29 news articles found
Bulgaria Gambling Regulator Finds Mass Casino Violations (Novinite.com)
A total of 99 casinos were inspected in a 1 month period from February 8 – March 8, with 45 of them showing violations of the gambling laws and other irregularities.
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Chips are down for US casinos (Malaysian Mirror)
WASHINGTON – US casinos have run into a string of bad luck as the recession and other factors cut into gambling revenues, even as more states move to get a piece of the action. Gaming revenues in the 12 US states authorizing casinos fell Read more...
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Online gambling outlets hurting land-based casinos (Covers.com)
The number of Americans that visited casinos was down a whopping five percent in 2009 compared to the previous year, according to a study released by the Mintel International Group. The recent economic crisis certainly played a part in that decline...
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Alabama’s largest casino reopening after 1 month - Dothan Eagle
MONTGOMERY — The owner of VictoryLand in Shorter, Milton McGregor, planned to reopen the state’s largest casino at 1 p.m. Friday despite the possibility of a raid. The commander of the Governor’s Task Force on Illegal Gambling said McGregor can ...
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Belarus leans toward regulated gambling (UPI)
MINSK, Belarus, March 9 (UPI) -- Legal gambling in Belarus should not be banned but rather well-regulated to raise government revenue, President Alexander Lukashenko said Tuesday.
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MONTGOMERY, ALA.: 2 Large Alabama Casinos Staying Closed For Now (NBC 13 Birmingham)
Two large electronic bingo casinos that have been closed for more than a month are planning to stay that way even though a judge says Alabama’s attorney general has legal authority over the governor’s gambling task force.
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DeLeo to frame gambling debate with blue-collar jobs angle - Abington Mariner
House Speaker Robert DeLeo is expected to pitch casinos and slot machines Thursday morning as middle-class job incubators, working to shape the state’s looming policy fight over gambling as a matter of stanching employment losses. DeLeo, long a ...
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Sale of AC's Tropicana Casino to Icahn completed - Morris County Daily Record
The $200 million deal completed Monday marks the activist investor's return to Atlantic City, the nation's second-largest gambling market, and ends one of the most tortured casino sales in U.S. history. Icahn bought the casino out of bankruptcy for ...
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Internet gambling: Threat or opportunity? (Indian Country Today)
The likelihood Internet poker will soon be legal in the United States is igniting a fear among some tribal leaders that online gambling will impact revenue from tribal government casinos. Internet gambling proponents contend the fears are unwarranted as online gamblers represent a segment of the public that is not patronizing casinos.
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Bulgaria Gambling Regulator Finds Mass Casino Violations (Novinite.com)
Bulgaria’s Gambling Commission found violations of the gambling laws in over half of the casinos it inspected last month, the regulator reported Tuesday.
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Belarus to boost gambling industry (Russian Information Agency Novosti)
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has approved a new plan to develop the country's gambling industry in a bid to take advantage of Russian gaming restrictions, a Russian daily said on Wednesday.
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Chips are down for US casinos as revenues slide (AFP via Yahoo! News)
US casinos have run into a string of bad luck as the recession and other factors cut into gambling revenues, even as more states move to get a piece of the action.
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