Stop discriminating EU Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson told the US it needs to change anti-gambling laws which discriminate against European companies.Mandelson tells US to change online gambling laws (The Register)

Anti-tax mindset will leave our country broke It’s hard to believe, or better yet I wish it were not true. We just spent a reported $5.7 billion on an evening called Halloween, and yet we won’t spend $10 billion on health insurance for kids in need. We will spend $91 billion this year on gambling, yet we refuse to make the minimum wage a true living wage. We will spend how many tens, if not .Southwest Metro letters (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)

A proposal to put a slot machine operation in the White Marsh area of Baltimore County was floated to county lawmakers by a Harford County businessman Saturday. But the county executive and delegates that represent the area reacted coolly to the idea, as did the chairman of the subcommittee that handles gambling issues in the House.Slots in White Marsh not likely (Baltimore Examiner)