Feb
24
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Gambling are still in the news!
Icahn Company Sells Four Nevada Casinos for $1.2 Billion (KLAS Las Vegas)
Feb
24
Did you hear the following about Casinos?
Toby Keith’s “Big Dog Daddy” tour hits Mohegan Sun this weekend. Country-pop singer Martina McBride takes over the spotlight in Atlantic City.At the casinos this week (New York Daily News)
TRENTON: Legislators want Atlantic City casinos open if state government closes again. Senators on Thursday discussed legislation to make casino workers essential employees. That would keep them working if state government shuts down.Casinos would stay open under measure (Asbury Park Press)
PORT CANAVERAL, Fla. — Taking a Disney cruise? Here are things you need to know. Happy Birthday Mr. Mouse: It’s been 10 years since Disney started its cruises. Two more Disney ships will launch in 2011 and 2012. Fold ‘em: You won’t find casinos on any Disney ships.Disney cruising — the voyage is elementary (Detroit Free Press)
TRENTON | Legislators are pushing for a law that will avoid a repeat of the 2006 budget-related state shutdown that darkened Atlantic City casinos for three days.N.J. legislators hope to save casinos from state shutdown (The Express-Times)
A company controlled by billionaire investor Carl Icahn said Thursday it completed the sale of four southern Nevada casinos to an affiliate of the Goldman Sachs investment firm for $1.2 billion.Icahn Company Sells 4 Nevada Casinos (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
Two years ago, Gov. Corzine championed a proposal to raise the sales tax and then proceeded to shut down state parks, Atlantic City casinos, and state offices for a week during a budget showdown with the Legislature.Corzine’s budget fix: Big stakes, tough odds (Philly.com)
AT THE CASINOSAT THE CASINOS (The Biloxi Sun Herald)
A company controlled by billionaire investor Carl Icahn says it completed the sale of four southern Nevada casinos to an affiliate of the Goldman Sachs investment firm.Icahn Company Sells Four Nevada Casinos for $1.2 Billion (KLAS Las Vegas)
Plans to ask Nevada voters to raise taxes on casinos have alarmed the Las Vegas gambling industry, which is scrambling to block initiatives and come up with other ways to fund projects from education to new roads in the tax-averse, fast-growing state.Casinos fight efforts to raise Nevada gambling tax (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
If the Belgian Parliament Adopts New Gambling Legislation in 2008, Foreign Internet Gambling Operators Will Also Be … (Centre Daily Times)
Feb
22
Hello. I’ve discovered the following 2007 Gambling updates for you:
DUBLIN, Ireland—-Research and Markets has announced the addition of Belgian and Dutch Gambling Markets to their offering.If the Belgian Parliament Adopts New Gambling Legislation in 2008, Foreign Internet Gambling Operators Will Also Be … (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
BATON ROUGE — John Georges, who emphasized during his campaign for governor last year that he was getting rid of his gambling-related businesses, has informed the state that he has regained ownership of several gambling enterprises.Georges betting on gambling again (New Orleans Times-Picayune)
The Victorian government has been criticised for approving a TV betting service which allows punters to gamble at home using their remote control.TV betting service draws criticism (AAP via Yahoo!Xtra News)
The board of directors for the financially troubled New York City Off-Track Betting Corp. voted Tuesday to close the nearly 40-year-old gambling operation, leaving about 1,500 employees looking for work.Courier News Online - NYC phasing out off-track betting (Bridgewater Courier News)
The sports betting agency, Two Way says its planned TV wagering service won’t encourage problem gambling in Victoria.TV betting raises concerns (ABC via Yahoo!7 News)
Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c83689) has announced the addition of Belgian and Dutch Gambling Markets to their offering.If the Belgian Parliament Adopts New Gambling Legislation in 2008, Foreign Internet Gambling Operators Will Also Be … (Centre Daily Times)
The Victorian government has been criticised for approving a TV betting service which allows punters to gamble at home using their remote control. Opposition Gaming spokesman Michael O’Brien said the innovation would allow Victorians to “lose their house without having to leave their couch.”TV betting service draws criticism (The West Australian)
A compulsive gambler took a betting chain to court Wednesday seeking compensation for two million pounds in losses he racked up despite asking the firm to bar him.Gambler sues betting chain for letting him bet (AFP via Yahoo! News)
The board of the New York City Off-Track Betting Corporation approved a plan yesterday to shut its doors permanently, ratcheting up pressure on Albany to come up with a new revenue sharing formula that could save the troubled gambling franchise. OTB pays the state millions of dollars a year for the right to broadcast races and take bets on the state-controlled racetracks, but city analysts say …Off-Track Betting Approves Plan To Shut Itself Down (The New York Sun)
AT THE CASINOS (The Biloxi Sun Herald)
Feb
22
Howdy!
