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Zelenskiy Bans Ukrainian Troops From Gambling Online

Ukraine and its European allies have welcomed the U.S. House of Representatives's passage of a long-delayed aid bill critical to Ukraine's defense against the Russian invasion, while the Senate's Democratic leadership has pledged to vote on the entire package in the next 72 hours to get it to President Joe Biden's desk. The $61 billion in Ukrainian…
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Could Donald Trump sell his Las Vegas hotel to help pay fraud penalties?

Could the nongaming Trump International Hotel just off the Strip be sold to generate revenue for Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's enormous civil fraud penalties? The people closest to the property's ownership - Trump and business partner Phil Ruffin - aren't saying, and lodging industry experts say they haven't heard anything about…
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Gas station ‘gambling’ is back in Kentucky, despite a statewide ban

Prominent Technologies says its new games are not covered by the ban, but their claim has drawn early skepticism from the administration of Gov. Andy Beshear. The Pennsylvania-based game maker was one of two companies that began operating what they called "skill games" in Kentucky gas stations, convenience stores and bars across Kentucky in…
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Gas station ‘gambling’ is back in Kentucky, despite a statewide ban
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Rhode Island Online Casino Launch Likely 2024’s Last

The seventh state to go live with real money iGaming will likely be the only state to do so this calendar year. Rhode Island's legal real money online casino gaming launch was the nation's first in 2024 and seventh overall. It will likely be the last for the foreseeable future. Only a handful of states have considered iGaming legislation during…
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New Jersey gambling regulator who advised nation on integrity and oversight retires

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. -- David Rebuck, who oversaw New Jersey's development of nation-leading internet gambling and sports betting industries and advised more than two dozen states on setting up and regulating their own gambling operations, retired Friday after 13 years as one of America's most influential gambling regulators. Rebuck, 71, stepped…
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Casino managers want iGaming in MD, but employees fear job loss

Maryland's casinos, as well as international gambling organizations, are pushing for state lawmakers to establish an internet gaming market. The proposal has a powerful sponsor in the House of Delegates that should ensure it advances from its committee to the full chamber, though it's unclear whether a similar proposal in the Senate will have the…
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Casino managers want iGaming in MD, but employees fear job loss
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OUTLOOK 2024: Shapiro wants to tax skill games. He must first navigate Pa.’s wealthy, warring gambling interests.

HARRISBURG - As part of his budget pitch this year, Gov. Josh Shapiro says he wants to regulate and tax skill games to raise tens of millions of dollars in revenue. In making this proposal, the Democrat wades into a years-old battle for dominance of the gambling industry, which last year contributed $2.3 billion in tax revenue to the commonwealth's…
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OUTLOOK 2024: Shapiro wants to tax skill games. He must first navigate Pa.’s wealthy, warring gambling interests.
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U.S. casinos’ $66B year a record

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. -- America's commercial casinos won $66.5 billion from gamblers in 2023, the industry's best year ever, according to figures released by its national trade association Tuesday. The American Gaming Association said that total was 10% higher than in 2022, which itself was a record-setting year. When revenue figures from…
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NYC casino workers bash bill that would legalize online betting in the Empire State

Nearly 700 Queens casino workers are blasting a bill that would legalize online betting in the Empire State - saying it's an attack on their jobs Employees at Resorts World casino at Aqueduct signed a letter accusing state Sen. Joe Addabbo, who has been pushing gaming legislation since 2019. "We find it appalling that you are pushing legislation…
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NYC casino workers bash bill that would legalize online betting in the Empire State
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Shapiro Wants to Tax Skill Games. He Must First Navigate Pa.’s Wealthy, Warring Gambling Interests.

