Why am I not surprised that on Wednesday, the Austin American-Statesman,Dallas Morning News and Fort Worth Star-Telegram all reported that aproposal to broadly expand gambling in Texas is in the works in Austin? Hey,gambling-expansion proposals have emerged every two years in Texas since theearly 1990s, just before each Legislature convened. What is different aboutthis proposal? […]
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Garish or goofy or grim, Russia’s casinos and slot-machine halls are some ofthe most vivid testimony to communism’s collapse. But, under legislationapproved Wednesday by Russia’s lower house of parliament, the $6 billionindustry is to be driven out of Moscow, St. Petersburg and most of the restof Russia. Once the bill is signed into law, gamblers […]
Pennsylvania gambling regulators cleared the way Wednesday for Philadelphiato become the nation’s largest city with a casino, while rejecting DonaldTrump’s bid for a slot-machine parlor and plans for another casino near theGettysburg battlefield. The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board chose fromamong 13 groups of casino giants, politically connected investors,celebrities and nationally known developers when it awarded […]
A dispute might be brewing among state regulators over who will overseePennsylvania’s multibillion-dollar casino industry. Auditor General JackWagner on Tuesday told the Gaming Control Board he intends to be the “fiscalwatchdog of gaming operations and related state programs.” As the boardprepared to vote today on awarding 11 slot machine casino licensesstatewide, Wagner said he plans […]
A recently appointed member of the Pennsylvania gaming board was a longtimecritic of gambling when he was a legislator but he has won thousands ofdollars at casinos, a newspaper reported Sunday. Former state Rep. MarkMcNaughton voted against the state’s slot machine law in 2004 and opposedgambling for years before that, but at the same time […]
Forget Hillary vs. Obama. There’s another question in the Democraticpresidential race: Does what happens in Vegas really stay there, or can SinCity set the course for the nation? Nevada has a new prominence in decidingthe party’s next nominee. It will hold an early caucus January 19, 2008,sandwiched between Iowa and New Hampshire. The prized position […]
A recently appointed member of the Pennsylvania gaming board was a longtimecritic of gambling when he was a legislator but he has won thousands ofdollars at casinos, a newspaper reported Sunday. Former state Rep. MarkMcNaughton voted against the state’s slot machine law in 2004 and opposedgambling for years before that, but at the same time […]
Visitors come here to see just one bell – the Liberty Bell. Soon they’ll belooking for a row of them – on a slot machine. Pennsylvania’s 2-year-oldstate gaming board is to award licenses Wednesday for two slot machinecasinos to be built here. That will make Philadelphia the largest city inthe country with casinos and put […]
In Sunday Stabroek of the 10th December 2006, the headlines read, “Religiousleaders against casino gambling.” I am simply astonished that thesereligious leaders’ mindset is still immersed in the dark ages. A few yearsback, whilst living in the USA I would visit the race tracks daily. I wasvery surprised at first that racing would be allowed […]
Russia’s lower house of parliament on Friday backed sweeping gamblinglegislation force casinos across the country to relocate into fourdesignated zones.The State Duma voted 425-0 on a key second reading to pass theKremlin-backed legislation, which would set up the four special regions byJuly 1, 2009.All gambling and slot machine businesses — including those in Moscow wherecasinos […]
With only seven days until the Pittsburgh Gaming Commission awards a gaminglicense to one of three slots competitors, concerns about traffic problemshave risen to the forefront. City officials are concerned that, regardlessof the casino location, congestion and parking issues will be major problemsbecause of Pittsburgh’s many bridges, tunnels, rivers and outdated highwaynetworks. Isle of Capri […]
The committee on economic policy under the State Duma lower house of theRussian parliament recommend the house to approve the second reading of theamendments to the gambling bill, specifying the locations of gambling zones.The gambling zones will be located in the Kaliningrad region, the Altairepublic, the Maritime territory and on the borders of the Rostov […]
Winnie Ho claims Sociedade de Turismo e Diversões de Macau owes her about 3billion Hong Kong dollars, or $386 million, in dividends for the past fiveyears for her 8 percent stake. Winnie, 83, has filed more than 30 lawsuitsagainst her brother over alleged debt, defamation and the shareholdingstructure of the companies. “We don’t need all […]
A group opposed to the development of a Lehigh Valley slots parlor isgearing up to monitor plans to build a casino on the former site ofBethlehem Steel Corp. The Bethlehem Defense Fund last week announced plansto hire attorneys, engineers and traffic consultants to keep an eye on theSands BethWorks Gaming LLC plan to build a […]