Posts tagged: Gambling

Battle over video gambling takes new twist

Tinley Park/092209- Lloyd Galske of Tinley Park plays a video poker machine at The Old Tinley Pub and Eatery in Tinley Park, IL. Tuesday, September, 22, 2009. jm092209 news/TIN_pokermachine_P3 (SouthtownStar Photo by Joseph P. Meier)

Wednesday May 9th, 2012 in , | Comments Off

Miller denies that gambling bill derailed budget

The statement appears to contradict what Miller said the day after the session ended, when he told reporters that he and House Speaker Michael E. Busch had made an agreement we were going to pass the gambling bill. It also conflicts with statements by both Busch and Gov. Martin OMalley, who have blamed the budget [...]

Thursday April 26th, 2012 in , | Comments Off

Guilty plea for link to gambling

The former financial officer of an American Legion Post linked to illegal gambling pleaded guilty Wednesday in Allen Superior Court. John Gahan, 68, admitted to the felony crime of aiding corrupt business influence. In exchange for his guilty plea, additional charges of aiding theft, aiding professional gambling and aiding unlawful charity gaming will be dismissed [...]

Wednesday April 25th, 2012 in , | Comments Off

Currency Wars: Gambling With Other Peoples’ Money

Thu, Apr 19 2012, 11:52 GMTby Axel Merk -Merk Hard Currency Fund | View companys profile

Wednesday April 25th, 2012 in , | Comments Off

Gambling commission to seek delay in takeover of track business

BOSTON (State House News Service) – The Gaming Commission on Tuesday agreed to seek a delay in its prescribed takeover of the state’s horse and simulcast racing industry, arguing that getting fluent by next month on the intricacies of the racing business will complicate its broader mission of getting casinos up and running. Commission Chairman [...]

Tuesday April 24th, 2012 in , | Comments Off

Annie: Elderly uncle gambling with his financial future

DEAR ANNIE: My 85-year-old uncle, a widower, spends several days a week at casinos. This is no penny-ante stuff. He gambled away everything he ever owned and had to move into subsidized housing. He is somewhat fatalistic at this point, figuring he won#x92;t live much longer and so he wants to have fun. While we [...]

Tuesday April 24th, 2012 in , | Comments Off

Chattanooga: Video reveals details about gambling raid shooting

Chief Bobby Dodd, third from left, speaks with police officers near the scene of an officer-involved shooting just after midnight Friday morning, April 13, 2012. Police raided an illegal gambling operation just off Gunbarrel Road around midnight. Most of the participants were given citations, but one was wounded after producing a weapon.

Tuesday April 24th, 2012 in , | Comments Off

A gambling state

If ever there were a matter of public policy that exemplifies the hypocritical and disjointed state of Marylands legislative processes, it is gambling, in general, and the legislative inaction on gambling legislation in the General Assembly in the recently concluded session. For the record, gambling, in one form or another, has been legal in Maryland [...]

Saturday April 21st, 2012 in , | Comments Off

Lottery board to weigh Ga. gambling proposal

Georgia News Lottery board to weigh Ga. gambling proposal April 19, 2012 08:04 GMT %reldate(2012-04-19T08:00:00 By GREG BLUESTEIN Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A Georgia developer is planning to pitch his proposed $1 billion gambling complex to the Georgia Lottery Board. Developer Dan OLeary is set to present the project on Thursday before the seven-member [...]

Thursday April 19th, 2012 in , | Comments Off

SLED planning gambling raid in Horry, Georgetown Counties

HORRY COUNTY, SC (WMBF) Following a successful operation in Edgefield County where several were arrested for participating in illegal gambling, the State Law Enforcement Division has planned similar raids in Horry and Georgetown counties. In a press release from the Fifteenth Circuit Solicitors Office, Greg Hembree said SLED assisted officials with Edgefield County Law Enforcement [...]

Sunday April 8th, 2012 in , | Comments Off