Gambling To Go Far Into The FutureMay 20th 2005HERTEL - A new ‘endless’ gaming compact between the St. Croix Chippewa band of Indians and the state will allow more games and longer hours at the tribe’s casinos in Hertel, Danbury and Turtle Lake, but the legal age of gamblers will remain restricted to...  |
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$73m Tax Jackpot From GamblingMay 20th 2005Tasmania - The State Government expects to reap $73.5 million in gambling taxes next financial year. The figure is a $5.5 million, or eight per cent, increase on the estimated $68 million raised by gambling tax this financial year...  |
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Bid to delay slot machinesMay 20th 2005CAPE TOWN -- The Congress of South African Trade Unions in the Western Cape has come out in support of Welfare MEC Marius Fransman's appeal for the provincial Gambling Board to delay its plan to put 3 000 slot machines in pubs and other venues...  |
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Peppermill plans new casino-theater complex in RenoMay 20th 2005RENO, Nev. (AP) - The owners of the Peppermill Hotel-Casino are planning to build a $55 million entertainment center with a casino and theater complex in south Reno...  |
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Charity casino proposed for YellowknifeMay 20th 2005YELLOWKNIFE- Canada - A sports organizer in Yellowknife says he would welcome a charity casino in the city.Roy Desjarlais of the Aboriginal Sport Circle says he was called last month by a company that wants to build a casino in Yellowknife...  |
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MGM Mirage eyeing new casino in Las Vegas or Atlantic CityMay 20th 2005LAS VEGAS -- MGM Mirage wants to build a hotel-casino in Las Vegas or Atlantic City, N.J., by the end of the decade, the company's chief financial officer and president said Thursday...  |
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Israel Casino CompromiseMay 20th 2005Club Hotel controlling shareholders Nissan Khakshouri and Moshe Boblil disagree on the implementation of last month’s interim compromise dividing the business’s management...  |
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Las Vegas Hosts World Poker ChallengeMay 20th 2005Some of the best card players in the world are gathered in Las Vegas this week as they attempt to shuffle and bluff their way to glory in the 34th annual World Series of Poker...  |
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MGM Mirage building before '10May 20th 2005MGM Mirage has set its sights on building a new resort by the end of the decade in either Las Vegas or Atlantic City, company President and Chief Financial Officer Jim Murren told casino executives Thursday...  |
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Women's World Cup not being played in Las VegasMay 20th 2005If the Women's World Cup soccer tournament returns to the United States, no games will be played in Las Vegas. Sam Boyd Stadium, the area's best soccer venue, is not available for the likely time the World Cup would be staged, expected to be from late Sep...  |
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