HARRISBURG, Pa. - As part of his budget pitch this year, Gov. Josh Shapiro says he wants to regulate and tax skill games to raise tens of millions of dollars in revenue. (Photo: Pennsylvania skill game machines at a business near Harrisburg. Photo credit: Sarah Anne Hughes / Spotlight PA) Article by Stephen Caruso of Spotlight PA and Katie Meyer of…
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Shapiro Wants to Tax Skill Games. He Must First Navigate Pa.’s Wealthy, Warring Gambling Interests.
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Bill would let Atlantic City casinos keep smoking with some more restrictions

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) - Atlantic City casinos would be able to continue to allow gamblers to smoke on the casino floor under a new bill that would impose additional restrictions on lighting up. New Jersey state Sen. John Burzichelli introduced a bill Monday giving the casinos much of what they want amid a push by many casino workers to prohibit…
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New Jersey Senator Pushes For Slot Machines At Horse Tracks

On Tuesday, New Jersey State Senator Joe Pennacchio once again called for the state to legalize slot machines at horse racetracks in the Garden State. According to a issued by the New Jersey Senate Republicans, Pennachio's legislation, SCR14, would form a consortium of Atlantic City casinos to operate the machines, which would generate significant…
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Alabama lawmakers push sweeping gambling bill that would allow lottery and casinos

A group of Alabama lawmakers has unveiled a sweeping gambling bill that could authorize a state lottery and 10 casinos across the conservative Deep South MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- A group of Alabama lawmakers unveiled a sweeping gambling bill Wednesday that could authorize a state lottery and 10 casinos across the conservative Deep South state as some…
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Could Virginia soon have six casinos?

Members of the General Assembly are considering adding a new casino in northern Virginia. Place your bets. Members of the Senate are considering a bill that would allow a sixth casino in Virginia in Fairfax County. Senator Adam Ebbin is a Democrat from Alexandria who says he's been hearing lots of opposition to the proposal. "I've also gotten…
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Could Virginia soon have six casinos?
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Kenosha City Council approves Hard Rock casino proposal

The Kenosha City Council voted decisively Wednesday night in favor of a multi-million dollar intergovernmental agreement with the Menominee Tribe's gaming authority, a major milestone that helps pave the way for a future Hard Rock casino on the city's west side in the coming years. Alderpersons voted 11-6 during a packed regularly scheduled City…
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Could Online Gambling Become a Reality in Maryland?

The latest MDBetting.com poll has caught the eye, showing that 75% of Marylanders support the idea of legalizing online casinos and are ready to express their support in the 2024 election. According to the latest report from the Maryland Lottery and Gaming Control Agency, this state could generate more than $533 million in revenue in the very first…
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The race is on to build a casino in New York City

New York state has a ban on new casinos until 2023, but Gov. Kathy Hochul wants to end that moratorium this year, allowing up to three casinos to open downstate. And already nine gambling giants are eager to bid on the contracts and are likely to offer grandiose plans for casinos, hotels and entertainment venues to boost their proposals. Some are…
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With gambling legislation on pause, some push for reform

The leaders of the Statehouse's dual Republican supermajorities have been clear: after recent gambling industry scandals involving former lawmakers, next year's legislative session will include no expansion. That's prompted a divided response over what to do instead. It's a chance for reform, some government transparency and ethics advocates say.…
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Casino workers seethe as smoking ban bill is delayed yet again in New Jersey Legislature

TRENTON, N.J. - A bill to end smoking in Atlantic City's casinos that appeared headed for its first vote Thursday was delayed yet again when Democratic lawmakers said they did not have enough votes to advance it. They also said they would listen to alternatives proposed by the casino industry including enclosed smoking rooms in which no employee…
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Casino No-Smoking Bill Makes Its First Progress In Pennsylvania

A legislative committee approved for the first time Wednesday a bill that would ban smoking inside Pennsylvania casinos, but its vote along party lines made clear the measure is a long way from passage. House Health Committee Chairman Dan Frankel's proposed Protecting Workers from Secondhand Smoking Act (HB1657) was sent to the full House by a…
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Casino No-Smoking Bill Makes Its First Progress In Pennsylvania
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Casino Developer PAC Made $85K Donation To Democratic Party Leader

VIRGINIA - State Sen. Scott Surovell (D-Mount Vernon) received an $85000 donation on Oct. 23 from Building a Remarkable Virginia, the political action committee created by the developer who wants to build a casino at or near the Wiehle-Reston East Metro Station, according to the latest campaign finance filing. "The Comstock Companies are one of the…
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Casino Developer PAC Made $85K Donation To Democratic Party Leader
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Gambling taxes generated record $1.99 billion for Illinois last year, but can it last?

