Gaming
Fla. widow, 84, claims $590M Powerball jackpot
An 84-year-old Florida widow who bought her Powerball ticket after another customer let her get ahead in line came forward Wednesday to claim the biggest undivided lottery jackpot in history: $590 million. Gloria C. MacKenzie, a retiree from Maine and a mother of four who lives in a modest, tin-roof ...
Cuomo releases his 3-casino plan for upstate NY
Gov. Andrew Cuomo has proposed authorizing three Las Vegas-type casinos in upstate New York, two video slot machine centers in western New York and a moratorium on casinos in New York City. Prohibiting a casino in any of New York City's five boroughs is a new element. Cuomo had previously ...
Potawatomi open Indiana office in South Bend
The Pokagon Band of Potawatomi opened its first Indiana office Wednesday, reducing travel for members seeking tribal services and establishing an official presence in an area it has called home for hundreds of years. The tribe opened the office on a 165-acre site the tribe owns on the far south ...
Former California politician facing new charge
A longtime California politician convicted of using campaign donations and taxpayer funds to fuel what he described as a gambling addiction has been charged in a separate case involving an illegal campaign flier, prosecutors said Wednesday. Former Santa Clara County Supervisor George Shirakawa was charged with false impersonation after authorities ...
Casinos ban gamblers from using Google Glass
Casinos in several states are forbidding gamblers from wearing Google Glass, the tiny eyeglasses-mounted device capable of shooting photos, filming video and surfing the Internet. Regulators say the gadgets could be used to cheat at card games. The New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement issued a directive on Monday ordering ...
US writer A.M. Homes wins Women's Fiction Prize
American novelist A.M. Homes has won this year's Women's Prize for Fiction with her sixth novel, "May We Be Forgiven." Homes beat bookmakers' favorite Hilary Mantel and three other finalists to win the 30,000-pound ($45,000) prize, awarded Wednesday at a ceremony in London's Royal Festival Hall. Previously known as the ...
Dhoni under scrutiny for link to sports firm
Mahendra Singh Dhoni's financial association with a sports management firm has come under media scrutiny despite denials that the India captain had any direct stake in the company. The spotlight turned on Dhoni amid the focus on conflicts of interest among the country's cricket elite. The Times of India on ...
Conn. lawmakers seek expansion of video gambling
A coalition of Democratic state lawmakers wants to expand video gambling in Connecticut to keep jobs and revenue from moving out-of-state. Legislators from Bridgeport, New Haven and Windsor Locks held a news conference at the state Capitol on Monday to discuss "expanding the availability of video gaming" to three pari-mutuel ...
Winning NJ Lottery numbers drawn
Here are the winning numbers selected Monday night in the New Jersey State Lottery: Pick 3 9-1-0 (nine, one, zero) Straight pays $290.50. Box pays $48. Pair pays $29. Pick 4 5-6-7-1 (five, six, seven, one) Straight pays $3,708. Box pays $154.50. Cash 5 10-17-25-29-38 (ten, seventeen, twenty-five, twenty-nine, thirty-eight) ...
3 to be sentenced for running Conn. gambling rings
Three Connecticut men are facing sentencing after pleading guilty for their roles in running illegal gambling businesses that federal authorities say were connected to the Gambino crime family. Thomas Uva IV of Stamford, John Liquori of North Haven and John Colello of Stamford are set to be sentenced Monday in ...
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