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October 13th, 2008
Gulfstream Park, South Florida's major thoroughbred horse-racing track, installed slot machines last year, rows and rows of them. And gamblers came. Then they stopped. Today, many of those machines have little to do. The average one took in $74 a day ...
October 12th, 2008
Laurel Park seems destined to get the slot machine license in Anne Arundel County if state residents pass the gambling referendum up for a vote next month. After all, millions of dollars would be siphoned off from slots revenues to buttress horse ...
October 12th, 2008
A maximum of 10,500 slot machines at four tracks: 3,000 each at Pimlico, Laurel and Rosecroft; 1,500 at a track planned for Allegany County. All machines would be owned or leased by the State of Maryland and monitored by a new commission. Slots would ...
October 11th, 2008
HELENA - Dave Jansma of Laurel has claimed his $50,000 Montana Cash jackpot from the Sept. 17 drawing. Jansma purchased his winning ticket at Jan's IGA in Laurel. He claimed his prize Friday. Jansma recently retired from Montana State University ...
October 10th, 2008
Bishop Randolph Gurley, senior pastor of The Tabernacle Church in Laurel, gives a sermon against the slots referendum on Sunday morning. "If you build a big casino full of slot machines next to an area that's depressed, let me tell you who's going to ...
October 11th, 2008
The group leading Maryland's campaign to legalize slot machines said yesterday that it has raised nearly $3.8 million, a figure bolstered by donations from horse-racing and gaming interests that dwarfed funds raised by leading anti-slots groups. With ...
October 10th, 2008
HELENA - Dave Jansma of Laurel has claimed his $50,000 Montana Cash jackpot from the Sept. 17 drawing. Jansma purchased his winning ticket at Jan's IGA in Laurel. He claimed his prize Friday. Jansma recently retired from Montana State University ...
October 11th, 2008
After years of state lawmakers sparring over legalizing slot machines, the final decision rests with Maryland voters. While casting a ballot for the next president of the United States on Election Day, Maryland voters will also decide whether to ...
October 12th, 2008
A fellow who doesn't want his identity out there and has taken to the name "Honest John" is doing his level best to return thousands of dollars to the rightful owner. He found the dough -- in excess of $2,000 -- before Labor Day weekend in the ...
October 8th, 2008
Bettor days ahead for Thoroughbred racetracks? Horse-racing industry faces long odds trying to attract new fans, grow gambling business Lone Star operator eyes liquidation Maryland Lottery to sponsor Pimlico Special horse race Difference in filings ...
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