new Toledo casino
(Ohio) -- Toledo's new Hollywood Casino is expected to bring in millions of dollars to our area, but not everyone is on board with having a casino in Northwest Ohio.
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Over 10,000 visit Hollywood Casino on opening day
(Ohio) -- The $320 million Hollywod Casino was in full swing Tuesday night. A spokesperson says the casino estimates well over 10,000 people walked through the doors...
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Say hello to Hollywood, Ohio's second casino opens its doors in Toledo
(Ohio) -- Gamblers in Northern Ohio now have a choice in state when it comes to the fledgling world of casino gaming. Penn National’s Hollywood Casino opened its...
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Toledo casino provides hint of what awaits Columbus
(Ohio) -- The mad rush of excited gamblers began as a trickle, three hours before the official 2 p.m. opening yesterday of the Hollywood Casino Toledo.
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Toronto Casino
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Caesars eyes Toronto casino
(Toronto) -- Hail Caesars — another high profile Las Vegas casino is knocking on Toronto City Hall’s door. Jan Jones, an executive vice-president Caesars...
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Trump
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CILLIZZA: Mitt Romney’s losing gamble on Donald Trump
(Washington D.C.) -- Late last week Mitt Romney’s campaign unveiled its latest fundraising gambit: Donate just $3 and you are eligible to have dinner with reality...
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Romney, on His Big Day, Finds Himself Upstaged
(Las Vegas) -- It was supposed to be a day of triumph for Mitt Romney, when he would at last formally claim the Republican presidential nomination with a victory in the...
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Trump sticks with 'birther' argument, Romney sticks with Trump
(Washington D.C.) -- Donald Trump did not back down on Tuesday from his questioning of President Barack Obama's birthplace, keeping the issue alive on the day he is...
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Wolf Blitzer To Trump: ‘You’re Starting To Sound A Little Ridiculous’
(Washington D.C.) -- Donald Trump called into CNN Tuesday hours before he was scheduled to hold a fundraiser with Mitt Romney. The topic of Trump’s continued...
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Other News
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Downtown3rd brand ties restaurants, bars, casino
(Las Vegas) -- The Third Street corridor between Ogden and Stewart avenues on weekend evenings bustles with activity. Motorcycles idle at the entrance to Hogs and...
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STUTZ: Ado over IGT chief's resume brings shrug from analysts
(Las Vegas) -- The dust-up over International Game Technology CEO Patti Hart's resume discrepancy lasted all of a 24-hour news cycle. The financial community's...
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Canadian lotteries infuse Nevada's slot industry with sales opportunities
(Las Vegas) -- Canadian lotteries are providing Nevada's slot machine industry with some much-needed sales opportunities.
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Court rules against Laughlin resort projects
(Nevada) -- The Nevada Supreme Court has backed the Clark County Commission in refusing to approve plans by two companies to develop multiple hotel-casinos in Laughlin.
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Meet the marine biologist who makes seafood a science at Wynn Las Vegas
(Las Vegas) -- When Yasmin Tajik took up marine biology, she didn't figure on working in the desert and caring for sea creatures that would soon become someone's...
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Campaign cash aids gambling / Casinos, racetracks benefit from lobbying
(New Jersey) -- In Atlantic City, pop diva Beyoncé headlined sold-out concerts over Memorial Day weekend, marking the grand opening of a $2.4 billion mega-casino.
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Pennsylvania leads the way in casino taxes
(Pennsylvania) -- Las Vegas has David Copperfield and Atlantic City the boardwalk, but in one key way Pennsylvania dominates those two gambling meccas — taxes.
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Skirting Florida's gambling laws
(Florida) -- Gambling investors are setting up sweepstakes businesses in Florida strip malls and are avoiding state casino laws -- and there's virtually nothing...
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Missouri Gaming Commission Chairman Steps Down
(Missouri) -- The state's gaming commission chairman is stepping down. James Mathewson's term on the commission expired on April 29th, but he hadn't been...
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James Packer bets on Jeff Kennett to be chairman of The Star casino
(Australia) -- JAMES Packer is making a stunning bid to replace the chairman of The Star casino with former Victorian premier Jeff Kennett. The move is part of a...
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Packer wants to oust Echo chairman
(Australia) -- BILLIONAIRE James Packer has served a notice on casino operator Echo Entertainment calling for an urgent meeting for shareholders to vote on his attempt...
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Packer's casino may be part of Newman's overhaul of Brisbane's CBD
(Australia) -- A NEW casino backed by billionaire James Packer could be part of the Newman Government's multibillion-dollar revamp of the city's George St...
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Shuffle Master Incident Sent To Macau Prosecutors [sub req'd]
(Macau) -- The Macau Customs Service has reported Shuffle Master to prosecutors, local media reported, as a patent dispute between the company and a local rival takes a...
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UNLV’s Singapore campus part of effort to preserve Las Vegas’ status as gaming kingpin
(Singapore) -- When a boom in her homeland's tourism industry prompted Foo Nyuk Xin to begin studying hotel management, the Singaporean student looked to Las Vegas...
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Russia Hoping To Lure Investors To Gambling Zone
(Russia) -- Russia Hoping To Lure Investors To Gambling ZoneIn 2009, gambling in Russia became illegal outside of the country’s four designated but far-flung...
