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Arkansas Now Has a Lottery; but Legalized Casinos May Have to Wait A While

If you thought that the passage and start up of a state run lottery would open the floodgates to gambling in the great state of Arkansas (LOVE the Razorbacks…I go back to Frank Broyles)…. you were wrong. At least for now. A legislative proposal  to offer casino gambling in seven counties in Arkansas — including Miller [...]

Massachusetts Legislators Ponder the Downside of Approving Casinos

Wonderful  story in the Boston Globe (credit, where credit is due) about gambling in Massachusetts made a lot of sense to me so I thought I’d go over some of the points made by the reporter. In Mass, where legislators are about to approve casinos, they have promised to control the spread of gambling. But [...]

Sands Expands Again Overseas, This Time into Singapore

I’ve been to Singapore, a rather wealthy city-state and now I have a reason to go back. Another casino. Built by a familiar group, The Las Vegas Sands Group. After big cost overruns and months of delays, the casino, more than a third of 2,500 hotel rooms and parts of a shopping mall and convention [...]

Do’s and Don’ts, When Figuring Out What Online Casino to Play In

I have a friend who loves to play online. Anything online. OK, she’s a bit daft, but I know where she is coming from. But how, exactly, do you pick the one that won’t rip you off? That’s what she asked me recently. I said, Look, every online casino offers players some sort of bonus [...]

Casino Revenues in January 2010 Up in Mississippi, to $193 Million. An Encouraging Sign, but Still Less than the Level of One Year Ago

Good news for legislators (and casino owners) in Mississippi. Legislators, of course, depend on tax revenue from Casinos to help balance their budgets. Revenue was up from December 2009, although down from one year ago. So it’s kind of a good news, bad news scenario. In January, casino revenue in Mississippi was $193.2 million. That [...]

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