Casinos are still in the news!
Plans to ask Nevada voters to raise taxes on casinos have alarmed the Las Vegas gambling industry, which is scrambling to block initiatives and come up with other ways to fund projects from education to new roads in the tax-averse, fast-growing state.Casinos fight efforts to raise Nevada gambling tax (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
A company controlled by billionaire investor Carl Icahn said Thursday it completed the sale of four southern Nevada casinos to an affiliate of the Goldman Sachs investment firm for $1.2 billion.Icahn Company Sells 4 Nevada Casinos (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
A company controlled by billionaire investor Carl Icahn says it completed the sale of four southern Nevada casinos to an affiliate of the Goldman Sachs investment firm.Icahn Company Sells Four Nevada Casinos for $1.2 Billion (KLAS Las Vegas)
TRENTON | Legislators are pushing for a law that will avoid a repeat of the 2006 budget-related state shutdown that darkened Atlantic City casinos for three days.N.J. legislators hope to save casinos from state shutdown (The Express-Times)
The sale by Icahn Enterprises of the Stratosphere in Las Vegas and three other southern Nevada casinos to an affiliate of Goldman Sachs, first announced last April, has just closed.Icahn Closes Sale of 4 Nevada Casinos to Goldman Sachs Unit?? (Commercial Property News)
LAS VEGAS (AP) - A company controlled by billionaire investor Carl Icahn says it completed the sale of 4 southern Nevada casinos to an affiliate of the Goldman Sachs investment firm.Carl Icahn company sells 4 Nevada casinos for $1.2 billion (KTVN Reno)
Ban pub machines,ex-addicts urge (The New Zealand Herald)
Feb
21
Time to notify the people who are dealing with gambling addictions:
FRANKFORT, Ky. — Carol Devine believes casino gambling will bring many social ills — addiction, bankruptcy and destroyed families. Devine says it’s mainly Kentucky women who will be left to clean up.Anti-gambling women’s group planning rally at Ky. Capitol (Charleston Daily Mail)
Former poker machine addicts are banding together to get pokies banned from pubs and clubs. Brenda McQuillan from Nelson and Robyn Hayward from Christchurch, both 46, told a gambling conference in Auckland yesterday that they became “obsessed” by pub pokies until they got help.Ban pub machines,ex-addicts urge (The New Zealand Herald)
The federal government needs hard facts about the poker machine industry before it tackles problems associated with gambling addiction, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd says.Rudd wants hard facts on pokies (The West Australian)
Washington, February 20 : A University of Queensland pharmacy graduate is gearing up to conduct human trials to determine the effectiveness of a new drug in treating depression as well as in curbing addictions to smoking, drinking, and gambling.Human trials on anti-addiction drug to begin next month (New Kerala)
A Tube worker is jailed for stealing lorry loads of old railway lines and selling it to pay for his gambling addiction.Gambler jailed for tracks theft (BBC News)
A gambling addict who lost more than ??2 million has staked his future on a High Court ruling after suing bookmakers for allowing him to lay bets.Gambling addict sues bookies over ??2m losses (Daily Telegraph)
South Australian Senator-elect Nick Xenophon has criticised a decision to allow people to bet with the TAB via pay TV.TV bets will cause problem gambling: Xenophon (ABC via Yahoo!7 News)
Government says worried by gambling machines (Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)
Feb
20
Hello. I’ve found the following Gambling headlines and news articles for you:
NEW YORK (AP) — The nation’s largest legal off-track betting operation could reach the finish line this summer.NYC off-track betting to close this summer (Sports Illustrated)
The board of the New York City Off-Track Betting Corporation approved a plan yesterday to shut its doors permanently, ratcheting up pressure on Albany to come up with a new revenue sharing formula that could save the troubled gambling franchise. OTB pays the state millions of dollars a year for the right to broadcast races and take bets on the state-controlled racetracks, but city analysts say …Off-Track Betting Approves Plan To Shut Itself Down (The New York Sun)
New wagering system could turn lounge rooms into gambling dens, opponents say.TV betting gets the green light (The Age)
A gambling addict who lost more than ??2 million has staked his future on a High Court ruling after suing bookmakers for allowing him to lay bets.Gambling addict sues bookies over ??2m losses (Daily Telegraph)
The sports betting agency, Two Way says its planned TV wagering service won’t encourage problem gambling in Victoria.TV betting raises concerns (ABC via Yahoo!7 News)
Sports minister Gerry Sutcliffe said on Wednesday he was concerned that high stakes gambling machines were triggering problem gambling.Government says worried by gambling machines (Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)
A compulsive gambler took a betting chain to court Wednesday seeking compensation for two million pounds in losses he racked up despite asking the firm to bar him.Gambler sues betting chain for letting him bet (AFP via Yahoo! News)