Gambling
Gov. Christie: N.J. will start sports betting on its own
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. -- New Jersey will defy a federal ban and let people bet on the outcomes of football, basketball and other games this fall, Gov. Chris Christie said Thursday.
Date: 05/24/2012 | Nation & World
Lawsuit filed over $118 million Mega Millions jackpot
CHICAGO -- Two employees of a Chicago Heights bakery are suing co-workers, saying they are being cut out of a share of the winnings from a recent $118 million Mega Millions jackpot.
Date: 05/16/2012 | Nation & World
Hangover wagon rolls in Vegas
LAS VEGAS -- He had a Las Vegas wedding to attend, but Bryan Dalia was hung over from some marathon partying the night before.
Date: 04/23/2012 | Nation & World
3 will split $640 million Mega jackpot
RED BUD, Ill. — The Mega Millions winners — at least three of them — stayed out of sight. The losers, who could number 100 million, had plenty to say Saturday about losing out on the world's largest-ever lottery jackpot and their dashed dreams of colossal wealth.
Date: 04/01/2012 | Nation & World
Three will share $640 million Mega jackpot
RED BUD, Ill. — The Mega Millions winners — at least three of them — stayed out of sight. The losers, who could number 100 million, had plenty to say Saturday about losing out on the world's largest-ever lottery jackpot and their dashed dreams of colossal wealth.
Date: 03/30/2012 | Nation & World
At $640 million, Mega Millions a mega draw
People in Snohomish County are buying lottery tickets in droves with a larger-than-ever payout of more than a half-billion dollars -- that's billion with a B.Yes, lottery fever has hit the county.
Date: 03/30/2012 | Local News
Tribe sees reversal of fortunes amid casino woes
MASHANTUCKET, Conn. — For two decades, the Mashantucket Pequots lived like Indian gambling royalty. Luxury cars abounded on their tiny, gated reservation of colonial and ranch-style homes in the woods of southeastern Connecticut.
Date: 03/28/2012 | Nation & World
EIS pushes controversial Spokane Tribe casino forward
AIRWAY HEIGHTS -- A big casino that the Spokane Tribe of Indians is proposing has cleared a major regulatory hurdle, but the project is drawing bitter opposition from a rival tribe and from some area business and political leaders.
Date: 03/17/2012 | Northwest
Violent skirmish breaks out among casino tribe's factions
COARSEGOLD, Calif. — Sheriff's deputies and security guards from rivaling factions of a casino tribe were on patrol Wednesday, one day after a violent skirmish described as "absolute pandemonium" left three people injured.
Date: 02/29/2012 | Nation & World
Calif. officials exploring lottery ticket sales online after ruling
WASHINGTON -- The inexorable push to sell almost everything online could soon include lottery tickets.Officials at the California State Lottery said they will explore selling tickets over the Internet after the Justice Department determined that such sales would not violate federal law.
Date: 12/28/2011 | Nation & World
Spanish village wins world's richest lottery
MADRID -- The world's biggest lottery on Thursday showered prizes worth $3.3 billion on Spaniards, with the jackpot going to a small farming village.The Christmas lottery awarded 180 jackpots, known as El Gordo (The Fat One), each worth $5.2 million.
Date: 12/23/2011 | Nation & World
Casino plans to stay fresh with tenure limit for workers
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. -- When the Revel mega-casino opens in May, many of its dealers, beverage servers and other customer service workers will be young, attractive and sexy.
Date: 12/15/2011 | Nation & World
Fort Sill Apaches win a reservation in New Mexico
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — More than 125 years after the surrender of renowned Apache leader Geronimo scattered tribal members across the Southwest, the Fort Sill Apache have won the right to establish a reservation on homelands in southern New Mexico.
Date: 11/23/2011 | Nation & World
11/11/11 sparks a slew of predictions
MINNEAPOLIS -- Doomsday prophets think it will be the beginning of the end for life on Earth. New Age adherents are predicting that it will usher in a period of unprecedented love. And a whole lot of people plan to use it simply as an excuse to party.
Date: 11/09/2011 | Nation & World
Mill Creek Senior Center: Ready or not, here I come
There were a couple of reasons for my visit to the Mill Creek Senior Center. I want to take a computer class in its state-of-the-art lab near my home.
Date: 11/07/2011 | Local News
States ponder sports betting as source of new revenue
WASHINGTON -- A 34-year-old New Jersey man beat odds of more than 32,000-to-1 last month when he correctly picked the winners of 15 National Football League games against the point spread on a $5 wager. He collected $100,000.
Date: 11/06/2011 | Nation & World
Woman accused of threat to bomb Wash. Lottery
OLYMPIA, -- A 58-year-old former Washington Lottery employee is accused of threatening to bomb the lottery building in Olympia.
Date: 11/03/2011 | Northwest
Ore. man checks fridge, finds winning lottery ticket
SALEM, Ore. -- A Portland man found an Oregon Lottery ticket worth $21.8 million hanging on his refrigerator door. It had been there for three months.
Date: 11/03/2011 | Northwest
Lawyer: Vegas priest gambling led to church theft
LAS VEGAS -- A Roman Catholic priest who acknowledged siphoning $650,000 from the bank accounts of his Las Vegas parish is trying to recover from a compulsive gambling addiction, his lawyer said.
Date: 10/11/2011 | Nation & World
Feds: Full Tilt Poker site was Ponzi scheme
NEW YORK -- An Internet poker company that was blocked from operating in the U.S. in the spring as part of an online gambling crackdown was "not a legitimate poker company, but a global Ponzi scheme," federal prosecutors said Tuesday.
Date: 09/20/2011 | Nation & World
Lottery raffle to benefit veterans
SPOKANE -- Hall of Fame receiver Steve Largent and the Seattle Seahawks Sea Gals are helping the Washington Lottery promote a raffle to benefit military veterans.Rallies are scheduled Friday afternoon at Riverfront Park in Spokane and Saturday afternoon at Cheney Stadium in Tacoma.
Date: 09/09/2011 | Northwest
Brides, border crossings and a birthday bash
Surprises were in store when we celebrated husband Chuck's 62nd birthday at the Tulalip Resort Casino.
Date: 08/17/2011 | Local News
Phil Ivey skips World Series of Poker tournament
LAS VEGAS -- Poker's biggest superstar, Phil Ivey, says he's skipping the World Series of Poker because he's disappointed and embarrassed that his sponsor, Full Tilt Poker, hasn't paid back player deposits after pulling out of the U.S. market.
Date: 06/02/2011 | Nation & World
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