Gaming

Casino-Backed U.S. Bill To Aid Horse Racing?

December 07, 2010

United States Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s latest draft of a bill to legalize online poker is being circulated Tuesday, December 7. According to a report, the bill is backed by Nevada casino in...

Upset Over Loto-Quebec Website

December 06, 2010

The BC Lottery Corp. hit some pretty major snags when it went live with its online gambling website earlier this year. Although Loto-Quebec's recently-launched site didn't have massive glitches when i...

Plonk Points Finger At Horsemen

December 06, 2010

In a recent op-ed column on ESPN.com entitled 'Pointing the Finger Back at the Horsemen,' writer/horseplayer Jeremy Plonk has said many things that people in the horse racing industry will surely get ...

IL Senate 'OKs' Track Slots

December 02, 2010

The Illinois state Senate, by a 31-20 vote, yesterday approved a huge gambling expansion bill including slots at tracks and a casino in Chicago

Maryland To Seize Pimlico, Laurel?

December 01, 2010

Michael Busch, Speaker of the House in Maryland, has been cited as saying that if the Preakness is in danger of being moved out of the state, the state could seize Pimlico and Laurel Park through emin...

IL Committee Passes Bill; Slots Vote Today?

December 01, 2010

A vote in the full Senate in Illinois on allowing slots at the state’s six tracks could come as early as today, as the Senate Executive Committee voted yesterday to

Illinois Slots Votes This Week?

November 29, 2010

Illinois state Senator Terry Link, the Democrat that authored the slots-at-tracks legislation currently being discussed in committee, has said that he expects the bill to be

Campbell: Hanson's Motivations Must Be Brought Into Question

November 26, 2010

If you didn't know what John Campbell's views were about the New Jersey gaming crisis, he has made sure that you do now. "It's a political issue. People have different agendas. When you factor that in...

Upset Over Proposed Indian Casino

November 24, 2010

Even though New York Governor David Paterson has touted Empire Resorts' proposed $100 million expansion of its gaming operations at Monticello Raceway, news earlier this week that an Indian casino has...

NY Gov. Touts $100M Monticello Expansion

November 24, 2010

It has been reported that New York Governor David Patterson is in support of a plan by Monticello Casino & Raceway's parent company, Empire Resorts, to inject $100 million into the facility to exp...

Bills, Pols, Threats, Feedback In NJ

November 23, 2010

Plenty of racing news came out of New Jersey during the evening of Monday, November 22. Seven gaming-related bills passed through the State Senate, which prompted feedback from politicians; thoroughbr...

AC Casinos Report More Huge Losses

November 18, 2010

It has been reported that Atlantic City casinos are continuing to take on massive losses. Gambling revenues from the 11 AC casinos during the third quarter of 2010 -- July, August and September -- wer...