Cary Police say they have broken up an illegal poker gambling hall that washoused in a nondescript warehouse and have arrested over 40 people onvarious charges. Acting on an anonymous Crime Stoppers tip, the Cary PoliceDepartment served a search warrant at 233 "M" East Johnson St. on Friday,March 23rd shortly after midnight. The bland looking […]
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Three of four West Virginia racetracks aim to have voters decide June 9whether to allow table games in their slots-only casinos, but executives saythe timing of votes in Hancock, Ohio and Kanawha counties is more abouturgency than strategy. "I don't think it was really organized. It's just thefirst available day we could get,'' Bob Marshall, […]
An odd combination of gambling opponents and supporters stalled legislationearly today that would repeal Missouri's unique gamblers' loss limit in anattempt to generate tax revenues for college scholarships. Missouri lawcurrently prohibits casino patrons from buying more than $500 inslot-machine tokens or table-game chips every two hours – the nation's onlysuch betting cap. Senate legislation would […]
The Kansas House has approved a measure that would allow casinos and slotmachines at dog and horse tracks. The 64-58 vote this mornign givessupporters of expanded gambling the hope that they could end 15 years oflegislative failures. The measure now heads to the Senate. Backers of themeasure say the state eventually could realize 200 million […]
Citing a proliferation of illegal video gambling machines, members of a keySenate committee are considering a crackdown on bars, truck stops, clubs andother retailers caught with the devices. The plan developed by SenateRepublican leaders would be the legislature's first significant step towardrooting out the tens of thousands of machines that operate under names likeCherry Master […]
Gov. Joe Manchin has signed the bill allowing local option elections fortable game gambling in the state's four counties with racetrack casinos, butthe debate is not over yet. Manchin signed the bill Wednesday, one day afterthe Ohio County Commission scheduled a special election for Saturday, June9, to allow voters to decide whether to allow Wheeling […]
The extent to which the 2007 Budget took the UK gambling industry andinvestors by surprise cannot be underestimated. Only a week before Budgetday the Daily Telegraph had proudly trumpeted; "In a surprise move, theChancellor will use the Budget to announce that in return for a small amountof tax – possibly as low as 2pc or […]
Tourist-attracting casinos and slot machines at race tracks were a stepcloser to reality when the House gave first-round approval to the idea aftermore than a dozen hours of sometimes contentious and emotional debate. The65-50 vote before dawn Saturday advanced the bill to final action, scheduledfor Monday. House Speaker Melvin Neufeld, R-Ingalls, a gambling opponent,said he […]
A spokesman for the EU said today that the European Commission gave an orderfor Germany to overturn its imminent Internet gambling ban, or to stopadvertising for its horse betting monopolies, or it will face legal action.Brussels, Germany hosts a state run betting monopoly which the EuropeanCommission says is illegal according to its laws. The new […]
A bipartisan coalition proposed allowing three tourist-attracting casinosand slot machines at dog and horse tracks as the House on Friday begandebating whether to expand gambling. The plan called for casinos inWyandotte, Sedgwick and Crawford or Cherokee counties and 2,200 slotsdistributed among the Woodlands at Kansas City, Wichita Greyhound Park andCamptown at Frontenac. Voters in the […]
STANLEY Leisure and the rest of Britain's gambling and casino sector wereyesterday coming to terms with a major blow dealt to them by this week'sBudget.Rank's share price suffered further losses yesterday on the stock market asnews sank in, and Liverpool-based Stanley Leisure will also be hit by thehigher taxes.Rank looks set to lose as much […]
Three nuns have been photographed playing slot machines and blackjack at agaming fair in Manila, Philippines, embarrassing Roman Catholic bishops. Thechurch holds a firm stance against gambling of all forms and has announcedthat it will launch an inquiry and says that the nuns could faceimplications if they are found to have sinned. Archbishop Oscar Cruz […]
Deadwood hospital officials want the city to declare the area around thehospital as off-limits to casinos. They say the hustle and bustle aroundcasinos is not compatible with the atmosphere of a hospital. A nearbylandowner says the area is zoned for commercial development and cityofficials should leave things as they are. Tim Conrad notes that Deadwoodalready […]
Former lobbyist Jack Abramoff, the central figure in a Capitol Hillcorruption scandal convicted of fraud in the purchase of the SunCruz Casinosgambling boats, may be getting out of federal prison earlier than expected.Federal prosecutors have taken the first steps toward reducing his prisonsentence for the Florida fraud conviction, now set to end in 2011. Documentsfiled […]