2009 January 21 Gambling News, Events and Happenings

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - House Speaker Greg Stumbo on Wednesday made his initial pitch for legislation that would allow more gambling at Kentucky horse tracks.

The National League of Poker and the Players Network have joined forces to create an online poker site with the aim of allowing poker players in the United States to play in a legal environment and still offer …

The hot streak is over for Colorado’s casinos. The gambling establishments, blaming a slumping economy and a smoking ban, have posted their worst year since the state introduced them in 1991 to resurrect the ailing economies of three former mining towns. Above, patrons play slot machines in the Ameristar Casino in Black Hawk.

FOX 26 News has learned the Houston Police Department has run out of luck when it comes to having enough gambling room. FOX 26’s Isiah Carey took an exclusive tour of the department’s property room that’s jammed packed with illegal gambling devices.

Someone at EZ-Mart in Holland Township is responsible for selling a winning lottery ticket to a customer about two weeks ago but store employees dont know who it was. A local woman won $300,000 with a Multi-Prize Bingo ticket purchased at the store, 12481 James St., Michigan Lottery officials confirmed Wednesday, Jan. 21.

When the licenses for the video gambling machines common in West Virginia bars and clubs come up for renewal in two years, state leaders likely will struggle with deciding whether 9,000 is too many.

Countdown to the NCAA Tournament | Eight weeks College sports’ governing body delivered a mandate and dug in its heels: Oregon must abolish lottery-run sports betting or the state would never again host the NCAA men’s basketball tournament. So in 2005, the Oregon Legislature killed the lottery’s sports games. With…

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Donald Trump’s struggling casino company today won a two-week reprieve to continue talks with lenders and bondholders as it fights to avoid bankruptcy.