Posts Tagged ‘gambling’
Raid on illegal gambling in Emanuel and Toombs Counties (The Swainsboro Forest-Blade)
Over 140 members of law enforcement from across the state of Georgia executed search warrants on 29 businesses, 9 in Emanuel County and 20 in Toombs County suspected of operating video poker (gambling) machines. Local law enforcement participation included the East Central Georgia Drug Task Force, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, the Vidalia Police Department, the Emanuel County Sheriff's ...Four Men, Two Businesses Indicted for $3.5 Million Illegal Gambling Operation (Kansas City InfoZine)
Three Kansas City, Mo., men, a Parkville, Mo., man and two businesses in Arizona and Costa Rica have been indicted by a federal grand jury for operating an illegal gambling businessOpponent: Alabama AG took gambling campaign money (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
Alabama Attorney General Troy King's opponent in the Republican primary has accused King of taking at least $190,000 in campaign contributions from gambling interests, including casino operators and slot machine manufacturers.Police: Gambling debt led Madison County woman to bank robbery (Asheville Citizen-Times)
MARSHALL – A woman robbed a Wachovia bank branch on Wednesday to cover video-gambling debts, authorities said. Frances McLean Laws, 61, was charged Thursday with felony larceny, and felony bank robbery charges are pending.Attorney general King accused of taking gambling money (Montgomery Advertiser)
Alabama Attorney General Troy King's opponent in the Republican primary has accused King of taking at least $190,000 in campaign contributions from gambling interests, including casino operators and slot machine manufacturers.Champlin American Legion’s gambling license suspended; Brooklyn Park group steps in to help (Champlin - Dayton Press)
Following a compliance review in the fall of 2009, the State Gambling Control Board has suspended the Champlin American Legion's charitable gambling license, effective March 1.Little luck in efforts to expand gambling in NY (The Goshen Chronicle)
ALBANY The expansion of gambling in New York has hit a bad luck streak.Little luck in efforts to expand gambling in NY (The Photo News)
ALBANY The expansion of gambling in New York has hit a bad luck streak.Gambling experts question online poker, an idea promoted by Inland tribe (The Press-Enterprise)
Compulsive gambling experts had a ready opinion Thursday on whether California should legalize online poker to raise money along the lines of what an Inland tribe proposes: Bad idea.Expanded gambling bill clears Senate panel (Lexington Herald-Leader)
A Senate committee for the first time approved a proposal Thursday to expand gambling at racetracks,
