Gambling

When Isle of Capri Inc. opens its $60 million Lady Luck Casino Nemacolin this summer, the company will debut a gambling facility in the state seven years after losing out on a gaming license in Pittsburgh. "It will be water under the bridge. We do...

A gambling expansion bill is back, but it now includes a provision that would allow PokerStars, once accused by federal prosecutors of money laundering and fraud, to compete for an online gaming license in Illinois. In the first draft of Senate Bill...

The Seminole Casino Coconut Creek has added Mississippi Stud poker to its table games. Players’ hands win or lose against a pay table, rather than other players or a dealer. Players ante and receive two hole cards, and then the dealer lays out...

Planners scouting the location for a seven-story hotel with luxury suites, a fine dining restaurant and a billboard of live entertainment acts probably would overlook the town of Pocola. But all those attractions and more -- including a Class III casino...

The latest push to expand gambling in Texas and bring a casino to Tarrant County appears headed toward defeat in the Legislature as most proponents concede that they are running out of time going into the final month of the session. Supporters of...

An old gambling joke says the difference between a prayer in church and a prayer in a casino is that, in a casino, you really mean it. But when it comes to gambling in Florida, the Legislature isn't wasting time on prayers. It's buying the results...

MARTIN, S.D. (AP) — A woman has won more than $1 million playing a slot machine at a South Dakota casino. Sandra Marrs won $1.15 million at the East Wind Casino in Martin on Tuesday. The casino is owned and operated by the Oglala Sioux tribe....

By Nathan Layne and Farah Master TOKYO/HONG KONG, April 23 (Reuters) - After Singapore, Japan? A pro-casino group of Japanese lawmakers has tapped an influential member of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) as its leader and plans to submit...

 A South Florida player who has been at the tables since even before the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino opened finished fifth in the World Poker Tour Hard Rock Poker Showdown Tuesday, earning $122,275.   Daniel Letts, 38, of Miami won his way into...

Cards started turning and dice began rolling early Thursday morning at Maryland Live, already the largest slots casino in the Mid-Atlantic. Opened just 10 months ago, the casino next to an Anne Arundel County outlet mall rakes in more money from slot...

The Seminole Tribe of Florida is going all-in with poker, announcing Monday it will launch a $10 million guaranteed tournament. That's the largest guaranteed tournament anywhere. The tournament, called the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open, will run Aug. 22-...

Rita Coleman sat in her usual comfy chair at her usual video terminal at Johnny's Rec Room in Pompano Beach on Monday, but there was something unusual perched near her screen. It was an envelope addressed to Florida governor Rick Scott, containing a four-...