GamingAtlantic City Revenue
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Atlantic City casino revenue down 10 percent in May
(Atlantic City) -- Atlantic City Casino revenues fell nearly 10 percent in May compared to the same month last year, the state Division of Gaming Enforcement said today.
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Atlantic City’s May Revenues Disappoint, Especially For Revel
(Atlantic City) -- May’s Atlantic City casino revenue numbers were disappointing. But the biggest disappointment came from the newest casino, where a lot a hopes...
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Casino revenue figures for May due out today
(Atlantic City) -- Highly anticipated monthly casino revenue figures for May are set to be released today by the state Division of Gaming Enforcement.
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May Atlantic City Casino Revenues “Disappoint”
(Atlantic City) -- Revenues for Atlantic City’s 12 casinos last month fell 9.5 percent, and totaled 263-million dollars. But all eyes were on the brand new Revel....
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Cuomo Scandal
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Cuomo distancing himself from gambling decisions
(New York) -- When Gov. Andrew Cuomo chose to support an amendment to legalize gambling in New York state in his 2012 State of the State Address, the gaming industry...
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Florida Gaming
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Isle hangs in there / Revenues are up, despite rival's expansion
(Florida) -- Their largest competitor just unveiled a $150 million expansion, which might make some casino managers want to fold. But the Isle Casino & Racing in...
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Slots revenues are up – but not close to what was promised
(Florida) -- Despite fervent opposition in many parts of the state to proposals to bring Las Vegas-style casinos to Florida, one thing is clear: Floridians seeking to...
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Genting
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Asian gamer's Echo bid eyes Crown jewels
(Australia) -- THE Asian gaming giant aiming to gain control of besieged casino group Echo Entertainment has more than $4.5 billion to wage a protracted takeover battle.
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Capital raising on Echo’s cards
(Australia) -- Echo Entertainment Group is poised to launch a capital raising as two of its biggest shareholders, billionaires James Packer and Malaysia’s KT Lim,...
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Packer courting Malaysian ally for Echo takeover bid
(Australia) -- JAMES Packer is expected to meet Malaysian casino magnate KT Lim as early as this week after Mr Lim's Genting Casinos revealed on Friday that it had...
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Australia’s Echo may be Genting’s door to Macau: report
(Macau) -- There is growing speculation that two of the largest shareholders of Australian casino operator Echo Entertainment, namely Genting Singapore and Crown Ltd,...
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Illinois Gaming
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Bill For New Casinos Soon To Land On Quinn’s Desk
(Illinois) -- A bill that would create five new casinos in Illinois will likely land on Gov. Pat Quinn’s desk by the end of the month.
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Cal City wants local government support for casino bid
(Illinois) -- The City Council this week is likely to ask south suburban government officials to support its desire for a casino.
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Elgin fraternal organizations want exemption to gambling ban
(Illinois) -- Unlike many communities throughout the state, Elgin doesn’t have to do a thing if it wants to keep video gambling out of town. “Gambling...
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Illinois Online
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Illinois Senate President Honing Internet Gambling Bill [sub req'd]
(Illinois) -- Legislation to authorize online casino games and poker in Illinois could be revisited during an abbreviated legislative session at the end of this year,...
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Maine Gaming
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Portsmouth developer drops cash on Maine elections: Ocean Properties pushing for new 'racino' facility in Biddeford
(New Hampshire) -- A hotel and resort company headquartered in Portsmouth is renewing its push to bring casino gambling to southern Maine.
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Maryland Gaming
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Maryland Live! Casino: A review
(Maryland) -- I have visited many casinos since earning age eligibility — several still owe me money — and so I feel confident saying that the new Maryland...
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Casino opening a traffic nightmare
(Maryland) -- On Wednesday night, the Maryland State Police blocked the exit ramp to Arundel Mills Boulevard —all for the benefit of the Maryland Live! Casino.