The expanding array of wagering opportunities in Illinois created the state's largest windfall to date from gambling-related taxes during the last fiscal year. The Illinois legislature's Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability's recently released annual "Wagering in Illinois" report shows the state's gambling taxes from lottery…
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Gambling taxes generated record $1.99 billion for Illinois last year, but can it last?
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Coney Island Residents Oppose the Opening of a Casino

A resort with a luxury casino is proposed to be built on the sandy entertainment strip in Brooklyn. However, the residents of Coney Island are skeptical about it. This was revealed in a community engagement report from the office of Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso. The report was released on Tuesday. It was forty pages of printed text.…
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Maryland eyes iGaming, prompting fears of more problem gambling

As Maryland's sports wagering market continues to grow, attention has been turning to the state's next betting frontier - iGaming, which involves wagering on virtual slot machines and other casino games. The number of mobile sportsbooks in the state jumped to 11 in July and then reached 12 on Thursday, with license approval for Greenmount Station…
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Maryland eyes iGaming, prompting fears of more problem gambling
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Las Vegas-style casinos 'not a sure bet' for government finances, state audit says

Las Vegas-style casinos in New York are "not a sure bet" for local government coffers, according to a state comptroller's report that says none of the four upstate met gross revenue projections in recent years. The 19-page audit, released Thursday by State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli, found the casinos distributed a total $176 million to local…
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Las Vegas-style casinos 'not a sure bet' for government finances, state audit says
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UK gambling lobby group accused of inaccurate statements on regulation

The main lobby group for the UK gambling industry has been accused of making inaccurate statements relating to the regulation of the £10bn-a-year sector the day before its boss appears before a parliamentary committee. Michael Dugher, the chief executive of the Betting & Gaming Council (BGC), is to be question by MPs on the select committee for…
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Online gaming extended for 5 more years in N.J.

A decade after New Jersey became one of the first U.S. states to legalize internet gaming, state leaders have extended it for another five years. Gov. Phil Murphy on Friday signed a law re-authorizing online gambling in the state through 2028, hours after both houses of the state Legislature overwhelmingly approved the bipartisan plan…
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Gambling offers benefits, but addiction is its dark side

The following editorial appeared in the Uniontown Herald-Standard. It does not necessarily reflect the opinion of The Tribune-Democrat. The house always wins, as the saying goes, but gambling has generated plenty of other winners in Pennsylvania, too. The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board recently reported that gambling generated an eye-opening…
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Legislation introduced to allow online casino gambling in R.I.

PROVIDENCE - Senate President Dominick J. Ruggerio this week joined in introducing legislation to allow online casino gaming, or "iGaming," in Rhode Island. Bally's Corporation, the Rhode Island-based casino giant, announced a " major legislative initiative " for iGaming in February during the Greater Providence Chamber of Commerce legislative…
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Las Vegas Sands strikes Coliseum lease agreement for $4B casino resort

Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman and Las Vegas Sands CEO Robert Goldstein on Wednesday announced an agreement that would give the company control of the Coliseum property in Uniondale for the next 99 years - a key step toward developing a $4 billion casino resort in the heart of the county. If the lease agreement is approved by the county…
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Las Vegas Sands strikes Coliseum lease agreement for $4B casino resort
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GOP gambling bill: 5 upstate casinos, LI OTB video slots

Countering a proposal by Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, Senate Republicans put their weight behind a bill to authorize up to five new upstate casinos over the next four years and video slot machines at off-track betting facilities on Long Island. The GOP's proposal, outlined in a bill unveiled Thursday, puts Long Island in play as lawmakers try to agree on…
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GOP gambling bill: 5 upstate casinos, LI OTB video slots
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Has Maryland benefited from increased gambling options?

