Gambling

By Sue Zeidler LOS ANGELES, May 22 (Reuters) - Caesars Entertainment Group said it plans to go live this summer with an online poker site in Nevada, the only U.S. state so far to offer legal Internet gambling, and will promote the nascent service to...

The Maryland Lottery and Gaming Control Agency on Wednesday gave approval for the opening of the state's fourth casino — the Rocky Gap Casino Resort — in a rural area near Cumberland. Agency director Stephen Martino signed the operations...

The World Series of Poker Circuit Series hits the Palm Beach Kennel Club on Feb. 6-17 next year. The WSOP announced the dates Wednesday. The 10th season of the WSOP Circuit has a record 22 stops with buy-ins ranging from $365 to $1675.  Additions...

Mayor Rahm Emanuel is pushing lawmakers to pass a gambling bill that would allow the city to weigh its choice of a casino operator in secret and forbid state regulators from taking away its license. The legislation also would grant the mayor authority...

Ho-Chunk Nation tribal President Jon Greendeer vowed Wednesday to fight the state's efforts to shut down the poker room at the tribe's casino in Madison. The state sued the Black River Falls-based tribe on Tuesday over the legality of the electronic...

A gambler can go ahead with a lawsuit in which she seeks to recoup nearly $700,000 in alleged losses from playing illegal video poker machines at popular Columbia eateries Pizza Man and Rockaways, the S.C. Court of Appeals ruled Wednesday. Specifically,...

The newest money scam to hit Ohio casinos, "smurfing," might not sound that serious. Called by its other name, "money laundering," the practice takes on a more-nefarious tone. Karen J. Huey, the commission enforcement director, said yesterday during...

There cannot be anything less dignified than a bunch of lawyers fighting over the corpse of a hero who deserves to be honored and to rest in peace. Today, the battle is over Jim Thorpe. Tomorrow, maybe it will be over Ira Hayes. Thorpe won 1912...

Chicago voters remain lukewarm to Mayor Rahm Emanuel's push for a city casino and aren't sold on his plan to put slot machines at the airports, a new Tribune/WGN-TV poll found. The results come as the mayor presses for the third straight year to get the...

The poker room at the Isle Casino and Racing in Pompano Beach already has the reputation as one of the state’s best, but Stan Strickland wants to make it even better.  Mike Smith opened the Isle’s poker room in 2006 but left March 21 to open...

Guests at Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa can enjoy breakfast in bed -- and betting in bed. In good news for bettors and couch potatoes alike, Atlantic City's top-grossing casino has decided to continue testing on a new mobile gambling system that allows...

Ask Bill Wadleigh about serendipity in the slot business, and he'll say it's sometimes as simple as spinning the wheel of a toy car. That's how the game designer came up with a spinning bonus graphic for his forthcoming NASCAR game. "We'll just make a...