A more immediate threat to the Jockey Club is illegal bookmakers who siphon off business, offering better odds because they don't pay taxes or incur the cost of running horse races.

Governments limit the number of casino licenses and crack down on Internet gambling. Tobacco companies face an array of marketing restrictions and lawsuits, and those legal burdens discourage fresh competition.

Some of the flavor of Las Vegas will come to town when The River Card Room, a 25-table charitable gaming facility, opens on Jan.

The minimum royalty shortfall payable to WMS Gaming Inc. of $1.3 million, or $.03 per share Inventory write-down at Stargames of $0.

Perhaps the most interesting 'closure' story regarding the UIGEA and American players was that of Doyle's Room, the namesake site of poker legend Doyle Brunson.

Yet I didn't want to inhabit some fake pyramid that was merely another excuse for a greedy gambling den.

They'd say 'I want that big sandwich with the big name,' and that was the muffaletta. But I can honestly tell you that now they can all say it.

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In the event you were wondering where the video poker progressive banks at Empress Joliet Casino have gone, they've been relocated from the main level to the lower level of the casino.

Cash Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CKNN), a provider of cash access technology solutions for the gaming industry, today announced their plans for displaying their products and services at the upcoming Global Gaming Expo 2007 (G2E) set for November 13-15, 2007 at the Las Vegas Convention Center.

You decide to go for a checkraise and instead, your opponent checks behind. The turn improves your draw with another spade: 3s.

Many top celebrities are expected to attend, and Wyclef Jean will give a special performance at the charity event.

THERE IS little doubt that the unraveling of the housing market will cause significant hardship to many homeowners who believed that the American dream would never turn on them or their biggest financial investment.

State and regional authorities seized more than $70,000 and issued illegal gambling citations to 71 people.