2005 December 07 Gambling News, Events and Happenings

TALLAHASSEE - Lawmakers took negotiations on a Medicaid overhaul and regulation of slot machines to the Capitol’s back rooms Wednesday night with an eye on Friday’s deadline to settle the major issues of the special legislative session.

The House approved a multibillion-dollar package of tax breaks on Wednesday that are intended to revive Gulf Coast businesses destroyed by Hurricane Katrina. But the tax relief excludes the casinos and country clubs that underpin the area’s leisure economy.

DJ Galaxy Casino Sells $600M Bond To Finance Macau Expansion SINGAPORE (Dow Jones)–Macau’s Galaxy Casino S.A. Wednesday raised US$600 million of debt in what is only the second bond from the gaming industry in Asia outside Japan. The deal - also the first high-yield bond from the sector in the region - comprised a US$350 million fixed-rate portion maturing in seven years and callable after four

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Florida Senate President Tom Lee sounded a note of optimism Wednesday that the Legislature would agree on how to tax and regulate slot machines in Broward County during a special session scheduled to end Friday.

The people who run college sports and the people who allow you to bet on them both have a lot to look forward to in the Rose Bowl.

I couldn’t believe what I was seeing. At the grocery store I noticed a mother handing dollar bills to her small children, who eagerly fed them into a lottery ticket machine.

The people who run college sports and the people who allow you to bet on them both have a lot to look forward to in the Rose Bowl.

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