About 30 years ago when Maryland gambling was largely confined to gaming nights to raise funds for first responders few could have predicted it would turn into a multi-billion dollar industry with six casinos and an aggressively expanding online sports betting market. In FY 2022, casino revenue, which includes slot machines and table games, brought…
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Dealers with cancer beg for Atlantic City casino smoking ban

TRENTON, N.J. -- Tammy Brady began her career as an Atlantic City casino dealer at the age of 18. Now 55, she has stage 2 breast cancer. "While I'm not sure we will ever know the exact cause of my illness, I can't help but wonder if it would have happened if the casinos hadn't forced me to work in second-hand smoke," said Brady, who works at the…
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Dealers With Cancer Beg for Atlantic City Casino Smoking Ban in NJ

Tammy Brady began her career as an Atlantic City casino dealer at the age of 18. Now 55, she has stage 2 breast cancer. "While I'm not sure we will ever know the exact cause of my illness, I can't help but wonder if it would have happened if the casinos hadn't forced me to work in second-hand smoke," said Brady, who works at the Borgata…
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Atlantic City casino dealers who have cancer beg for smoking ban

Tammy Brady began her career as an Atlantic City casino dealer at the age of 18. Now 55, she has stage 2 breast cancer. "While I'm not sure we will ever know the exact cause of my illness, I can't help but wonder if it would have happened if the casinos hadn't forced me to work in second-hand smoke," said Brady, who works at the Borgata…
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Atlantic City dealers with cancer want casino smoking ban

TRENTON, N.J. - Tammy Brady began her career as an Atlantic City casino dealer at the age of 18. Now 55, she has stage 2 breast cancer. "While I'm not sure we will ever know the exact cause of my illness, I can't help but wonder if it would have happened if the casinos hadn't forced me to work in second-hand smoke," said Brady, who works at the…
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Sonoma County supervisors to consider updated deal with Dry Creek Rancheria, owners of River Rock Casino

Under the proposed new agreement, Dry Creek Rancheria could build a resort with nearly 300 hotel rooms, a 60000 square-foot casino with up to 1500 slot machines, a spa, restaurants and other amenities on its existing site above Alexander Valley.| The tribe behind River Rock Casino near Geyserville has reached a proposed agreement with Sonoma County…
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Sonoma County supervisors to consider updated deal with Dry Creek Rancheria, owners of River Rock Casino
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Rep. Titus seeks threshold hike for slot winnings tax

LAS VEGAS (AP) - A Nevada lawmaker is planning another attempt to raise the reporting threshold for slot machine winnings. Rep. Dina Titus told the Las Vegas Review-Journal that the landscape has changed dramatically since 1977 when Nevada was the only state offering legal casino gambling. Since then, whenever a slot player wins a jackpot of more…
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Nevada lawmaker seeking tax hike for slot machine winnings

LAS VEGAS (AP) - A Nevada lawmaker is planning another attempt to raise the reporting threshold for slot machine winnings. Rep. Dina Titus to the Las Vegas Review-Journal that the landscape has changed dramatically since 1977 when Nevada was the only state offering legal casino gambling. Since then, whenever a slot player wins a jackpot of more…
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Regulate 'skill' games; fix lobby law

The following editorial appeared in the Scranton Times-Tribune. It does not necessarily reflect the opinion of The Tribune-Democrat. Under the 2004 state law that authorized casino gambling, almost everything about the gambling enterprise is supposed to be subject to public disclosure. Now, it's obvious Pennsylvania's grossly inadequate lobbying…
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What are the odds of a casino in Asheville? State considers expanding legalized gambling

