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Gambling machine owners to sue the state

One week ago Dougherty County Sheriff's Investigators raided four stores, seizing 15 video gambling machines. The machine owners say they are suing the State of Georgia over the law outlawing their products, and don't think they should be seized.

According to stickers on most of those machines, t

Sheriff´s Office confiscates gambling machines

Dougherty County Sheriff's Investigators raided four convenience stores and confiscated video gambling machines. Declared illegal by the state legislature years ago, investigators say the machines keep turning up in South Georgia stores.

Five video gambling machines are confiscated from Ellen's G

Tribal gambling law may be in for a makeover

The house of cards built by Congress that developed into the $19.4-billion-a-year tribal casino industry has been wobbling in the nation's political wind for years and is now closer than ever to toppling.

Legal loopholes and regulatory shortcomings have long been evident in the 1988 Indian Gaming

Nevada Connection to Gambling in Canada

A topic of concern to many Canadians is the increase in organized gambling in every province in this country. The connection to Nevada Gaming interests became increasingly evident when gambling interests in Nova Scotia recently completed the purchase of several gambling operations in "their" own pro

Gambling by mobile phone is booming

Gambling by mobile phone has rocketed, with the number of betting pages downloaded expected to approach three million this year, a rise of 367 per cent on 2004.

The conclusion of research by Mintel has sparked concern that the almost unlimited access to gambling provided by mobile phones will fue

Gambling As An Overall Experience

Going gambling isn't just about gambling anymore.
It's about escape and spending lots of money. Of course, that's what gambling is about anyway.
These days, this means a hot Broadway show, an afternoon at a Canyon Ranch spa and a night at a club where real stars hang. It's endless shopping at

Gambling´s Number Comes Up in Mississippi

Just a week ago the Grand Casino Biloxi gambling barge floated gently on the Gulf of Mexico shoreline. Now it stretches awkwardly across the lanes of U.S. Highway 90 in Mississippi, ripped from its moorings by the storm surge that followed Hurricane Katrina.
The 106,300-square-foot structure "a

US casinos to lose millions a day due to Hurricane Katrina

(US).- Hurricane Katrina may cost US casinos with properties in the affected areas millions of dollars, analysts said yesterday. Casinos on the Gulf Coast and in New Orleans were ordered to shut down on Sunday, as the hurricane approached landfall. Harrah’s Entertainment has the highest exposure in

Online Casino Group Launches Magazine

Fortune Lounge, one of the premier online casino groups in the industry, will be launching their much-anticipated magazine at the beginning of next month. The first issue of the magazine is scheduled to be released on the 1st of September.

The magazine is called World Player and it will be delive

New York gambling law debated

(US).- The Seneca County Board of Supervisors scheduled this week a public hearing on a proposed local law declaring unlawful games of chance a public nuisance. Representatives of the Cayuga Indian Nation of New York plan to attend.

The 7 p.m. September 13 session, on the night of the board’s nex

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