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Maryland work group to disclose impact of expanding gaming
(Maryland) -- Amid concerns that an expansion of gaming in Maryland to Prince George’s County could saturate the marketplace, a workgroup session Tuesday will...
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Meeting on gambling expansion
(Maryland) -- A work group of lawmakers and aides to Gov. Martin O'Malley that is studying a potential expansion of gambling in Maryland is scheduled to hear from...
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Rodricks: Move the Baltimore casino to National Harbor
(Maryland) -- I don't suppose anyone on Gov. Martin O'Malley's 11-member work group on the possible expansion of gambling lives below the Federal Poverty...
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Massachusetts Gaming
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Casino committee discusses impact on local businesses
(Massachusetts) -- The Casino site committee is meeting Monday night at City Hall and they are talking about how a resort casino would affect local businesses here in...
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Michigan Gaming
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Fading in the stretch / Horse racing biz looks to state help to end slump
(Michigan) -- Michigan's horse racing industry, beset by a staggering decline in wagering that has been fueled by casinos and slot machine gambling at tracks in...
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N.J. Sports Betting
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OP/ED: Chris Christie's dubious bet on sports gambling
(New Jersey) -- Gov. Christie has been playing a game of chicken with the federal government over sports gambling, and he just threw his steering wheel out the window....
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New Hampshire Gaming
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Salem selectmen support casino at The Rock
(New Hampshire) -- Selectmen are willing to bet a casino would revitalize Rockingham Park. The board voted unanimously last night to work with Rockingham Park officials...
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New York Gaming
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Borough President Marty Markowitz: Let’s roll the dice on casino gambling in Coney Island
(New York) -- When the 2013 class of the New York State Legislature takes office in January, one of the many potential agenda items in the session will be whether to...
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Las Vegas Giants Line Up For Big Apple Casino Bidding [sub req'd]
(New York) -- Las Vegas giants including Wynn Resorts appear set to line up bids for a potential New York City casino license after a recent reversal of fortune, though...
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Vegas on the Hudson! Casino, Giant Ferris Wheel Just What Javits Center Needs
(New York) -- Faster than a gambler’s luck, Governor Andrew Cuomo has changed his mind. For months, the governor insisted the Javits Center had to go, to be...
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Ohio Gaming
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Cincinnati to use gambling funds on streetcars, sculptures
(Ohio) -- Cincinnati plans to spend portions of its gambling tax revenue cut on its streetcar project and outdoor sculptures, and Hamilton County will use part of its...
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Kasich signs casino rules law
(Ohio) -- Gov. John Kasich has signed into law new rules for casinos, bingo halls and the slots-like video lottery terminals that are coming to Ohio's seven horse...
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Ontario Gaming
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Cohn: New casino ad urges you to forget your family and go gambling
(Ontario) -- More casinos are coming to Ontario, because there’s always more money to be made by them, from us — and for us.
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Ontario Taking Lead In Canadian Gaming Revolution [sub req'd]
(Ontario) -- Ontario’s proposals to overhaul its gaming and lottery sectors could create a dynamic new model for gambling in Canada, within the existing legal...
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Poker Tournament
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Phil Hellmuth Jr. wins record-setting 12th career World Series of Poker event
(Las Vegas) -- Poker superstar Phil Hellmuth Jr. won his record-setting 12th World Series of Poker individual event championship bracelet early Monday morning at the Rio...
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Revel Casino
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New Jersey's gamble on Revel still not paying off
(Atlantic City) -- Atlantic City's swank new casino Revel had a sluggish second month despite a grand-opening bash featuring Beyonce, new numbers show.
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Revel casino gambling revenue underwhelms in May
(Atlantic City) -- Despite the much-anticipated addition of the Revel mega-casino, Atlantic City saw a heavy decline in gambling revenue last month, prompting some...
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Revel Doesn't Make Big Dent in Gaming Revenues
(Atlantic City) -- Revel's revenue remained stuck in the bottom of the pack of Atlantic City's 12 casinos in its second month of operation, with the $13.9...