North Carolina can support as many as nine Las Vegas-style casinos with gambling throughout the state, including one in the Asheville area, according to a report commissioned by the General Assembly. The new casinos would be in addition to the three already operating on tribal lands, an independent consultant, Spectrum Gaming Group, told lawmakers…
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Hawaii moving forward with plan to ban casino ads

A Hawaii Senate committee on Thursday approved a bill banning casino advertising in the state, but amended it to remove references to Nevada resort properties, including Las Vegas-based Boyd Gaming Corp., which has established a decades-old business to attract Hawaiians to "the ninth island." The Senate's Committee on Commerce and Consumer…
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Hawaii moving forward with plan to ban casino ads
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Hawaii lawmaker targets Las Vegas casino promotions

Stanley Chang has a law degree from Harvard, but he must have slept through a few key classes. Mr. Chang, a Democrat who serves in the Hawaii state Senate, is unhappy that thousands of residents from his home state travel to Southern Nevada each year to enjoy the local hospitality and the entertainment and gaming options. So popular is Las Vegas…
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Most Texans support new gambling law

AUSTIN - Most Texans support a legislative resolution that would move the state closer to legalizing gambling, according to a new survey by the University of Houston Hobby School of Public Affairs. Texas Senate Joint Resolution 17, if passed, would place legalization of gambling before the voters in November 2023. Should a majority favor the…
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Report: Most Texans support new gambling law

AUSTIN - Most Texans support a legislative resolution that would move the state closer to legalizing gambling, according to a new survey by the University of Houston Hobby School of Public Affairs. Texas Senate Joint Resolution 17, if passed, would place legalization of gambling before the voters in November 2023. Should a majority favor the…
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New York Senator Wants Casinos To Be Licensed In 2023

This year, a New York politician wants to legalize complete casinos near New York City. Sen. Joseph Addabbo, a Democrat from Queens, said that he doesn't wish the licensing procedure for three casinos in the metro region that are designed to resemble Las Vegas to "linger." Addabbo chairs the state Senate's Committee on Racing, Gaming, and…
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New York Senator Wants Casinos To Be Licensed In 2023
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SC Native American tribe expected to cut ties with casino partner amid federal scrutiny

ROCK HILL - Amid major leadership changes, South Carolina's only major Native American tribe is expected to cut ties with the company that helps operate its casino, ending business relationships that have led federal gaming regulators to threaten the Catawba Nation with fines and temporary closure of its North Carolina gaming hall. Hundreds of…
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SC Native American tribe expected to cut ties with casino partner amid federal scrutiny
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Las Vegas Sands proposes multibillion dollar project on Nassau Coliseum site

Las Vegas Sands, the casino and resort company, has submitted a bid to build a privately-funded, multibillion dollar tourism destination on the site of the Nassau Coliseum, after striking a deal to become the new tenants on the county-owned property, officials confirmed to Newsday. Officials with knowledge of the proposal, which would include a…
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Are casinos a safe bet?

Today, the Lower House will make a decision on whether to endorse a feasibility report that could see the legalisation of casinos -- a policy that is hoped will bring in tax revenue and promote tourism. Lawmakers have been toying with the idea of legalising casinos for over a decade, wanting to follow Singapore, Malaysia and Cambodia, which use…
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Legalizing online casinos lands backing of Indiana House committee chair

A rising Indiana lawmaker from Cass County will sponsor legislation to legalize online casino gambling and online lottery games, which would give Hoosiers the ability to play state lottery and casino games on their smartphones, tablets and desktop computers. Rep. Ethan Manning, a Republican from Logansport, said the bill will be similar to his…
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Blakeman endorses a potential casino at the Nassau Hub

Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman said Friday that he supports a full-scale casino coming to the Nassau Hub, though he wants nongambling activity to dominate any potential development project. "It's got to be primarily an entertainment center and hospitality business with the casino as an ancillary use there … I think that an entertainment…
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Legalizing online casinos lands backing of House committee chair

A rising Indiana lawmaker from Cass County will sponsor legislation to legalize online casino gambling and online lottery games, which would give Hoosiers the ability to play state lottery and casino games on their smartphones, tablets and desktop computers. Rep. Ethan Manning, a Republican from Logansport, said the bill will be similar to his…
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Who Really Voted Down The Casino Referendum?

