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Table Games (Poker, Blackjack, Craps) Come to Pennsylvania Casinos At Last

Yeh. At long last table games have come to PA casinos. It was just a matter of time. PA needs the money. Of  course, Atlantic City New Jersey can’t be too happy about this. Sunday, there was a test run at the Mt. Airy Casino. But now it’s for real. Beginning July 13, Mount Airy [...]

Massachusetts Closer to Legalizing Casino Resort Gambling

Obviously…one step closer. That’s the big news coming out of the Massachusetts’ Senate last week. Now the question is, what compromises have to be made so that the House can sign off on the proposal? Governor Duval Patrick has been quoted as saying he will intervene and help reconcile the two versions of the bill. [...]

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 [...]

A Long Island (N.Y.) Casino? It’s in the Cards

Unbelieveably interesting things happening in my home state. I grew up on Long Island, so pardon me for crowing a bit about the possible casino we may soon have there. [Franklin Square, near Hempstead, if you must know...is where my family settled, after leaving Brooklyn.] Seems like the Shinnecock Indians 32-year battle for federal recognition ended [...]

An Outrage: Admitted Killer of Casino Shift Manager, Says “I Took it Out on Him Because All Casinos are Crooked.”

This is a long story, so bear with me. It’s about a cold-blooded killer named Mark Magee, who killed a shift manager at the Taj Mahal casino (Atlantic City) in 2009. Why? Because he figured all casinos in Atlantic City cheat. Magee, 58, is from Norristown, near where I used to live. In court, he [...]

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