2007 May 01 Gambling News, Events and Happenings - Page 6

“I hope all Hoosiers feel as happy and gratified as I do this morning”

A plan to expand gambling across Florida surfaced Monday in the state House and was immediately linked to the ongoing legislative battle to slash property taxes.

Northwest Indiana’s casinos dodged a golden bullet during the spring legislative session. Legislation mandating casinos pay the state $25 million or more up front and $300 per square foot for any expansion briefly looked likely to become law.

SPRINGFIELD - The first of six men charged in an illegal gambling operation was arraigned yesterday in Hampden Superior Court.

For the first production in Theatre on the Square since the demise of Tacoma Actors Guild, Broadway Center for the Performing Arts is bringing in a cross-dressing comedy it hopes will cheer us up: The Queen of Bingo.

TALLAHASSEE - The odds of bringing a new form of legalized gambling to Jacksonville increased Monday when a House council voted to allow up to 1,000 video gaming terminals in some of the state’s pari-mutuel dog and horse racing facilities.

Lawmakers consider gaming to help them cut property taxes. TALLAHASSEE - A major expansion of gambling in Florida emerged Monday as a possible new piece of the property tax cut puzzle that has defied resolution for two months.

Plastic buckets full of dollar tokens and slot machines spitting out streams of coins after a jackpot have become nostalgia at Mohegan Sun.

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