Gaming
Former Miami officer sentenced for taking bribes
A former Miami police officer has been sentenced to 14 months in prison for taking bribes to protect an illegal Liberty City gambling parlor. While sentencing 42-year-old Nathaniel Dauphin on Wednesday, a federal judge said his cooperation with an FBI investigation of police corruption surrounding the gambling operation was "admirable." ...
Indiana's 1st riverboat casino has new name
Indiana's first riverboat casino has changed its name to match that of its corporate owner. The Evansville riverboat known as Casino Aztar since it opened in late 1995 started operating Tuesday as Tropicana Evansville. It has been owned since 2007 by Las Vegas-based Tropicana Entertainment, which owns or operates eight ...
New tax break reduces Ind. share of casino revenue
The state's portion of gambling revenue slumped last month as Indiana's 13 casinos took advantage of a new law that allows them to reduce their tax burden. Total tax receipts from casinos fell nearly 18 percent last month compared with May of last year, according a report released Monday by ...
MTR Gaming allows betting from mobile devices
MTR Gaming Group Inc. is letting customers use their smartphones and iPads to place bets on horse races. MTR says it now has the mobile betting platform at Mountaineer Casino, Racetrack & Resort in Chester, Scioto Downs in Columbus, Ohio, and Presque Isle Downs & Casino near Erie, Pa. When ...
Race tracks: NY casino deal in making is a loser
The group that represents video slot machine centers at race tracks says casino expansion in New York will cost taxpayers and schools millions of dollars without creating substantially more jobs. The New York Gaming Association had lobbied to turn their "racinos" at race tracks into the Las Vegas-type casinos proposed ...
American conference women's tourney at casino
The new American Athletic Conference will hold its first women's basketball tournament at the Mohegan Sun casino. The conference announced Monday that the 2014 tourney would be played at the resort in southeastern Connecticut, which includes a just-under 10,000-seat arena that is home to the WNBA's Connecticut Sun. The tournament ...
Mohegan Sun ups ante in Mass. resort casino bid
Mohegan Sun has upped the ante in its drive to win a Massachusetts license to operate a resort casino. The Connecticut casino has announced new features in its proposal for Palmer that will increase the project to nearly $1 billion. The adventure-themed park and resort hotel will include an indoor ...
Conn. casino cocktail waitresses fight shoe rules
Cheryl Haase has been serving cocktails for more than two decades, and the 52-year-old waitress says she has a list of foot ailments to prove it. The miles she has walked carrying trays of drinks through the Foxwoods Resort Casino in high heels have sent her over the years to ...
AP top news in Iowa at 3:58 p.m. CDT
Iowa gov. may need to OK Medicaid abortion funding DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Catholic, anti-abortion Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad could soon find himself in an uncomfortable position: He may have to sign off on payments for every Medicaid-funded abortion in his state. A bill requiring that authorization is sitting ...
Business Highlights
___ US employers add 175,000 jobs, unemployment rate up to 7.6 percent WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. economy added 175,000 jobs in May— a steady pace that shows strength in the face of tax increases and government spending cuts, if not enough to reduce still-high unemployment. The unemployment rate rose ...
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