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Workers renew effort to ban smoking in R.I. casinos

PROVIDENCE - Vanessa Baker, a gaming supervisor at Bally's Tiverton Casino, sees only two options as she fights to ban smoking at Rhode Island's casinos. "I am going to get fired or die because it's killing me," she said. Baker, 57, of Portsmouth, takes 10 medications, uses two inhalers, and now needs a nebulizer. She attributes her respiratory…
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Gambling interests gave GOP group behind pro-DeWine PACs $1M

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Gambling interests positioning for lucrative business as Ohio remakes its betting landscape donated nearly $1 million to a nonprofit group that helped successfully reelect Republican Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine, a key decision-maker regarding the market's future, an Associated Press review found. The casino operators, slot machine…
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Gambling interests gave Republican group behind pro-DeWine PACs $1M

Gambling interests positioning for lucrative business as Ohio remakes its betting landscape donated nearly $1 million to a nonprofit group that helped successfully reelect Republican Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine, a key decision-maker regarding the market's future, an Associated Press review found. The casino operators, slot machine makers, gaming…
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Gambling interests gave Republican group behind pro-DeWine PACs $1M
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Mark Cuban has Vegas-like vision for Dallas, new Mavs arena if Texas OKs casino gambling

DALLAS - In recent years, Mark Cuban's vision for a new arena has included a 20-story Madison Square Garden-like structure with window views of Dallas and fans arriving in autonomous cars. Now his plans are substantially larger in scope, grandeur and - he believes - economic windfall for Dallas and Texas. And himself, naturally. "My goal, and we'd…
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$2B Powerball jackpot boosts Arkansas lottery’s fortunes to $58.5M in November, up $11.4M over year ago

Lisa Folsom prints out a Powerball lottery ticket for a customer at the Circle K convenience store on John F. Kennedy Blvd. in North Little Rock on Monday, Nov. 7, 2022. (Arkansas Democrat-Gazette/Colin Murphey) A $2 billion Powerball jackpot fueled the Arkansas Scholarship Lottery's fortunes in November. The lottery's revenue in November increased…
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$2B Powerball jackpot boosts Arkansas lottery’s fortunes to $58.5M in November, up $11.4M over year ago
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A Casino Atop Saks? Lobbyists Push for Manhattan Gambling Site

A Monaco-style casino atop Saks Fifth Avenue, across the street from St. Patrick's Cathedral. A gambling den with East River views, alongside a popular wedding venue. A Hard Rock casino in the center of Times Square. In the next several days, as part of state budget negotiations, Gov. Kathy Hochul and legislative leaders may well hash out a deal…
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Smoking and Gambling Go ‘Hand in Hand.’ But Maybe Not for Long.

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. - Len Lombardo, 74 and retired, rests his cigarette against a black plastic ashtray as he pushes a $5 button on a high-limit slot machine at the Resorts Casino Hotel in Atlantic City, N.J. Nearby, a 62-year-old Pennsylvania woman on a winning streak takes a drag from a Newport, as does her sister sitting at the machine to her…
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If New York City Gets Las Vegas-Style Casinos, What Else Will It Get?