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Rhode Island Gaming
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Key R.I. House panel again delays vote on casino bill
(Rhode Island) -- How Rhode Island would tax and regulate the casino industry -- assuming voters approve turning the slot parlors Newport Grand and Twin River into...
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Social Gaming
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Social Gaming Regulation? Is it Online Gambling or is it Not?
(USA) -- A couple weeks back we reported that bwin.party was taking the leap into social gaming with an investment of $50million and a new website called Win. Social...
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Suffolk Downs
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Suffolk Downs Races Toward Boston Casino License [sub req'd]
(Massachusetts) -- Caesars-backed Suffolk Downs is galloping ahead of the competition in its high-stakes bid for a coveted, Boston-area casino license. But for the track...
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Other News
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Hyatt Regency Lake Tahoe completes $20 million renovation
(Nevada) -- The resort nestled in the pines at Incline Village has completed a $20 million redo of its 422 rooms, including two presidential suites, the Sierra Cafe and...
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Cordish Working on Something "Very, Very Special" in Atlantic City
(Atlantic City) -- Cordish Co. is planning a new project called Atlantic City Live!, something its chairman, David Cordish, described as "very, very special,"...
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Court rules Pa. records requests need not be perfect
(Pennsylvania) -- Public-records requests filed under Pennsylvania's Right to Know Law need not cite the law or satisfy other technicalities so long as they include...
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Fort Lauderdale plans to restrict electronic gaming centers
(Florida) -- Electronic gaming centers, which have spread across the state, face tougher restrictions in Fort Lauderdale. City commissioners are moving ahead with a...
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Casino to be called Lady Luck
(Mississippi) -- The Rainbow Casino in Vicksburg will take on the name Lady Luck Casino next year. The Vicksburg Post reports that the information was contained in the...
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More questions than answers in MRHD meeting
(Iowa) -- Three hundred and twenty five jobs are on the line at Sioux City's Argosy Casino. But more questions than answers came out of Monday's Missouri River...
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MRHD And Penn: Back Together?
(Iowa) -- It's been a complicated relationship for almost a year as the fate of the Argosy Casino has been up in the air. Tonight, the Missouri River Historical...
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MRHD mulls next step in battle over Sioux City casino
(Iowa) -- Missouri River Historical Development met Monday night to discuss it next move in the fight over Sioux City's riverboat casino.
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MRHD, Penn dispute headed to Iowa gaming board
(Iowa) -- State regulators will likely have the final say on a signed contract extension between Missouri River Historical Development and Penn National Gaming Co.
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London-Bound: An Interview With Mary Killman, Olympic Synchronized Swimmer
(Oklahoma) -- Mary Killman will fulfill a lifelong dream when she competes in the London Olympics this summer. But for the 21-year-old member of the Citizen Potawatomi...
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Canterbury deal will keep the horses here
(Minnesota) -- Public records show that Minnesota's horse industry has been suffering through a tough decade. Once valued at nearly $1 billion, the industry has...
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Canterbury Park, horse racing industry celebrate larger purses
(Minnesota) -- The big hand hadn't even hit the five on the clock when Bernell Rhone arrived at Canterbury Park. The sun was still an hour away from peeking up over...
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UK Supermarkets Axe Gambling Scheme After Criticism [sub req'd]
(UK) -- UK high street shopping giants have cut ties with a gambling firm which allows customers to gamble for the chance to win their shopping, after criticism that the...
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Vic council takes stance against pokies
(Australia) -- A Melbourne council has drawn a line in the sand over poker machine numbers and will spend rate payers money to block more being installed in local pubs...
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S. Korea casino must partially repay gamblers' losses
(South Korea) -- A South Korean court has ordered a casino to repay about half the losses suffered by two problem gamblers who lost a total 2.47 billion won ($2.1...