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CFA Design Recommendations for Four Code Talker Congressional Gold Medals
(USA) -- The Commission of Fine Arts recently reviewed design candidates for Congressional Gold Medals which will be issued to recognize four Native American tribes...
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Bay Area casino owners robbed in Livermore home invasion
(California) -- The owners of a Bay Area casino were tied up and had their faces covered by gunmen during a home invasion robbery Tuesday morning, police said.
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Disbarred southern Illinois attorney Cueto dies
(Illinois) -- A former southwestern Illinois attorney who served federal prison time for trying to protect illegal gambling by a client and one-time business partner...
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NEWave® Names Top Gaming Sales Exec Jim Cutler Director of Sales
(Las Vegas) -- Leading and award-winning software supplier to the gaming industry NEWave® has named top gaming sales executive Jim Cutler as the company's new...
5/28/2012
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Amendments to New Jersey Online Gambling Bill
(New Jersey) -- The New Jersey online gambling bill introduced in the Senate by Jim Whelan and Ray Lesniak is scheduled for a vote on May 31. The Senate Bill 1565 is...
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Massachusetts Moves To Accelerate Casino Licensing [sub req'd]
(Massachusetts) -- The new Massachusetts gambling watchdog, which had vowed not to be rushed in its efforts to license casino developers, now wants to speed up what is...
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Gaming companies place bets on social gaming sites
(Las Vegas) -- Strip casino giant MGM Resorts International isn't planning to open more multibillion-dollar integrated casino-resort complexes anytime soon. Instead...
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NFL Jabs New Jersey On Sports Betting Boast [sub req'd]]
(New Jersey) -- New Jersey appears headed for a legal showdown with the National Football League after Governor Chris Christie said the state would defy a 1992 federal...
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Revel earns high praise from visitors during its official grand opening weekend
(Atlantic City) -- On Friday night, Alan Klawans was sitting in the fifth row of a Beyonce concert, close enough to snap some must-see photos of the pop superstar on his...
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Gaming industry chips away at Pa.'s lottery proceeds
(Pennsylvania) -- Rapid growth in Pennsylvania's casino revenue has suppressed lottery sales in the state as more options become available for residents eager to...
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SugarHouse Casino Hit With Its First Fines
(Philadelphia) -- Philadelphia’s SugarHouse Casino has been hit with the first fines since it opened in September 2010. The Gaming Control Board has hit SugarHouse...
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Chicago casino bill to get big Legislature push
(Illinois) -- Scoopsville: Watch for extra muscle Tuesday to push for passage of an Illinois gaming bill, SB 1849, which includes a casino for Chicago.
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State legislators collect big contributions from gaming interests
(Illinois) -- While Illinois considers an expansion of gambling to boost state revenues, University of Illinois business professor John Kindt says legislators are on a...
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Moorhead-area gaming sites say patrons’ ages will dictate interest in electronic pulltabs, bingo to pay for Vikings stadium
(Minnesota) -- The forthcoming arrival of electronic pulltabs and bingo games in Minnesota could either fly or fail in Moorhead, say some local business owners and...
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Trouble ahead for Ontario horse racing, trainer fears
(Ontario) -- The Ontario government could be left with plenty of blood on its hands if it follows through with its plan to remove slot machine funding from horse racing...
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Ohio casinos will cut into nearby states' winnings
(Ohio) -- The opening of casinos in Ohio this spring means the luck is running out for neighboring states that have pulled in an estimated $1 billion each year from...
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Ohio Legislature places moratorium on Internet cafes
(Ohio) -- The Ohio Legislature has placed a one-year moratorium on new Internet cafes. The storefront cafes are commonly known as sweepstakes parlors. Customers put...
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Maryland’s largest casino opening doors for media preview
(Maryland) -- Maryland’s largest casino will be open soon. Maryland Live! is opening its doors for a media preview on Tuesday. The casino is scheduled to open to...
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Keno wagering recovering after smoking ban, recession
(Nebraska) -- First, the smoking ban cleared the air in Lincoln restaurants and bars but sent keno receipts spiraling downward. Then the recession put a damper on fun...
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Regulators raise taxes for Colorado casinos
(Colorado) -- State gambling regulators have reversed tax breaks for casinos and raised the tax rates by about 5 percent, though casino owners wanted to keep the old...
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Slot makers IGT and Bally win contracts to provide games to Canadian lotteries
(Canada) -- Canadian lotteries are providing Nevada’s slot machine industry with some much-needed sales opportunities. International Game Technology signed a deal...
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Federal Internet Lobbying Spend Rises In First Quarter [sub req'd]
(Washington D.C.) -- In the first quarter of 2012, the total amount spent lobbying Internet gambling legislation in Washington, D.C. increased 5.2 percent compared to...
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Ireland puts gaming reforms on backburner
(Ireland) -- The Department of Justice confirmed that pressure on the legislative programme means that the original timetable for the bill, which would have licensed...
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Greek Casino Freezes Operations as Workers Strike, Skai Reports
(Greece) -- Parnitha Casino suspended operations on May 25 after 1,150 workers went on strike, Skai TV reported on its website, without saying how it got the information.
5/27/2012
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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