College all-star bowl game moved to Las VegasMay 20th 2005The Paradise Bowl is moving from St. George, Utah, to Las Vegas and getting a new name. The Las Vegas All-American Classic will be played Jan. 24, 2004, at Sam Boyd Stadium and will be televised on Fox Sports Net, organizers of the college all-star footba...  |
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Norwich hits jackpot in gambling surveyMay 20th 2005According to a new survey, Norwich is the UK's very own answer to the world's gambling capital.The report by Yellow Pages shows that Norwich has more listings for amusement parks and arcades than any other town or city in Britain, including Blackpool...  |
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Gambling tax boomMay 20th 2005GAMBLING accounted for $16 in every $100 of State Government tax revenue last financial year, national tax data reveals.Victorians paid 5 per cent more in state taxes than the national average, according to Australian Bureau of Statistics taxation revenue...  |
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Sponsors of Charitable Gambling Thumb Their Noses at Utah LawMay 20th 2005Recent news reports about legalized interstate computer gambling and Utah's strict laws and constitutional strictures prohibiting gambling remind me of the fact that Utah does have legalized gambling in spite of the laws prohibiting all forms of gambling...  |
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Ante being upped on gamblingMay 20th 2005Kay Gonet of Parma has a big smile on her face. She'd fed $2 into a slot machine at The Mountaineer Race Track & Gaming Resort, and 300 nickels dropped noisily into the metal tray...  |
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Fierce opposition to gamblingMay 20th 2005Expanded gambling faces fierce opposition in Ohio from the Ohio Roundtable, a nonpartisan policy group; the Ohio Council of Churches; both of Ohio's U.S...  |
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Gambling expansion found troublingMay 20th 2005Before I lay out the issue, let me be up–front: I've been known to gamble. Small stakes. While in Las Vegas a decade ago (the only time I've been there), I played the slot machines...  |
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Meskwaki Casino's Closure Hurting Area BusinessMay 20th 2005TAMA, Iowa -- Some area hotels and shops said Sunday the closing of the Meskwaki casino after a drawn out tribal dispute is hurting business. The casino, about four miles west of Toledo, was closed Friday by U...  |
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Senecas To Consider Salamanca-Area CasinoMay 20th 2005SALAMANCA - The Seneca Nation of Indians discussed plans to build a casino in Buffalo and the possibility of drafting a referendum for Seneca Indians on the Allegany reservation Thursday night at a pre-council meeting...  |
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Bet you can't name Oregon's No. 1 tourist drawMay 20th 2005GRAND RONDE -- Since they moved to Portland from upstate New York a year ago, Janiece and John Desocio have driven the historic Columbia River Gorge Highway to Multnomah Falls...  |
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