Before too long, New Yorkers and the millions of tourists who visit the city every year may have a new way to test their luck - and part with their money - amid the bright lights and skyscrapers of Midtown Manhattan: hands of blackjack or spins of the roulette wheel inside a new casino with all the trappings of Las Vegas, down to the incessant…
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Casinos target Texas with army of gambling lobbyists

Even before Gov. Greg Abbott declared in October that he's willing to consider expanded gaming options in Texas, that industry was trying to improve its odds in the state by doling out massive campaign donations and building an army of lobbyists in preparation for the legislative session that begins in January. More than 300 lobbyists are now…
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Texas Governor Is Open to Casino Expansion if Re-Elected

Texas Governor Abbott is open to expanding gambling in the state if he manages to win re-election. [Image: Shutterstock.com] Texas Governor Greg Abbott appears to have opened the door to an expansion of casino gambling in the state. That is, if he wins his re-election battle on November 8. While Abbott emphasized that he does not want widespread…
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Texas Governor Is Open to Casino Expansion if Re-Elected
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Caesars bid for a Times Square casino rattles Broadway

Gambling giant Caesars bid for a casino in Times Square is sparking strong opposition from Broadway. As news of the idea for a Caesars Palace Times Square was announced, the Broadway League jumped into the debate, saying they don't see a gambling mecca as a good fit alongside the dramas and musicals that draw tourists to New York. "The addition of…
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Green light for Legends Resort and Casino lawsuit

In the southern American state of Arkansas and a judge has reportedly thrown out two motions that were attempting to squash a lawsuit earlier brought against the plan to build and run the proposed Legends Resort and Casino development. According to a Thursday report from the Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette newspaper, Pulaski County Circuit…
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Green light for Legends Resort and Casino lawsuit
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The Push for Legalized Gambling in Texas

Texas has some of the strictest gambling laws in the United States. However, there's been a push in the state to legalize gambling, casinos, sports betting, and the like, by Texas residents, politicians, coalitions, casinos, online gambling companies, and more. Over two dozen states have legalized the practice. Last year there was an aggressive…
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N.J. casino smoking talks snuffed out

A gambler plays a slot machine in a smoking section of the Hard Rock casino in Atlantic City, N.J., in August.(AP/Wayne Parry) ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. -- Whether casinos should continue to allow smoking is a contentious issue in numerous states, particularly New Jersey, where the governor and more than half the state Legislature supports a bill to ban…
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Magnolia Bluffs Casino and Hotel sale gets the green light

The gambling regulator for the southern American state of Mississippi has reportedly approved the sale of the Magnolia Bluffs Casino and Hotel property to Saratoga Casino Holdings LLC. According to a Thursday report from The Natchez Democrat newspaper, the move from the Mississippi Gaming Commission additionally encompassed the granting of a local…
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OLG offering Vegas-style slot machines ‘contrary to the rules they’re supposed to be operating under,’ says Fort Erie mayor

Tue., Sept. 13, 20226 min. read Article was updated 48 mins ago The provincial government needs to "take a good, hard look" at Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation and "how it's been operating the last decade," said Fort Erie Mayor Wayne Redekop. The mayor shared a number of concerns he's had with OLG in recent years, dating back to 2012 when…
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OLG offering Vegas-style slot machines ‘contrary to the rules they’re supposed to be operating under,’ says Fort Erie mayor
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Panel discussion on Atlantic City casino smoking is scrapped

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) - Whether casinos should continue to allow smoking is a contentious issue in numerous states, particularly New Jersey, where the governor and more than half the state Legislature supports a bill to ban indoor smoking in gambling halls. A now-cancelled discussion between a casino executive and smoking foes was shaping up to…
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Smoke-Free Casinos in the US

Few gaming industry debates are as heated as the one over smoking in casinos. While the debate rages, an anti-smoking group has compiled a list of gaming sites where smoking is banned. The American Nonsmokers' Rights Foundation list includes more than 1000 smoke-free U.S. gaming properties. The nation's most-populous state, California, with 40…
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The Record

Did the OLG break its promise not to allow slot machines in bingo halls? Wong-Tam demands answers from province to find out

