2005 December 04 Gambling News, Events and Happenings - Page 3

Three giant blades spin slowly, even laboriously, over the marshland known as City Island behind the Borgata and Harrah’s casinos.

The NFL Locker Room Report examines the factors the pros are whispering about. This week’s sample: Denver at KC Kansas City can’t afford to loss at home to Denver and fall three games behind first-place Denver in the AFC West…

As sleek greyhounds parade around the track — and even when they take off in a pack after “Rusty,” the mechanical rabbit — not a single gambler in the poker room at the Jefferson County Kennel Club casts a …

MONTICELLO As sleek greyhounds parade around the track and even when they take off in a pack after “Rusty,” the mechanical rabbit not a single gambler in the poker room at the Jefferson County Kennel Club casts a glance in their direction.

Amendment 4 wasn’t billed as a bailout for the state’s parimutuel industry. Its supporting organization was first known as “Floridians for a Level Playing Field,” implying that untaxed Indian casinos and unregulated gambling cruise ships had the upper hand in Florida gaming.

Two high-level officials in former Gov. Bob Wises administration have taken top positions with an off-site gambling company.

Two great legislative lobbies — and they deserve each other, cynics might say — have clashed in New Jersey.