Mia Moran-Cooper, longtime director of the West Virginia Problem Gamblers Help Network, thought she had been fired from her job after finding out that her hotel reservations and corporate credit card were canceled unexpectedly during a business trip.Gambling hot line director says agency bungled end of her tenure (Charleston Daily Mail)

Kansas City Star – Two national gambling industry conventions get under way in Kansas City this week. Nearly 500 people are expected for the three-day conference of the National Council on Problem Gambling that opens today at the Kansas City Marriott Downtown hotel .National gambling groups gather in KC

By Benjamin Spillman, Las Vegas Review-JournalMcClatchy-Tribune Regional News May 12–The number of people who visited Las Vegas in March went up 1.4 percent to nearly 3.5 million even though gamblingLas Vegas visitor count up 1.4 percent in March