“Pssstt. Have you heard Fort Wayne is going to become a casino town?” Or so go the persistent rumors and gossip for the past year. The subject comes up at cocktail parties and City Council meetings. Local blogs and newspapers have polled on the possibility, with slight majorities against the idea. Some people have even [...]
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Smoking would be snuffed out in almost all enclosed public places in Indiana, including restaurants, bars, bowling alleys and casinos, under a bill a powerful state lawmaker plans to push in the upcoming legislative session. “It is a public health issue,” said Democratic state Rep. Charlie Brown of Gary, chairman of the House Public Health [...]
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The cash-strapped city of Detroit is paying an investment banking consultant a bonus of more than $1 million to help steer the sale of the troubled Greektown Casino out of bankruptcy protection to a new owner of the city’s liking, a city official has confirmed. City spokesman Daniel Cherrin said the money, being paid to [...]
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With three area educational institutions recently filing a lawsuit against the Emmet County Local Revenue Sharing Board, community agencies and nonprofit organizations are concerned about the affect it’s going to have on them. Several years ago the Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians’ casino complex was taken off the property tax rolls and placed [...]
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New federal regulations designed to bring more clarity and integrity to electronic bingo games will cost tribal casinos millions of dollars more than a flawed economic study predicted, the Oklahoma Indian Gaming Association warned. OIGA Chairman David Qualls also charged the regulations were one more last-ditch effort by a lame-duck National Indian Gaming Commission to [...]
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Casino execs and gaming professionals will be taking a look at the newest trends in the industry when the Global Gaming Expo hits the Las Vegas Convention Center next week. The Global Gaming Expo, run by the American Gaming Association, is the leading gaming trade show and conference for the international gaming entertainment community. More [...]
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Charitable organizations and disabled persons are back in Sacramento federal court asking for an order barring enforcement of two new laws outlawing electronic bingo games. The charitable and disabled plaintiffs, along with a game manufacturer, want U. S. District Judge John A. Mendez to halt enforcement of a new state law by expanding a June [...]
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Mobile gambling could grow to $27.5 million in wagers by 2013, driven by on-portal betting, according to a Juniper Research forecast. Several trends are encouraging the market, including changing operator attitudes toward mobile gambling services, improved handset user interfaces and introduction of legislation that permits remote gambling, said the report. For the complete story, please [...]
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The spate of lawsuits against would-be casino developer Anthony DeFeo should serve, if nothing else, as a cautionary tale for local elected officials and public administrators. First, let’s make it clear that anyone can file a lawsuit for most any reason. The court has yet to weigh the merits of these cases. DeFeo is not [...]
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If you’re a bingo player who loves playing bingo, shutter cards are a great way to take bingo with you when you travel. As you can see from the picture above, shutter cards are durable stitched cards with transparent sliding windows for “daubing” or “marking” your bingo numbers. They remove the need for daubers or [...]
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