'Nevada Changing Law to' - 'Gambling Worse Than Cockfighting'

Nevada is amending its statutes to allow problem gambling sufferers to be treated when convicted of crimes rather than jailed, as it already does for alcoholics and drug abusers....

Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear seems of two minds, fighting to seize online casino domain names while looking at casino gambling as a potential revenue source....

The mayor of Gary, Indiana, says he supports a plan to transfer one riverboat gambling license in exchange for permission to convert the other into a land-based casino....

If politicians are elected to serve the will of the people, then New Jersey will soon legalize sports gambling, as a university study showed an overwhelming majority in the state wishes it....

Owners of local bars in Nevada have seen the state smoking ban drive away gambling business, so the state may loosen the law as long as children aren't exposed....

A federal complaint detailing the sports gambling scandal investigation at the University of Toledo describe point-shaving in both football and basketball by multiple players....

Media and publicity-seeking "experts" have asserted Philip Markoff, the alleged CraigsList killer, suffers from problem gambling, but there is no scientific basis for these conclusions....

MGM Mirage announced it had reached a deal with Dubai World and lenders to finish the CityCenter casino and gambling complex....

A compromise between the two houses of the Florida legislature may result in Seminole casinos in South Florida retaining blackjack rights....

A bill allowing casino gambling in Texas is given little chance of ever being brought to a vote, while state moralists aren't sure cockfighting needs to be curtailed....