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The Puerto Rican economy is in deep trouble with a public debt of $72 billion and the government is scrambling for ways to bolster revenues and avert a calamity. One move to get quick cash saw Finance Minister ...
Legalized gambling in Alabama is a long shot and a long road, but the first roadblock has been cleared as of August 4, 2015. The Senate Tourism and Marketing Committee voted on a proposal for a referendum that ...
After Alabama Governor Robert Bentley failed to include gambling revenue in his fiscal plan, on Monday, Senate President Pro Tem Del Marsh filed a bill this special session re-introducing lottery and casino leg...
On June 30th 2015, it was reported in Columbus that the Cherokee County commissioners are planning to ask the Kansas Racing and Gaming Commission to reject the recommendation for a casino in southeast Kansas an...
This morning Oregon Governor Kate Brown announced that Portland lawyer Elisa Dozono will no longer chair the Oregon Lottery Commission as she is resigning.
Dozono is a partner in the Miller Nash law firm whi...
Thursday, June 25, 2015 the National Audit Office of China revealed misappropriation of lottery funds on its website. According to the report investigators have found approximately 16.9 billion Yuan has been mi...
When Senate President Pro Tem Del Marsh proposed a state lottery in Alabama, the new measure receive a great deal of attention. For weeks, discussions were had as to if the lottery would finally come to fruitio...
May 19th 2015, International Game Technology (IGT) makes slot machines and is making plans to sell its huge corporate Las Vegas campus, following the company combining operations with GTECH Holdings, Italian lo...
Several people spoke at a public hearing held by the Alabama Senate Tuesday with regards to the Alabama state lottery and casino proposals. The casinos would be located at three or four greyhound tracks. Speake...
On Monday it was reported that Synot will be supplying 2,000 video lottery terminals (VLTs) to the Greek lottery. This week an agreement has been signed for the supply of VLTs to OPAP, which is the company with...
After scratching a Wheel of Fortune lottery ticket in Elmira, New York, college student Nick Lynough was shocked to see what the ticket read. Appearing to show the words “You Elmira Trash”, Lynough was offende...
Helping to further disprove the arguments of Sheldon Adelson and his Coalition to Stop Internet Gambling, a new research paper by Dr. Sally Gainsbury sheds light on the relationship between a medical condition ...
According to Greek online news site ekathimerini, betting on games of chance in Greece increased by 9% in 2014 from 2013 totals, based on information provided by the Gaming Commission. 5.9 billion euros were sp...
Just after the resignation of Government Lottery Office chairman Somchai Sujjapongse, Prayut Chan-ocha, Thailand’s General (Prime Minister of Thailand and head of the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO)...
A report from Senate President Pro Tem Del Marsh states Alabama could see an increase of $400 million in revenue with casinos and a lottery. The lottery and casinos would be available at the four greyhound trac...