Mississippi and Alabama are now surrounded by lottery states - Louisiana, Arkansas, Tennessee, Georgia and Florida. Arkansas voters approved a lottery Nov. 4, and it could be several months before ticket sales begin. Nationally, only seven states don ...

ATLANTIC CITY — Even if they were unlucky at card tables, Atlantic City gamblers could end up a winner pretty easily at the buffet tables, as casinos were only too glad to hand out freebies to keep the gamblers coming. But with the economic crisis ...

Gaming marketing host Allan "Jamup" Hirschorn's casino journey comes to an end Sunday at Bellagio. He'll retire after 46 years in the racket from downtown to the Bahamas, the past 19 spent in Las Vegas. The endlessly affable Hirschorn is a "pure host ...

The Wheeling Area Chamber of Commerce is pleased to announce the 2008 sponsors of the Perkins Restaurant and Bakery Fantasy in Lights Parade slated for 6:30 p.m. Friday in downtown Wheeling. This year, along with title sponsor Perkins Restaurant and ...

Around this time a year ago, Atlanta developer Marc Blumberg was going ahead with plans to redevelop the site of the former Prince Murat Inn with a mix of apartments and retail space on the Nicholson Drive property. But the project has been delayed ...

I n the wide and occasionally wonderful world of sports gambling, everybody remembers the bad beats forever. That's the nature of the betting beast; stings stay longer and hurt more and courtesy of what is politely being called a referee's mistake ...

Five years after the execution of Barbara Graham in the Mabel Monahan killing, the story comes to the screen in the Robert Wise film "I Want to Live! " by Nelson Gidding and Don Mankiewicz starring Susan Hayward in an Oscar-winning performance ...

Last year, these teams were terrible, the cellar dwellers, the table proppers of their division if not conference. Now, about ten games into the new season, we take a look at how their fortunes ... The worst team of last season, hands-down. Second ...

Last year, these teams were terrible. They were the cellar dwellers, the table-proppers of their division—if not conference. Now, about ten games into the new season, we take a look at how their fortunes have altered... Last year, these teams were ...

WHEELING - Wearing two jackets and wrapped in four blankets, 4-year-old Tucker Hill was able to stay warm and cozy for the Perkins Restaurant and Bakery Fantasy in Lights Parade on Friday. Santa Claus brought North Pole-like temperatures with him for ...