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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 [...]

Is Bigger Better? Maybe not in New Jersey, When it Comes to New Casinos

Could one of the answer to solving Atlantic City’s casino doldrums be to allow smaller casinos (meaning 200 rooms or less) to be licensed? That seems to be what some N.J. legislators are contemplating these days. Right now the idea passed through a Senate committee. Former Mayor James Whelan, now a state senator, introduced legislation [...]

St. Louis Developers Submitting Plans for a New Casino

Developers who want to open a new St. Louis casino have until April 27 (today, as I post this) to submit their plans to city council. As is typical with plans, it has to include all the basic information needed for the decision makers at the St. Louis Development Corp. I’ve dealt with government development [...]

Cash-Starved Iowa Looking to License Four More Casinos

Another state in need of money is asking to expand the number of licensed casinos within its borders. Always happens. Legislators against gambling, but who need money to balance their budgets, turn to…what else? Gambling. That’s what is happening in Iowa. Iowa now has 17 state licensed casinos, but the governor, Chet Culver, is saying [...]

Dodge City (Kansas) Madness: State Run Casino a Smashing Success

Remember when you were a kid and all those TV shows took place in Dodge City, which was kind of the edge of the western frontier, where crooks and the law met? Remember Matt Dillon and Chester and Miss Kitty. And the gambling. Miss Kitty ran a casino, you know? Now the state is running [...]

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