Reports during the weekend that Pennsylvania officials may allow operatorsof video gambling casinos to install what amounts to virtual table gamblingmake it clear that West Virginia legislators need to act on real tablegambling this week. Video gambling is just now coming on line in theKeystone State. Officials at West Virginia racetracks – where thousands ofvideo […]
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So says Tom Blair, former mayor of Deadwood and one of the driving forcesbehind the legalization of gambling in the small town of 1,800 people. It'sbeen 20 years since the legislature nixed plans to bring legalized gamblingto Deadwood, in an effort to turn back the slow demise of the Wild Westtown. That effort began back […]
The Seminole Tribe of Florida completed its $965 million purchase of theHard Rock cafes, hotels, casinos and music memorabilia from The Rank GroupPLC on Monday through a combination of a bond offering and an equitycontribution from the tribe. Jim Allen, CEO of Seminole Gaming, said thedeal with UK-based Rank Group for Hard Rock International was […]
The state-run lottery has run out of luck with its in-state lotto andcontroversial participation in multistate Mega Millions, suffering a droughtof big jackpots, and is being forced to cut allocations to schools – $136million less than last year. At the same time, a new study indicatingtaxpayers may be the biggest losers in the California gambling […]
Chinese businessman Cao Yanglin let his lunch of slow-cooked beef rib withtruffle puree and lemon cream sauce go cold as he talked about his gamblingspree the night before at the baccarat tables in Macau – the world's newepicenter for gambling. The 58-year-old property developer said he won$3,840 at the Las Vegas-style Wynn Macau casino hotel, […]
"You gotta know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em, know when to walkaway, know when to run," as the classic Kenny Rogers tune goes. SouthCoastresidents should run from any notion of organized casino gambling in theirmidst as proposed by New Bedford City Councilor David Alves. Mr. Alves andcountless others, including, possibly, Gov. […]
The parliament of Dagestan has passed a bill banning gambling. The bill waspassed in line with the federal law dated December 29, 2006 on stateregulation of organizing gambling. As of July 1, 2007 it prohibits gamblingin the territory of Dagestan. In March 2005, the imams of Makhachkala urgedthe owners of saunas, nightclubs, casinos and gambling […]
Calgary Catholic schools are back where they started. Those Catholic schoolscurrently raising cash through gambling still don't have a date to stopsucking up casino and bingo bucks after a school board task force couldn'tcome to a decision. But Catholic school board chair Cathie Williams says theboard will now huddle and decide on a date later […]
ACalifornia Senate committee recently learned that while many of us love togamble, quite a few suffer from addiction as casinos empty their pockets.The state's legal gambling operations make $13 billion a year – and rising –yet such operations put no money into assisting those with gamblingproblems, including addiction. The committee also learned some disturbingfacts – […]
In a vast, dimly lit room with a low ceiling and frosted glass chandeliers –but without the scent or sight of a smoky haze – video lottery terminals arearrayed in ranks like soldiers. "I used to go to Atlantic City and I hatedit when people would sit next to me smoking a cigarette," said RosaRodriguez […]
State gambling regulators have agreed to delay until next year a debate onwhether to issue new licenses allowing additional casinos in the state. TheIowa Racing and Gaming Commission decided unanimously Thursday that moretime is needed to assess the financial performance of four new casinos thatwere granted licenses in 2005 before deciding if the state can […]
The National Council on Problem Gambling (NCPG) is announcing the NationalProblem Gambling Awareness Week which is set to run from March 5 – 11. Theinformation displayed during the week will help people decipher warningsigns of problem gambling and make people aware of places they can call ifthey discover a problem. The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board […]
As parents we worry. We worry about whether our kids are too fat or toothin, how to get them into good schools and whether they'll fall off theirbikes or be abducted. Then they get a bit older and we anguish over whetherthey're smoking pot, having sex or hanging out with the wrong crowd. Then,no sooner […]
Legal gambling operations make $13 billion a year from California's boominggaming industry but do little to aid the hundreds of thousands whose livesit ruins or ease damage to society, lawmakers said Tuesday. A Senatecommittee, which intends to swiftly tackle the problem, was surprised atsome findings during a nearly four-hour informational hearing: A governmentWeb site for […]