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A yes or no question
(Nevada) -- Today is the biggest day in Laughlin history since Don Laughlin took over a tiny casino near the banks of the Colorado River nearly 50 years ago.
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DesertXpress Vegas-California rail project renamed
(Las Vegas) -- Developers planning high-speed rail service between Las Vegas and Southern California announced Monday they are giving the project a new name.
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DesertXpress: The Tim Tebow of high-speed rail?
(Las Vegas) -- As a Denver Broncos fan, I had my fair share of watching improbable come-from-behind victories after Tim Tebow was named the team’s starting...
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Floyd Mayweather Sues To Recover $4 Million Over Casino Deal
(Alabama) -- A 90-day jail sentence is not stopping Floyd Mayweather Jr. from protecting his investments. The boxing champ, who is currently incarcerated in the Clark...
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NEWave® Wins Replacement Software Contract at Grand Victoria Casino
(Las Vegas) -- Leading and award-winning software supplier to the gaming industry NEWave® will install all modules of its myCompliance Manager™ software suite...
6/10/2012
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'Scandal' too strong; 'taint' isn't
(New York) -- Governor Cuomo's self-proclaimed and rather smug image of being above and beyond the influence of special interests took a serious hit last week over...
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For new convention center, all bets are on
(New York) -- Pier 76 is home to the Police Department's tow pound and horse stables. But in the near future, it could become an extension of the neighboring Jacob K...
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Las Vegas labor dispute could harm Obama, other Democrats
(Las Vegas) -- The largest, most powerful union in Nevada has been locked for years in a fierce and bitter battle with one of Las Vegas' most prominent families.
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Nevadan At Work; Adventure brought Cantor Gaming exec westward
(Las Vegas) -- Whitney Thier grew up in suburban Scranton, Pa., before heading off to Dartmouth College. She wasn't different from most of her friends, who like her...
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STUTZ: Exec's exit may create scramble for Caesars
(Las Vegas) -- To use a cooking analogy, you don't want to the see your head chef fleeing the kitchen just as the appetizers are headed to a table of food critics.
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Bally Technologies Receives Nevada Poker Recommendation
(Las Vegas) -- Bally Technologies has become the first gambling operator to receive a recommendation by the Nevada Gaming Control Board to the Nevada Gaming Commission,...
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Union Pushing For Referendums To Improve Casino Workers’ Rights
(Atlantic City) -- Atlantic City’s largest union is seeking to put a pair of referendums on the ballot that would appear to target the city’s newest casino.
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Gambling backers try to avoid legislative deja vu
(Illinois) -- A determined push for Illinois to get new casinos and race-track slot machines with an equally determined governor standing in the way?
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Springfield, other local communities likely to OK video gambling
(Illinois) -- As Illinois gamblers prepare to sit down for their first hands of legal video poker, possibly by late summer, municipalities in the Springfield area and...
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Flynn’ Eastie casino is no-win
(Massachusetts) -- The East Boston group fighting a $1 billion resort casino at Suffolk Downs has found a friend in former Mayor Raymond L. Flynn, whose surprise...
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Casino builders must post Mass. donations
(Massachusetts) -- New campaign and political finance regulations will shed light on some of the behind-the-scenes maneuvering to curry political favor in the high-...
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Local casinos use countless methods to discourage card counters
(Ohio) -- It doesn't matter whether it's at the just-opened Hollywood Casino in Toledo, Ohio, or The Meadows Racetrack and Casino in Washington County.
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Valley uncertain about tax windfall from new casinos
(Ohio) -- County commissioners and school administrators in the Tuscarawas Valley won’t be making plans anytime soon on how to spend tax revenue they will be...
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Counties feud over potential P.G. casino as slots palace opens
(Maryland) -- Thousands of slot machines at the new Maryland Live! Casino drew throngs of people who wanted to test their luck in the first days the Anne Arundel County...
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Going live: Hanover casino becomes closest gambling venue to Carroll
(Maryland) -- Pamela Parson leaned against a security railing and waited. She made the 20-minute trek from her Baltimore home to Hanover in the early afternoon and...
