2008 June 07 Gambling News, Events and Happenings

Gov. Brad Henry is urging U.S. Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to reject a proposed American Indian casino in Oklahoma City. In a letter Friday to Kempthorne, henry said the casino would prove devastating to Remington Park and the horse industry. The Shawnee Tribes request to build a 2,000-machine casino and 18-story hotel at Interstate 35 and Britton Road will likely lead to a …

The state Racing Commission says that since video blackjack, poker and other electronic games of skill were added to Oaklawn in Hot Springs and Southland in West Memphis in late 2006, gamblers have wagered more …

WEST MEMPHIS, Ark. — Despite a constitutional ban on many forms of gambling and repeated voter objections to casinos and lotteries, the “electronic games of skill” played at Hot…

An Indiana man who ran the Caribbean-based sports bookmaking operation for an Amherst Junction man pleaded guilty Friday in federal court to wire fraud.

The online casino industry dates back to the mid 1990’s, when gambling sites first surfaced on the web. This week we had reason to look back at those days long gone, and notice some interesting trends.

FANTASY sports is a burgeoning industry, one that’s likely to grow even faster now that the US Supreme Court has let stand an appellate ruling that makes the business easier and cheaper to run. But the legitimacy of fantasy sports highlights the…

As New York City contemplates whether to shut down its off-track betting locales, New Jersey lawmakers are looking to expand who can host the gambling parlors in an effort to generate more interest in the state’s sluggish horse racing industry.

MILL CREEK — A Mill Creek bar owner took the safe bet and changed his mind Friday about taking on the Washington State Gambling Commission. Stephen Dorn, owner of Jet Bar & Grill, pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor gambling charge.

SPRINGFIELD - Lawmakers can force casinos to fork over some of the cash gamblers bet on roulette, craps and cards to the declining Illinois horse racing industry, the Illinois Supreme Court ruled Thursday.