2007 May 01 Gambling News, Events and Happenings - Page 2

The Senate president brushed off speculation Tuesday that property tax relief might be part of deals involving the annual state budget, an expansion of gambling or a new stadium for the Florida Marlins baseball team in Miami.

What kind of government spends millions of taxpayer dollars peddling false hope to confiscate cash from its poorest citizens to fatten state coffers?

AUSTIN (AP) _ On the eve of another House debate on gambling, leaders of the Alabama-Coushatta tribe of East Texas on Tuesday urged the legalization of limited casinos on American Indian land to spur economic growth.

ST. LOUIS, May 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Isle of Capri Casinos, ( Nachrichten ) Inc. announced that on April 26, 2007 the Company participated in a hearing before the NASDAQ Listing Qualifications Panel resulting from the Company’s inability to file its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q by the March 9 due date, as previously announced.

A son-in-law of former Philadelphia Mayor Frank Rizzo was sentenced on Monday to house arrest and probation in connection with a multimillion-dollar sports gambling ring.

Ameristar Casinos Inc., which operates seven casinos in the United States, on Tuesday forecast second-quarter earnings short of Wall Street’s expectations.

The Naples-Fort Myers Greyhound Track and local property owners could both hit the jackpot. A bill approved Monday in Tallahassee by a House council would allow video gambling machines at pari-mutual betting establishments and the states portion of the profits would go to reduce property taxes.

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. - Want to enter the big leagues of New Jersey’s casino community? All it takes is $2 billion and a dream _ about twice as much as it used to.

With Spitzer at the table, Pataki’s casino cronies pull an inside straight