New Democrat MPP Kristyn Wong-Tam is calling on the provincial government to provide answers and transparency about an OLG program that quietly transformed dozens of bingo halls into de facto mini-casinos, with "Vegas-style" gambling machines that are strikingly similar to slot machines. The former Toronto city councillor, who voted almost a decade…
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Did the OLG break its promise not to allow slot machines in bingo halls? Wong-Tam demands answers from province to find out
Yogonet

Arkansas: Choctaw-backed ballot measure to halt Cherokee’s Pope County casino project rejected by election commissioners

The Arkansas Board of Election Commissioners will not certify the ballot title for a proposed constitutional amendment intended to remove Pope County as a state-license casino site. The decision was taken on Wednesday through a vote. The commissioners said the Choctaw Tribe-funded ballot title lacked a reference to the existing license held…
Law
Arkansas: Choctaw-backed ballot measure to halt Cherokee’s Pope County casino project rejected by election commissioners
New York Post

Mets owner Steve Cohen looking to open NYC casino

He's swinging for the fences - and hoping for a jackpot. While his Mets look to shore up their ranks ahead of the trade deadline, owner Steve Cohen is at the same time angling to secure one of the three downstate commercial casino licenses, dispatching close associates to cozy up to Mayor Eric Adams and Queens officials. Sources told The Post that…
Gaming Authorities
Mets owner Steve Cohen looking to open NYC casino
The Arkansas Democrat

Casino opponents in Pope County raise more than $1M in June

Proponents of a proposed constitutional amendment that would remove Pope County as a site for a casino raised more than $1 million in June. The Fair Play for Arkansas 2022 committee reported raising $1.2 million in contributions and spending $946923.12 in June. According to the report, the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma contributed $1.2 million to the…
Politics
Casino opponents in Pope County raise more than $1M in June
The Roanoke Times

Virginia's first casino is officially open for business at Bristol

BRISTOL, Va. - Rock music blared from oversized speakers on the event stage while a half-dozen leaders of the Virginia General Assembly mingled with officials from Hard Rock International, the Virginia Lottery Board, the city of Bristol Virginia and other well-wishers Friday morning. All assembled in the west parking lot of the former Bristol Mall…
Politics
Virginia's first casino is officially open for business at Bristol
The Arkansas Democrat

Smoking bans in casinos studied

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. -- For decades, it was accepted wisdom in the casino industry that eliminating smoking would automatically lead to revenue declines and customer losses. But a new report examining how the coronavirus pandemic has changed gamblers' habits says that may no longer be the case. The report issued Friday by Las Vegas-based C3 Gaming…
Sports
Smoking bans in casinos studied
Gambling News

Sweden’s Moderaterna Party to Overhaul Gambling

The Moderaterna Party in Sweden has submitted its provisional mandate in which it lays out its plans to overhaul the gambling industry in the country if it wins the elections this autumn. The mandate has been submitted to the Riksdag, the highest-decision-making assembly in Sweden. Gambling laws in Sweden were lastly changed in 2019 and now, the…
Politics
Sweden’s Moderaterna Party to Overhaul Gambling
The Street

Las Vegas, Casinos, Gamblers Await Huge IRS News

Imagine paying the same rate for anything that you did back in 1977. In that year, the average host cost $54200, a gallon of gas was $0.63, and $3 bought a dozen eggs along with a gallon of milk with change to spare. 1977 was also the year the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) set its standard for the level of slot machine jackpot that must be…
Politics
Las Vegas, Casinos, Gamblers Await Huge IRS News
Forbes

Slot Machines Bring In Billions, So Why Are So Many Casinos Removing Them?

I n April, Steve, a 35-year-old filmmaker from Los Angeles, was at the Venetian in Las Vegas playing a Wheel of Fortune slot machine and feeling like a million bucks. He was taking $7 spins and after an hour of sinking $500 into the machine, Steve got a gold spin bonus and won $700. The next day, he was still feeling lucky and found what he thought…
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Slot Machines Bring In Billions, So Why Are So Many Casinos Removing Them?
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