US casinos Archive
For nearly four decades, New Jersey has maintained that casinos may only be built within the confines of Atlantic City. Now, the state is looking to grant two additional licenses for gambling resorts in North New Jersey, with a referendum scheduled to appear on the ballot in November. But opponents of the plan say...
Did you ever win a massive slots jackpot? Probably not. You’d be sitting on a tropical island sipping some colorful cocktail, or getting a massage from Raul; pretty much anything but reading the latest gambling news from around the world. We all know jackpots don’t strike often enough for the majority of us to...
Some of the biggest legislative items circulating Florida’s government offices right now have to do with authorized forms of gambling. The Seminole Tribe is looking to shore up a ratified compact to maintain exclusivity for banked table games, while pari-mutuels are hoping to operate pokies with or without the need to host live horse...
There’s a great uncertainty revolving around Florida’s gambling industry right now. For years, everything was running smooth, based on a gambling compact with the Seminoles who run tribal casinos throughout South Florida and existing laws that told pari-mutuels what other services they could or could not offer. But as previous compacts expire and new...
I think we can all agree that it’s difficult to approve or disapprove of something that we know very little about. Apparently that was the situation among voters in Florida when asked how they felt about the new State Tribal Gaming Compact recently agreed upon between Gov. Rick Scott and the Seminole Tribe. The...