Gambling

The World Poker Tour Regional Summer Slam begins Tuesday at the Seminole Casino Coconut Creek, and it includes 11 events. The series begins with a $5,000 free-roll tournament and the Andy Slater See You Later monthly tournament with the 640 AM sports-...

By Sue Zeidler May 9 (Reuters) - MGM Resorts International on Thursday filed a proposal with the state of Maryland to develop an $800 million casino resort, after winning the right to proceed with the project in a costly lobbying effort against rival...

In November, voters approved a major expansion of Maryland's gambling program on the promise that allowing table games and eventually building a sixth casino would ensure that the gambling dollars state residents spend would go toward funding education...

When someone says, "Hit me" at Martorano's restaurant, it can mean another drink, another meatball or another card. The over-the-top eatery is now serving up blackjack along with its signature pasta dishes. Martorano's, just a short stroll from the...

While lawmakers debate a plan to expand gambling in Illinois, some Chicago suburbs are already jockeying to cash in as hosts to the next generation of casinos. Waukegan, North Chicago and Park City in Lake County, along with six townships in southern...

Table games at Maryland Live Casino generated $8.4 million in revenue in their first month at the Anne Arundel County facility, on top of $38.2 million from its slot machines, the Maryland Lottery and Gaming Control Agency reported Monday. While...

By Sue Zeidler LOS ANGELES, May 2 (Reuters) - MGM Resorts International CFO Dan D'Arrigo said the company was still deciding whether or not to launch an Internet poker website in Nevada and the state may be too small to provide a lucrative online...

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...

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...