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Gaming News Archives - Page 5267Race Track Owner Turns Down $80 Million Offer6 August 2001
News Brief: Owner of Los Alamitos, the Orange County, California, Quarter Horse track, says offer from Magna Entertainment was generous, but time was not right.
Michigan Tribe Accused of Cutting Dissenters out of Casino Money6 August 2001
News Brief: The casino trade has sparked a bitter fight between the Saginaw Chippewa tribal leadership and a hard core of dissidents, who say they are being thrown out of the tribe for political reasons and cut out of the financial windfall.
Striking Atlantic City Workers Accept Offer from Park Place6 August 2001
News Brief: Striking Caesars Atlantic City slot attendants have accepted an offer from Park Place Entertainment.
College Students Bet on Slots More Than Sports, Study Finds6 August 2001
News Brief: A survey of seven college campuses concludes that 15 percent of students have gambled more than once on roulette and blackjack in the past year, while 28 percent have tried slot machines or video poker.
Compulsive Gambling: Even a Cop Can Get Addicted5 August 2001
The case of police officer Mike Buchan has confused those who know him. A man with no obvious interest in casinos or gambling, he was seduced by the lure of Internet gambling and wound up pleading guilty to embezzling money from a police association.
$10 Million Detroit Lawsuit Alleges Rigged Slot5 August 2001
News Brief: A Michigan woman filed a $10 million lawsuit against Detroit casinos over their use of Wheel of Fortune slot machines. She claims the spinning wheel that appears to come to rest so randomly on the TV show can be rigged to cause lower payouts on the slot version.
Laid-Off Workers Sue Harrah's5 August 2001
News Brief: Seven former employees of Harrah's New Orleans Casino have filed a class-action lawsuit. It says that Harrah's promised workers their jobs would be secure if they were successful in winning a tax break from the Louisiana legislature.
Aspinalls.com Launches Big-Payout Slots3 August 2001
Aspinalls.com has launched two big-payout slot machines at its Caribbean Casino.
AGA Launches Fourth Annual Responsible Gaming Education Week3 August 2001
The American Gaming Association's Responsible Gaming Education Week is held nationwide in the first week of August to promote responsible gaming and increase awareness of disordered gambling.
Problem Gamblers Use Video Poker, Slots Most3 August 2001
News Brief: Video poker and slot machines were the most popular sources of problem gambling for people who called West Virginia's gambling help line during its first year of operation.
Gaming Stocks May Be Running Out of Luck3 August 2001
News Brief: Gaming stocks have been holding strong as the economy sours, but now investors are wondering if their luck is running out.
Greate Bay Casino Corporation Reports Q2 2001 Results3 August 2001
Greate Bay Casino Corporation reported net income of $197,000, or $0.04 per share, for Q2 2001 compared to a net loss of $1.5 million, or $0.30 per share, for Q2 2000.
TrackPower Places First ATM3 August 2001
TrackPower has signed a three year contract with Elmira Raceway of Elmira, Ontario, for the deployment of its first Automated Teller Machine.
Wisconsin Lottery Signs Two-Year Contract Extension With GTECH3 August 2001
Under the terms of the contract extension agreement, GTECH will install 250 GVT Extra terminals.
Idaho Tribes Resubmit Electronic Gambling Proposal3 August 2001
News Brief: The Coeur d'Alene and Nez Perce tribes resubmitted their initiative to clearly legalize electronic gambling machines in reservation casinos Wednesday, making several changes in response to comments from Idaho's Attorney General.
Florida Casino Boat Sues Competitor for Damages3 August 2001
News Brief: Flordia’s Paradise of Port Richey claims that Stardancer Casino Cruises is damaging the river bottom with its shuttles and wants to stop them from running.
Campaign Cash Casts Pall Over Illinois Gaming Panel3 August 2001
News Brief: Critics says that contributions, made public this week, are more evidence that the Illinois gaming board's two newest members are products of politics.
Magna Entertainment Group Awarded New York OTB2 August 2001
Magna Entertainment Group has been selected as the successful bidder to acquire the New York City Off-Track Betting operation from the city.
Columnist Jeff Haney: Sports Bettor Fezzik: Teaching, Not 'Touting'2 August 2001
At a secretive meeting of blackjack card counters, of all places, Fezzik talks about “massive education on the strategy” of sports betting.
MaxLotto Introduces 'Lucky Slots' Online Scratch Game2 August 2001
MaxLotto Enterprises today unveiled `Lucky Slots,' an online scratch game with a grand prize of $125,000 -- the largest payout among MaxLotto's instant-win games.
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