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CARSON CITY -- Gov. Kenny Guinn on Wednesday signed a bill that requires state certification of counselors who help problem gamblers.Senate Bill 351 adds gambling addiction certification to the state Board of Examiners for Drug and Alcohol Abuse Counselor...

About 70 agencies and individuals, including the Alexander Valley School District and the Sonoma County Sheriff's Department, are protesting the Dry Creek Rancheria's application for a state license to serve liquor at River Rock Casino...

Now that William Bennett, self-appointed guru of virtue, has put his good-living seal of approval on gambling, the track is clear for a whole new approach to celebrating anniversaries and other family occasions...

SPRINGFIELD -- In a last-minute legislative maneuver, Casino Rock Island was spared from the brunt of new gaming-tax increases proposed by Gov. Rod Blagojevich...

Tallahasssee, Fla. — Former Florida State quarterback Adrian McPherson gambled on pro and college games last fall through an Internet betting site, a boyhood friend testified Wednesday...

Iowa - The family of a woman killed in an accident on The Belle of Sioux City has settled a lawsuit against the riverboat casino. Patricia Thompson, 59, of Sioux City, died June 30, 2000, of head injuries after she was hit by a metal piece from a winch...

Thailand - The government may consider the underground lottery harmful, but for many people who run it, and the punters, the lottery is a way of life....

Representative Mike Boland of Moline wants the Governor to add a new lottery offering called Club Keno or Quick Draw Lotto.Players would pick a set of number and try to match them to computer-selected numbers and the game can be played every five minutes...

The final shape of new gambling legislation is being negotiated between political parties after the Government partly rejected a parliamentary committee's recommendations...

DES MOINES — The chairman of the Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission said Thursday it could be mid-fall before commissioners vote on whether to end a five-year moratorium on the issuing of new gambling licenses...