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Mohegan Sun ups ante in Mass. resort casino bid

Mohegan Sun has upped the ante in its drive to win a Massachusetts license to operate a resort casino. The Connecticut casino has announced new features in its proposal for Palmer that will increase the project to nearly $1 billion. The adventure-themed park and resort hotel will include an indoor ...

  • Updated: 3:17 p.m. Sunday, June 9, 2013

2 Ohio casinos see gains in May after revenue drop

Two of Ohio's four casinos bounced back from significant revenue decreases in April and posted gains last month, while the other two continued to see drops in profits, according to a report released Friday by the Ohio Casino Control Commission. Revenues at the state's newest casino in downtown Cincinnati increased ...

  • Updated: 2:53 p.m. Friday, June 7, 2013
In this photo taken on Thursday, May 23, 2013, an attendant demonstrates the game of baccarat on a baccarat gaming table during the Global Gaming Expo Asia in Macau. Almost all of Macau’s $38 billion in gambling revenue last year - six times more than the Las Vegas Strip - came from card game, much of it from Chinese high-rollers betting borrowed money and dwarfing the takings from slots, blackjack or roulette. Wherever you go in the former Portuguese colony, you’ll see chain-smoking Chinese gamblers crowded around baccarat tables as players peel back their cards, hoping their luck will give them a good hand. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

Chinese taste for baccarat drives Macau boom

In the nearly three dozen casinos in Macau, the world's biggest gambling market, there's only one game that matters: baccarat. Almost all of Macau's $38 billion in gambling revenue last year — six times more than the Las Vegas Strip — came from card game, much of it from Chinese ...

  • Updated: 3:21 a.m. Friday, June 7, 2013
FILE - In this Oct. 4, 2011 file photo, casino industry representatives and exhibitors watch an online poker game during industry's G2E conference in Las Vegas. Republican New York Congressman Peter King introduced legislation Thursday June 6, 2013, that would rescue online gambling from a legal gray zone and fully regulate it. The federal government cracked down on online poker in 2011, but that same year, the Justice Department issued a ruling making online gambling legal so long as it is permitted on the state level. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson, File)

Bill to legalize web poker introduced in Congress

Gamblers who prefer their laptops to blackjack tables could soon get a boost from Washington. Republican New York Congressman Peter King proposed federal regulations Thursday that would rescue online gambling from the legal gray zone where it currently languishes. The federal government cracked down on online poker in 2011. But ...

  • Updated: 7:06 p.m. Thursday, June 6, 2013
FILE - In this Sunday, May 19, 2013 file photo, satellite trucks are parked outside a supermarket where the highest Powerball jackpot worth an estimated $590.5 million was sold in Zephyrhills, Fla. It's been two weeks since news broke that the winning $590 million Powerball ticket was sold in this small town north of Tampa. No one expected the winner to come forward in the first days after the announcement, but now people are starting to wonder. Who won? Does the person with the winning ticket live in town? Did they lose the ticket? It's all anyone is talking about here. (AP Photo/Scott Iskowitz)

Fla. widow, 84, claims $590M Powerball jackpot

An 84-year-old Florida widow who bought her Powerball ticket after another customer let her get ahead in line came forward Wednesday to claim the biggest undivided lottery jackpot in history: $590 million. Gloria C. MacKenzie, a retiree from Maine and a mother of four who lives in a modest, tin-roof ...

  • Updated: 8:48 p.m. Wednesday, June 5, 2013

Cuomo releases his 3-casino plan for upstate NY

Gov. Andrew Cuomo has proposed authorizing three Las Vegas-type casinos in upstate New York, two video slot machine centers in western New York and a moratorium on casinos in New York City. Prohibiting a casino in any of New York City's five boroughs is a new element. Cuomo had previously ...

  • Updated: 7:42 p.m. Wednesday, June 5, 2013

Potawatomi open Indiana office in South Bend

The Pokagon Band of Potawatomi opened its first Indiana office Wednesday, reducing travel for members seeking tribal services and establishing an official presence in an area it has called home for hundreds of years. The tribe opened the office on a 165-acre site the tribe owns on the far south ...

  • Updated: 6:57 p.m. Wednesday, June 5, 2013

Lottery projects loss of $500K for scholarships

The director of the Arkansas lottery said Wednesday he's hoping for stronger sales this summer but is projecting the state-run gambling venture will pull in less money for scholarships than a year ago. Lottery Director Bishop Woosley said at a legislative Lottery Oversight Committee meeting that the lottery expects profits ...

  • Updated: 6:40 p.m. Wednesday, June 5, 2013
Google Inc has been showing off an experimental pair of thin wraparound "augmented reality" glasses that put the Internet in your face.

Casinos ban gamblers from using Google Glass

Casinos in several states are forbidding gamblers from wearing Google Glass, the tiny eyeglasses-mounted device capable of shooting photos, filming video and surfing the Internet. Regulators say the gadgets could be used to cheat at card games. The New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement issued a directive on Monday ordering ...

  • Updated: 5:12 p.m. Wednesday, June 5, 2013
American novelist A.M. Homes holds a copy of her book 'May We Be Forgiven' at the Royal Festival Hall, London Wednesday June 5, 2013. Homes has won this year’s Women’s Prize for Fiction Wednesday with her sixth novel “May We Be Forgiven.” Homes beat award winning writer Hilary Mantel and three other finalists for the 30,000-pound ($45,000) prize _ previously known as the Orange Prize, one of Britain’s most prestigious literary awards. (AP Photo/ Yui Mok/PA) UNITED KINGDOM OUT

US writer A.M. Homes wins Women's Fiction Prize

American novelist A.M. Homes has won this year's Women's Prize for Fiction with her sixth novel, "May We Be Forgiven." Homes beat bookmakers' favorite Hilary Mantel and three other finalists to win the 30,000-pound ($45,000) prize, awarded Wednesday at a ceremony in London's Royal Festival Hall. Previously known as the ...

  • Updated: 3:59 p.m. Wednesday, June 5, 2013
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