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  • Gambling group Coral to sell Gala Bingo before float

    The decision follows damaging claims of the addictiveness of fixed odds betting machines, uncertainty over the rate of online gambling tax and what insiders call ‘the Andy ...

  • Big Gambling is big cause of states budget problems

    Tweet Widget By John Kindt If during the last 23 years, Illinois had taxed Big Gambling at comparable rates to other states, then Illinois would have had an additional $35 billion to $56 billion in tax revenues -- and no current budget crisis. Distressed by the gambling situation in Illinois and nationwide, former U.S. Sens. Paul Simon, D-Ill., and Richard Lugar, R-Ind., sponsored the ...

  • A record Powerball jackpot isnt a record to celebrate

    The record Powerball jackpot is only the latest trick by states addicted to gambling revenues to lure nongamblers. Online gaming is also on the horizon, with the first legal website for games of chance now running in ...

  • Gaming consultant to report findings

    A representative from Cummings Associates, the town’s gaming consultant, will deliver the company’s findings at a 7 p.m. public forum Wednesday at the Beatrice H. Wood Elementary School, 72 Messenger St. (Route 106). The consulting firm was hired to analyze the potential effects on the town if Plainridge Racecourse won the state’s lone license for a slot machine parlor. For ...

  • Gaming grooms teens for gambling

    Illustration: Matt Golding. Teenage fans of video games that simulate gambling are more likely to convert their habits to real losses, according to new research. A study of the gaming habits of 13 to 17-year-olds by the University of Adelaide found more than a quarter of teens have played gambling-style video games, while nearly one in 10 have played gambling games on social media, and about ...


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Shrek [DVD]

Shrek [DVD]

The computer-animated comedy Shrek is a delightfully irreverent fairy tale whose hero is the titular giant green ogre, a contented outcast with all kinds of disgusting personal hygiene habits. When the movie opens, we get to see Shrek's daily routine, which includes bathing in mud, making ca ... ...

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  • How IRS controversy could shape Obamas legacy

    White House Reporter for the Washington Post David Nakamura, and Political Reporter for U.S. News and World Report Lauren Fox join MSNBC's Alex Witt to talk about the latest in politics. They begin with commenting on the IRS hearings and the questioning of outgoing IRS Commissioner Steve Miller. The reporters discuss the IRS controversy and its impact on the Obama administration's ...

  • Playing Russian Roulette With a Volcano

    January 1981 issue of National Geographic , describes how, in the week running up to the disaster, he and others were drawn into a "strange kind of Russian roulette" with the mountain. While Findley lived to tell the tale, others were not so lucky, and the article includes richly drawn character studies of some of the mountain's ...

  • Online gambling in Deadwood

    Dana Takrudtong, right, is the national account manager for Williams Interactive that serves the gaming worldwide industry. She is pictured with Deadwood Mountain Grand General Manager Brad Hemmah to pitch the "Play for Fun" online network Thursday. Pioneer photo by Jaci Conrad ...

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