It took a while, a long, long while apparently, for the city of West Linn tonotice that their former finance director, Elma Magkamit, now serving aneight-year prison sentence, was stealing big-time from that Portland suburb.It turns out that she got away with $1.4 million before being stopped and,according to press reports, West Linn is able […]
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Despite pressure from religious leaders and other gambling foes, the LakeCounty Board today approved a resolution requesting a percentage of revenueif Waukegan gets a casino. The proposal, amended on the boardroom floorbefore the 13-8 vote, does not specifically back establishment of a casinoin Waukegan. That's a distinction several board members made during alengthy discussion, insisting […]
Former WCW and TNA star Disco Inferno Glen Gilberti was among those arrestedlate Monday night during a gambling bust involving high stakes no limithold-em poker in Roswell, Georgia. Local police had been investigating thegambling ring for six months after complaints from neighbors about theamount of people coming to and from the home. Gamblers would have […]
As Gov. Kathleen Sebelius prepares to sign into law the casino and slotsbill, opponents of the legislation said Monday that it may contain hiddenprovisions to expand gambling even further. Glenn Thompson, executivedirector of the anti-gambling group Stand Up for Kansas, said that under thebill, future Legislatures could put video slot machines in conveniencestores, grocery stores […]
Last week was the second major "funnel week" of this year's legislativesession. All Senate files that had been passed by the Senate and assigned toa House committee had to be approved by a House committee by Friday or weretechnically not eligible for consideration during the remainder of thesession. This is yet another way for us […]
The Maine Legislature is now considering a citizen-initiated bill for amajor expansion of gambling in Maine. LD 805 will double the number of slotmachines in the state, allow the Passamaquoddy Tribe for the first time toconduct high-stakes beano off their reservation, and expand off-trackbetting. Instead of rejecting the bill and sending it to the voters […]
WALK INTO ANY casino and you'll see an army of people pumping dollars intoslot machines full well knowing they're going to lose. We feed slot machinesbecause they're fun; even I have lost a few dollars to the slots at LasVegas' McCarran Airport, which is notorious for having the worst odds intown. Of course, we don't […]
The U.S. doesn't mind the lottery, but when it comes to sports bettingacross interstate or international boundaries, all bets are off. Theyshouldn't be. ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA, former British colonies on the easternedge of the Caribbean Sea, are smaller than Los Angeles and less populousthan Burbank. Yet they may be able to force the world's most […]
Judy Lea Fairbanks, 52, of Bellevue, Neb., was charged Saturday after shewas found gambling at the Horseshoe Casino in Council Bluffs. Police saidshe left her husband in the car and taped a sign to the window, which said"I have a disability. Do not be alarmed. I am resting. Please do not callsecurity." Fairbanks' husband cannot […]
Horse industry insiders have warned the state could lose part of the racingindustry's annual half-billion dollar impact if steps aren't taken tocompete with gambling in neighboring states. The call follows a reportreleased last week by the Rutgers Equine Science Center that found theindustry alone funnels $1.1 billion annually to the state's economy withracing bringing in […]
A Nebraska woman was charged with neglect of a dependent person afterleaving her husband unattended in a car outside a casino. Judy LeaFairbanks, 52, of Bellevue, Neb., was charged Saturday after she was foundgambling at the Horseshoe Casino in Council Bluffs. Police said she left herhusband in the car and taped a sign to the […]
US authorities are investigating gambling in the virtual reality world ofSecond Life. The FBI has reportedly examined casinos that operate in thegame following a month-long crackdown on internet gambling. "We have invitedthe FBI several times to take a look around in Second Life and raise anyconcerns they would like, and we know of at least […]
The Seminole Tribe of Florida fought the U.S. Army in the 1800s and resistedforced migration to Oklahoma. A century later, they rescued themselves frompoverty by becoming the first tribe to venture into the gambling business.Now is the time for an ambitious new challenge: being the first AmericanIndian tribe to buy a global company. The Seminoles […]
Premier Su Tseng-chang yesterday dismissed media reports claiming thegovernment would lift a ban on car and horse racing in June. The reportscited Chang Ching-sen, vice chairman of the Cabinet-level Council forEconomic Planning and Development (CEPD), as saying that the government mayopen car and horse racing in central and southern Taiwan in June. Chang saidthe CEPD, […]