Evening Sun - Two-and-a-half years after Pennsylvania legalized slot machines, the long-awaited decisions over who gets licenses to open gambling halls are due Wednesday. But that doesn't mean it will be easy for the state Gaming Control Board, which will award
New York Times - What s good for the goose is supposed to be good for the gander, but in this case, who is the goose and who is the gander? This case is about baseball and slot machines, about Steve Swindal and Bob Nutting. Swindal is one of two managing general
Philadelphia Inquirer - Decker said the board would weigh only the eight categories outlined in the 2004 law that authorized slot machines. They are economic impact, business experience, development plan, community impact, financial strength, diversity, plans to address
Kuam News 8 - The Guam Greyhound Park and the backers of an initiative to legalize slot machines are only 5,531 signatures away from getting the measure on the next general election ballot. Guam Election Commission executive director Jerry Taitano confirms today
Philadelphia Inquirer - For years, McNaughton had steadfastly opposed efforts to expand gambling in the state and voted against the 2004 law that legalized slot machines. "I see no common wealth as part of this proposal. I see common despair," McNaughton told the Patriot
Toronto Star - We don t know exactly how problem gambling starts but, in part, it s that rush of thinking you re going to win and scratch tickets mimic the excitement of slot machines - you find out immediately whether you ve won or lost, unlike a lottery
Times - The finished product -- expected to debut in summer 2008 after a construction project like none other seen before in the region -- will house twice the number of slot machines and table games as the existing Horseshoe, with a 3,000-seat entertainment
Connellsville Daily Courier - The casinos will draw large numbers of gamblers that casino operators desperately desire to keep feeding their slot machines. To provide them incentive to stay, the casinos will ply these suckers, er, wagerers, with unlimited free drinks. Casino
Forbes - Ethics rules only bar board members from gambling or taking compensation from a licensee or an applicant in Pennsylvania, according to spokesman Doug Harbach. McNaughton said most of his winnings came from playing slot machines in Las Vegas and stud