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Feds in Calif. bust international gambling ring

U.S. authorities unsealed an indictment Wednesday charging 18 people with involvement in an illegal gambling ring they say spanned from California to Peru and used violence against customers with outstanding debts. The defendants operated an illegal Internet and telephone sports betting business involving millions of dollars, the U.S. attorney's office ...

Feds in US bust international gambling ring

U.S. authorities unsealed an indictment Wednesday charging 18 people with involvement in an illegal gambling ring they say spanned from California to Peru and used violence against customers with outstanding debts. The defendants operated an illegal Internet and telephone sports betting business involving millions of dollars, the U.S. attorney's office ...

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___ NSA director says plot against Wall Street foiled WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. foiled a plot to bomb the New York Stock Exchange because of the sweeping surveillance programs at the heart of a debate over national security and personal privacy, officials said Tuesday at a rare open hearing ...

The New York-New York hotel-casino, left, is seen from the Monte Carlo parking garage west of The Strip Tuesday, June 18, 2013, in Las Vegas. Casino giant MGM Resorts International and entertainment company AEG announced Tuesday, June 18, 2013 that they've inked a deal to build a 20,000-seat Las Vegas Strip arena. Groundbreaking for the $350 million arena, in an area from Las Vegas Boulevard to Frank Sinatra Drive between the New York-New York and Monte Carlo resorts, is expected next summer, with completion by spring 2016. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)

MGM, AEG to develop 20K seat Las Vegas Strip arena

Years of talk about building an arena capable of hosting professional sports and big-name concerts yielded an announcement Tuesday that casino giant MGM Resorts International and entertainment company AEG will build a privately financed 20,000-seat indoor venue on the Las Vegas Strip. Construction on the $350 million arena should start ...

SW Ohio attorney with gambling problem suspended

A Cincinnati attorney who has acknowledged a longtime gambling problem was suspended from practicing law by the Ohio Supreme Court on Thursday. The court said in a 7-0 ruling that Thomas Leksan could seek reinstatement in two years under conditions including completion of a recovery contract with the Ohio Lawyers ...

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." ...

Some Colo. gambling, pot license files destroyed

Colorado officials say a hardware failure has destroyed certain computer files regarding gambling and medical marijuana industry licenses. The files couldn't be recovered from a back-up system either. The Governor's Office of Information Technology and the Department of Revenue said Friday that licensees' authorization to do business won't be affected, ...

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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 ...

In this photo taken on Thursday, May 23, 2013, an attendant demonstrates the game of baccarat on a baccarat gaming table during the Global Gaming Expo Asia in Macau. Almost all of Macau’s $38 billion in gambling revenue last year - six times more than the Las Vegas Strip - came from card game, much of it from Chinese high-rollers betting borrowed money and dwarfing the takings from slots, blackjack or roulette. Wherever you go in the former Portuguese colony, you’ll see chain-smoking Chinese gamblers crowded around baccarat tables as players peel back their cards, hoping their luck will give them a good hand. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

Chinese taste for baccarat drives Macau boom

In the nearly three dozen casinos in Macau, the world's biggest gambling market, there's only one game that matters: baccarat. Almost all of Macau's $38 billion in gambling revenue last year — six times more than the Las Vegas Strip — came from card game, much of it from Chinese ...

FILE - In this Oct. 4, 2011 file photo,  casino industry representatives and exhibitors watch an online poker game during industry's G2E conference in Las Vegas. Republican New York Congressman Peter King introduced legislation Thursday June 6, 2013, that would rescue online gambling from a legal gray zone and fully regulate it. The federal government cracked down on online poker in 2011, but that same year, the Justice Department issued a ruling making online gambling legal so long as it is permitted on the state level. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson, File)

Bill to legalize web poker introduced in Congress

Gamblers who prefer their laptops to blackjack tables could soon get a boost from Washington. Republican New York Congressman Peter King proposed federal regulations Thursday that would rescue online gambling from the legal gray zone where it currently languishes. The federal government cracked down on online poker in 2011. But ...

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