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Md. officials await findings on impact of more gambling
(Maryland) -- A consulting firm will present its findings Tuesday on the potential impact of expanded gambling in Maryland as lawmakers continue to discuss possible...
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GTECH asks R.I. legislature to remove provision involving company from casino bill
(Rhode Island) -- Gambling giant GTECH is asking the legislature to remove a provision in a casino gambling bill dealing with the company. The bill spells out how much...
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Smith Calls Lamontagne Naive About Expanded Gaming
(New Hampshire) -- During a GOP forum at Tuscan Kitchen in Salem, gubernatorial candidates Ovide Lamontagne and Kevin Smith dictated their differing positions on...
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New England’s 6th casino opens in Western Maine
(Maine) -- Route 26 through Oxford, known to Massachusetts skiers as the way to Sunday River, is not likely to be confused with the Las Vegas Strip.
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Oxford Casino pleased with turnout for first weekend
(Maine) -- Ater a soft opening on Tuesday, the Oxford Casino is wrapping up its first weekend open to the public. Casino officials say the facility was filled almost to...
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Electronic sweepstakes machines booming while courts work out legality
(North Carolina) -- They may be in legal limbo, but video “sweepstakes” machines are mushrooming in the mountains — and creating headaches for...
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Cal City wants surrounding suburban support for its bid to get casino
(Indiana) -- The City Council this week is likely to ask south suburban government officials to support its desire for a casino. A day after the Illinois General...
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Betting hike leads to more security in Deadwood
(South Dakota) -- Deadwood casinos are getting ready to increase security along with their bet limits. The betting limit will jump from $100 to $1,000 on July 1 thanks...
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Loto Quebec Signs New Deal with IGT
(Quebec) -- It has been confirmed that the game developer that provides content for both land gambling casinos and internet casinos, IGT, has signed a deal with the...
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The State of Horse Racing in Ontario
(Ontario) -- Many may have already heard that 2012 will be the final season of racing at Fort Erie Racetrack. The Board of the Fort Erie Live Racing Consortium (FELRC)...
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Horse racing's fate, cursed or not, rued by fans
(New York) -- Bernie Rivers should know all about sports curses. He's a Red Sox fan. But he's not buying it, not buying there is something sinister hovering over...
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Gambling regulator puts Facebook gaming under scrutiny
(UK) -- The Gambling Commission is investigating the rise of social gaming in a move that could slash the value of online operators. Companies that make games for social...
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Packer courting Malaysian ally for Echo takeover bid
(Australia) -- JAMES Packer is expected to meet Malaysian casino magnate KT Lim as early as this week after Mr Lim's Genting Casinos revealed on Friday that it had...
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Casino hint for capital
(Fiji) -- FIJI'S first casino will mark the introduction of legalised gambling and the setting up of the first ever controls over gambling in the country. One...
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Casino venue 'ideal for many reasons'
(Fiji) -- THE developers of Fiji's first casino will build a 1500 seat modern convention centre as one of the conditions set out in an agreement with government.
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Casinos to Boost Tourism Revenue in Fiji, Official Says
(Fiji) -- A Fijian tourism official on Sunday highlighted the important role to be played by the multi-million dollar casino in the tourism industry, saying it will...
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Betting among youths more popular with rise of Internet casinos
(Malaysia) -- Gamblers are getting younger and increasingly using the Internet to try their luck in hopes of striking it big. Besides gambling in online casinos, there...
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Indiana Grandmom Blew $100,000 From Grandson's College Fund While Gambling
(Indiana) -- 73-year-old Edna Sue Pate has been charged with stealing $97,000 from her grandson's college fund and gambling it away. Charges were filed in Indiana,...
6/9/2012
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Analysis: $2M gambling bet puts focus on lobbyist
(New York) -- The sum of what the public knows about the biggest lobbying force in New York politics is a few pages of overall spending figures, generalities about...
