May 9th, 2008

By JEFFREY MIZE, Columbian Staff Writer Who says a tribe needs a formal agreement with the local county to win casino approval? During the same week when ...

May 9th, 2008

Las Vegas Strip casino gambling revenue fell 4.8 percent to $517.5 million in March, the third consecutive monthly decline, as gamblers confronted higher ...

May 9th, 2008

She added that she more than likely will go gambling more if it passes. "Smoking to me is disrespecting the nonsmokers," he said. ...

May 9th, 2008

TAMA (KWWL) -- Gamblers under 21 may soon give the Meskwaki Casino near Tama a new way to compete against the other casinos in the state. The younger gamblers would be limited to poker games like Texas gold-em, in which the casino would not have a stake in the outcome.

May 9th, 2008

Ben Cayetano to allow the opening of a casino in Ko Olina. A bill introduced last year to allow casino gambling to help fund rapid transit was deservedly ...

May 9th, 2008

... to expand its casino. US Magistrate Judge William McCurine Jr. found last week that the state couldn't demand a certain cut of the gambling proceeds in ...

May 9th, 2008

TORONTO -- Onex Corp. is ready to place a bet on the US gambling industry, with struggling casino icon Tropicana Entertainment LLC a potential target for ...

May 8th, 2008

Those who go are gambling less money than in the past: At the traditional gambling Meccas of Atlantic City and Las Vegas, and in other states, casino ...

May 8th, 2008

The Meskwaki Indian tribe plans to offer poker to 18-to-21-year-old gamblers next month at its Tama casino, but state regulators said the young players will be barred from slot machines, blackjack and other games.

May 8th, 2008

Plans to add slot machines to bingo halls in several Fraser Valley communities have critics of gambling grumbling. Bill Chu of the Multicultural Coalition Against Gambling Expansion says the transition of bingo halls to community gaming centres is essentially creating numerous "mini-casinos."

May 7th, 2008

May 7th, 2008

When Kansas legislators passed the Kansas Expanded Lottery Act last spring, the legislation included a breakdown of gross gaming revenues: not less than 22 percent of revenues to the state, a combined 3 percent to the city and county governments hosting the casino and two percent to the Problem Gambling and Addictions Fund.

May 6th, 2008

The Kansas Lottery Commission has approved its first contract with a developer for a casino in southeast Kansas, a major step toward getting four state-owned and operated gambling facilities operating.

May 6th, 2008

Without much enthusiasm, the Kansas Lottery Commission approved the first casino contract under the state's new expanded gambling law Monday. It allows Penn National Gaming to phase in the required $225 million minimum investment for its Cherokee County casino over 12 years rather than paying it up front. "Plain and simple, we don't like it," said Keith Kocher, the lottery's gaming facilities ...

May 5th, 2008

Penn National Gaming Inc. was the only applicant to build and operate a hotel-and-casino complex in Cherokee County. The Lottery would own the new gambling.