Gaming
Florida Lotto jackpot rises to $11 million
The jackpot in the Florida Lotto game has grown to $11 million after no one matched the six winning numbers in the latest drawing, lottery officials said Thursday. A total of 17 tickets matched five numbers to win $7,020.50 each; 1,768 tickets matched four numbers for $75 each; and 38,960 ...
Gaming board approves expansion of Philly casino
State gambling regulators have approved the expansion of Sugarhouse Casino in Philadelphia. The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board signed off on the expansion Wednesday. Sugarhouse officials say the improvements will cost about $155 million and create 450 new permanent jobs at the casino, which opened in September 2010. The approved changes ...
Del. House panel tables proposal for more casinos
A state House committee on Wednesday tabled a proposal authorizing two more casinos in Delaware amid opposition from the state's three existing casinos and questions about the requirements for new ones. The bill's sponsor, Democratic Rep. Dennis Williams of Wilmington, was among those voting to table the measure, but he ...
Va. man's lucky lotto streak alive with 4th win
Call Melvyn Wilson is the king of the scratch-off ticket. The Woodbridge man recently won his fourth lottery prize of at least five figures, putting his total scratch-off winnings at more than $2 million. The Virginia Lottery said in a release Wilson won $500,000 in November 2004, $25,000 in March ...
Legislative auditors fault NM gambling regulators
New Mexico needs to strengthen its regulatory oversight of a billion-dollar gambling industry that includes horse racing tracks and casinos operated by Indian tribes, legislative auditors recommended Wednesday. A report by staff of the Legislative Finance Committee said the New Mexico Racing Commission and the state Gaming Control Board are ...
Mass. panel examines revised tribal casino deal
State lawmakers demanded assurances on Wednesday from Gov. Deval Patrick's administration and the Mashpee Wampanaog tribe that a renegotiated casino compact would not meet the same fate as an initial agreement and be rejected by the federal government. "We swung and missed in a pretty big way the first time," ...
Rivers Casino in Pittsburgh fined $100K
Rivers Casino in Pittsburgh has been fined $100,000 by the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board. The gaming board says in a Wednesday release that the fine involved three issues. The first was a violation of internal controls in the count room. The second involved table games employees who ignored an automatic ...
NH House panel votes to kill casino bill
A special House committee charged with researching gambling voted by the narrowest margin Wednesday against legalizing a casino in New Hampshire. The House Ways and Means and Finance committees voted 23-22 to recommend that the full House kill a Senate bill that would allow up to 5,000 video slot machines ...
NJ casino regulators OK Revel recovery plan
Revel was given a second chance Wednesday from New Jersey casino regulators, and now it's seeking the same thing from customers. In winning a reprieve, the bankrupt casino acknowledged several big mistakes, including preventing its guests from smoking; not paying enough attention to slots players; and booking too many hip ...
UK casino accuses US poker star Ivey of cheating
A major casino operator is accusing Phil Ivey, an American who is one of the world's top professional poker players, of amassing millions of dollars in winnings by cheating at baccarat. Court papers filed in Britain's High Court by the Malaysia-based Genting Group say that Ivey and an accomplice successfully ...
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