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THE FIGHT: Conservative Lobby Groups Push Back, Zynga Begins to Lobby
(USA) -- For the second time in recent weeks, moral-conservative groups have urged Congress to crack down on state efforts to legalize Internet gambling, including poker.
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Longtime Sunset Station employee reminisces on casino’s 15th birthday
(Las Vegas) -- Sheila Zaun has an interesting claim to fame: She got to pick the pillows for the hotel rooms at Sunset Station. Zaun has worked as an administrative...
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IGT is second gaming company to gain approval for online gaming
(Reno) -- International Gaming Technology is the second gaming company to gain approval from the Gaming Control Board for online gaming. Regulators recommend IGT be...
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Erie hotel market poised for more growth
(Pennsylvania) -- The hotel building boom could be starting again in Erie County as the economy recovers and the tourism sector shows signs of expansion.
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Rivers Casino Once Again Tops $35 Million In Monthly Gross Revenue
(Illinois) -- There doesn’t seem to be any let up in the amount of money Rivers Casino is generating compared to Illinois’ nine other casinos. Recently...
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Slots at horse tracks? Casinos hope not
(Illinois) -- A Belleville resident feels like playing the slot machines. He normally might drive to the Casino Queen at East St. Louis. But if new slot machines are...
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Casino critics: Pols gambling with vote
(Massachusetts) -- Critics of a Suffolk Downs casino are keeping open the possibility they may sue to stop a $1 billion Caesars resort in East Boston based on a memo...
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Casino Opening Attracts More Than 10,000
(Maryland) -- Maryland's newest casino opened Wednesday with much fanfare and more guests than got in the door. More than 10,000 people entered Maryland Live! at...
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Sweepstakes: N.H. Ban, Texas Crackdown; Ohio Lawsuit
(USA) -- Sweepstakes videogames that award cash prizes to winners remain a flashpoint for prosecutors and police nationwide. One statewide ban is moving toward enactment...
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Future of sweepstakes machines still in play
(South Carolina) -- Saying that he supports “freedom for the people of South Carolina,” a local legislator spoke out against a legislative effort to ban...
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Iowa takes $5M in debtors' jackpots
(Iowa) -- Iowa is collecting a larger share of state casinos' big jackpots when won by gamblers who owe the government money. A change in state law that took effect...
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Germany Online Gaming Licensing, Possible Threat of Cancellation
(Germany) -- It seems as though the crusade to bring regulated online gaming to Schleswig-Holstein has been squashed by the recent state’s decision to revert to...
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12-year-old boy loses £7,000 of dad's money playing online poker
(UK) -- A 12-year-old boy lost £7,000 of his dad's money gambling on poker websites. What started off as innocent fun, playing games with schoolmates on free...
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Should Sydney build a second casino?
(Australia) -- James Packer believes a second Sydney casino, at Barangaroo, would be a great fillip for the city. Would it enhance the city's reputation as an...
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Genting takes stake in casino operator Echo
(Singapore) -- SINGAPORE GAMING operator Genting said it has taken a stake in Australian casino operator Echo Entertainment, just as Echo’s chairman unexpectedly...
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LGUs tread carefully on anti-Pagcor bill
(Philippines) -- Local officials are treading carefully on a proposal to reduce the powers of the government’s lone gaming agency that has funneled tens of...
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Bill Paves Way For Gambling Referendum
(Bermuda) -- A date for the referendum on gambling to be held under the provisions of the Referendum bill passed in the House last night will be “determined and...
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Tax on Casinos Approved In First Vote
(Costa Rica) -- Costa Rica's legislator on Friday gave the green light, approving in first vote, the Ley de Impuesto a Casinos (Casinos Tax Act), which will raise...
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SOS: students play truant to gamble
(Vietnam) -- Educators have rung the alarm bell over the school evil of gambling. A lot of students now like spending time at gambling tables rather than at the school...
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