Casino 'catalyst' for spinoffsMay 20th 2005Vancouver - Canada - With development of a $20-million to $30-million slots casino and entertainment complex a seemingly sure bet for Fraser Downs harness racetrack in Cloverdale, the bigger question centres on how community profits from the operation wil...  |
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Reap Benefits Of Internet GamblingMay 20th 2005Internet gambling and water quality are the two main reasons Independent candidate Norm Hooper has stood for the Londonderry by-election. Mr. Hooper, a Mt Druitt resident, feels the major parties have overlooked the most obvious way of raising money - and...  |
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Online gambling in Las Vegas in limbo for another yearMay 20th 2005It seems that legislators in Nevada won’t be tackling the issue of Internet gambling for another year. This leaves the legal issues of online gambling in limbo...  |
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Gambling on the Slots in MassachusettsMay 20th 2005State senators are putting forward a proposal to establish slot machine gambling in Massachusetts. This could pave the way for full-scale Indian casinos in the state...  |
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Casino claim off base: chiefMay 20th 2005Winnipeg - Canada - A Tory MLA was "off base" for suggesting a native casino was going to be built in East St. Paul, says a former chief. Former Brokenhead Ojibway Nation Chief Jim Bear, who now works with the Southeast Assembly of First Nations, said pla...  |
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Historic black-owned Vegas casino destroyed by fireMay 20th 2005A three-alarm fire has destroyed the historic Moulin Rouge casino, reducing a relic of Las Vegas racial history to rubble. Two people have been taken to the hospital, one for smoke and another for stomach pains...  |
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Gambling Interests Spent Big In SessionMay 20th 2005Corporations and other groups seeking expanded gambling in Maryland spent at least $1.2 million on lobbying to advance their interests in the recent fight over slot machines, according to the first batch of disclosure reports filed with the state yesterda...  |
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Betting on gaming: Higher stakes help gambling town flourishMay 20th 2005DEADWOOD, S.D. (AP) - Casino business in this historic Black Hills town has improved markedly since a $100 bet limit was enacted 2 1/2 years ago, gambling managers and others say...  |
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Federal Judge Sends Gambling Suit Back To CourtMay 20th 2005MADISON — A federal judge Thursday refused to hear a lawsuit challenging the governor’s authority to negotiate tribal gambling compacts and sent it back to the state Supreme Court...  |
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Gambling Revenue Lures Lawmakers To Hike Tax On BoatsMay 20th 2005SPRINGFIELD:- Struggling to fill a massive state budget deficit by tonight, the Illinois House on Friday voted to deal the casino industry a sharp tax increase for the second year in a row...  |
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