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VOTE: Should New Lenox Allow Video Gambling?
Patch.com
By Michael Sewall Are Shorewood gamblers going to be lucky enough to get video gambling? Mike Teague New Lenox trustees will soon decide whether to allow video gambling in bars and restaurants, but Mayor Tim Baldermann said his biggest concern is ...

Korea Times
Gambling scandal gives bad name to Buddhism
Korea Times
By Do Je-hae The recent scandal involving gambling Buddhist monks could not have erupted at a worse time for the proponents of spreading Korean Buddhism globally. Modern Korea is not a predominantly Buddhist country, but the nation has practiced and ...
New Claim in Gambling Monks ScandalWall Street Journal (blog)
Drunk, Gambling Buddhist Monks In South Korean Video Scandal Also Paid For Sex ...International Business Times
Monks resign after being caught gambling, drinking, smokingBluefield Daily Telegraph
The Korea Herald
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SEABROOK — Police served a cease and desist order Tuesday to the owners of 3D Business Center for running an alleged sweepstakes gambling parlor from their 14 New Zealand Road location, instead of a business center that was approved by the town's Planning Board..

Alleged gambling parlor closed
The Daily News of Newburyport
By Angeljean Chiaramida Staff writer SEABROOK — Police served a cease and desist order Tuesday to the owners of 3D Business Center for running an alleged sweepstakes gambling parlor from their 14 New Zealand Road location, instead of a business center ...

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House speaker touts gambling, job-creation efforts
The Daily News of Newburyport
DeLeo said his successful push to legalize gambling in the state was all about jobs, as well as keeping billions of dollars in gambling revenue in Massachusetts instead of losing it to out-of-state venues. In the not-too-distant future, three casinos ...

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NC Senate approves measure to expand gambling on Cherokee tribal lands
News & Observer
Despite the Senate approval by 33-14 margin, it faces a tougher path in the House, where an odd mix of Democrats and Republicans who oppose the expansion of gambling make the bill's passage uncertain. Lt. Gov. Walter Dalton, the Democratic ...
NC Senate approves Cherokee casino card games billKingsport Times News
Legislature returns to work, met by protestersRocky Mount Telegram
Gambling, Fracking, Annexation Rules All On NC Session AgendaWFMY News 2
WSLS
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The Star-Ledger - NJ.com
Revel Resort: Atlantic City's high-class gamble
Charlotte Observer
Personally, gambling drives me away, due to a clingy attachment to my money. Yet early this month, I heard a siren call from Atlantic City, and her name was Revel. The property was offering a May preview package that included a raft of perks, ...
Christie won't give speech at gaming conferencePhiladelphia Inquirer
Atlantic City needs more nongambling attractions, marketing executive urgesPress of Atlantic City
Casinos rally from the recessionYorkdispatch.com
Blackjack Champ
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Christian Science Monitor
Ill. Senate president champions online gambling
BusinessWeek
By CHRISTOPHER WILLS Illinois should move quickly to establish itself as an international leader in online poker and other types of Internet gambling, state Senate President John Cullerton said Tuesday, claiming the payoff could amount to hundreds of ...
Senate leader wants to legalize online pokerChicago Tribune
Illinois legislative leaders eye gambling as for budget illsQuincy Herald Whig
Luciano: Smoke, mirrors hide real objectivePeoria Journal Star
Christian Science Monitor -Reuters -WJBC News
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How gambling on the World Series of Poker could influence play
Las Vegas Weekly
You can now gamble on gambling. Yes, this year, the Gaming Control Board of Nevada will allow gamblers to bet on the outcomes of various World Series of Poker events. You might remember that last year the Board allowed people to bet on the WSOP's main ...

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Social gaming to gambling: states inch forward
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It feels like an eternity that the casino industry and makers of games like Zynga Poker have been waiting for states to flip a legal switch that will let them turn virtual gaming into real gambling. The legal logjam could finally break in coming months ...
DoubleDown goes all in: adds Texas Hold 'Em to FacebookGamezebo

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When will the floodgates open? It feels like an eternity that the casino industry and makers of games like Zynga Poker have been waiting for states to flip a legal switch that will let them turn virtual ...

Once in awhile something gets dropped into the state legislative hopper more interesting than the usual bridge-naming and nonsense. Take Rep. Paul Clymer’s bill to address the public pension crisis by charging casino-goers a $2 cover charge.

AS gambling losses in Brimbank continue to rise, young people will be educated on the associated risks.

The state gambling commission is standing behind its decision to hire Carl Stanley McGee as interim executive director, despite a recommendation from a prominent Republican lawmaker to delay the hire until the panel sends trained investigators to look into sexual assault accusations against McGee lodged by a teenager in Florida five years ago. State Rep. Daniel Winslow, R-Norfolk, asked the ...

Gambling on pensions
Philadelphia Inquirer
Yeah, I know, nobody going gambling wants to start with a sure loss. But the pension thing is real ugly and getting uglier every year. So the Bucks County Republican, long a gambling opponent, wants each patron entering any of the state's 11 casinos to ...

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Kara Hurring bought more than $340,000 worth of gambling chips at a Macau casino, but what happened to them is a mystery, her trial has been told.

Christian Science Monitor
Ill. Senate president champions online gambling
CBS News
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Illinois should move quickly to establish itself as an international leader in online poker and other types of Internet gambling, state Senate President John Cullerton said Tuesday, claiming the payoff could amount to hundreds of ...
Senate leader wants to legalize online pokerChicago Tribune
Illinois legislative leaders eye gambling as for budget illsQuincy Herald Whig
States should fold on Internet gamblingChristian Science Monitor
Reuters -WJBC News -Peoria Journal Star
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Illinois should move quickly to establish itself as an international leader in online poker and other types of Internet gambling, state Senate President John Cullerton said Tuesday, claiming the payoff could amount to hundreds of millions of dollars.

Gambling funds $925400 in grants
Quad City Times
... St. Ambrose University and for a clinical practices setting at Ridgecrest Retirement Homes. The RDA has awarded a total of $54 million since 1991. The RDA holds the license to the Rhythm City Casino in Davenport, and grants come from gambling revenues.

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Christie Backs Out of Gambling Conference Speech
NewsMax.com
The decision came to withdraw from the speech shortly before a new Fairleigh Dickinson University PublicMind Poll was released showing that most New Jersey residents oppose online gambling based in Atlantic City, where the governor has focused ...

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