2008 August 20 Gambling News, Events and Happenings

The average driver spends either 90 seconds or 14 seconds at the stoplights at the Mulvane interchange on the Kansas Turnpike, depending on whether you believe a Wellington casino bidder or one of the state’s casino consultants. That’s the sort of numbers battle the Kansas Lottery Gaming Review Board will listen to today in Topeka as its consultants and casino developers hash out their …

A tough economy and steep fuel prices are hurting Las Vegas and other casino areas. Relief might not come anytime soon

North Korea? Check. Iraq? Check. Iran? Apparently not, but Olympic teams of two of the three charter members of President Bush’s “Axis of Evil” as well as Sudan and Belarus, two nations with North Korea on the U.S. pariah list are being sponsored by Chinese sportswear companies hoping to build their brands.

A tough economy and steep fuel prices are hurting Las Vegas and other casino areas. Relief might not come anytime soon

One day before Pennsylvania governor Ed Rendell meets with operators of the Foxwoods casino, anti-casino protesters demonstrated near the governor’s office in center city Philadelphia.

IN THE end it played like all opening days. Caution was the keyword. Meagre pickings at the betting shop the norm. If punters needed a preview of what was to come, they had only to take the cue from Saturday’s ‘early’ match, that between Arsenal and the Premiership new boys, West Bromwich Albion.

PHOENIX The growth in wagering at Arizona reservation casinos appears to be slowing. New figures in a study being released this morning show the tribes took in more than $2 billion in gaming revenues in 2007.

While inmates in jails across New York pass the time by playing card games — poker, gin rummy and solitaire — they may also be helping crack cold cases.

Donaghy receives 15-month prison sentenc