2008 January 13 Gambling News, Events and Happenings

LAS VEGAS — This city, famous for being America’s playground, has also become its security lab. Like nowhere else in the United States, Las Vegas has embraced the twin trends of data mining and high-tech surveillance, with arguably more cameras per square foot than any airport or sports arena in…

FORT DODGE, Iowa — A group of Fort Dodge investors said they are ready to try again for a casino if the state issues more gambling licenses. The possibility of a casino in Fort Dodge surfaced last week after state gaming regulators said they should discuss the idea of awarding new licenses.

At least once a month, a group of CMU students spend their time building a bridge between generations. And it only takes them a 20 minute drive and a few hours out of their day to do it. Illinois junior Cassandra Fisher has made it her priority to take students to visit residents of the Masonic Pathways Senior Living Services in Alma.

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Worried about any new competition for the regions gambling dollars, Rhode Island politicians have had their eyes and ears glued to the Massachusetts casino debate.

FORT DODGE, Iowa (AP) - A group of Fort Dodge investors say they are ready to try again for a casino if the state issues more gambling licenses. The possibility of a casino in Fort Dodge surfaced last week after state gaming regulators said they should discuss the idea of awarding new licenses.

A proposed Mohegan tribe casino in western Massachusetts would be about half the size of its Connecticut mainstay, according to specifics provided to the town of Palmer.

Democratic Party officials, hoping to increase voter turnout in the Nevada caucuses, will for the first time use Las Vegas casinos as polling places.

SAN MATEO — The owner of Bay Meadows race track has positioned himself at the center of a fight to defeat gaming agreements with four Southern California Indian tribes — pacts that would expand their gambling operations and funnel millions into the state’s general fund.