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Kansas Has Biggest Jump in Casino Tax Revenue, New Jersey Has Largest Drop
New casinos helped Kansas, Maryland, Maine and New York benefit from huge increases in casino tax revenue last year, while Hurricane Sandy took a toll in New Jersey more
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Wyoming Catches Lottery Fever; Online Gaming Eyed Elsewhere
If you hope to hit the lottery, you can buy tickets in all but six states now that Wyoming legalized its own lottery. Many states are now looking to make money with online games, while Wyoming chose to make scratch-offs and all electronic games illegal. more
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Nevada and New Jersey Jockey for Online Gambling Revenue
One day after Governor Chris Christie gave conditional support to a bill that would open up New Jersey to gambling on the Internet, Governor Brian Sandoval Friday released a statement saying “the need to act quickly has become even more important.” more
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Infographic: Ballot Measures Gave Voters Say on Divisive Issues
Voters in 38 states will decide 174 statewide ballot measures on Election Day. Are any on your ballot? more
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Governors: Leave Online Gaming Regs to States
U.S. governors are concerned about federal efforts to regulate Internet gambling, an industry that some states are counting on to help plug budget gaps.
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The Semi-Private Lottery
With budgets still tight, states are asking lotteries to bring in more money. In some cases, that means hiring a private operator to reinvent them. more
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Infographic: Annual State Lottery Sales
New York led all states in lottery sales in fiscal year 2011. Massachusetts residents spent more per capita than residents of any other state. more
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Maryland Casino Opens to Long Lines, Glitter and Controversy
Maryland’s third and largest casino, Maryland Live , opened this week amid glittery showgirls, a woman dressed as a giant dessert table, a gaggle of politicians, lines of eager gamblers stretched outside the building and the cacophony of 3,200 fully
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Pa. Leads in Casino Tax Revenues
Pennsylvania once again trumped longtime gambling mecca Nevada and led all states last year with the most tax revenue from commercial casinos.
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States Want to be Mega Millions Winners, Too
TODAY'S TAKE: Lotto fever also hit the states, at least those that have lotteries and could take a cut of the profits. more
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Infographic: Have Gambling Investments Paid Off?
Most states that legalized casinos, lotteries or racetrack casinos in the past 10 years have yet to collect the annual state and local revenues promised by political and industry champions of legalization. more
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Gambling Revenue Promises Rarely Met
More than two-thirds of states that legalized casinos, lotteries or racetrack casinos in the past 10 years have yet to see the state and local revenue that political and industry champions of legalization had promised. more
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Nevada Has Head Start as States React to Federal Gambling Decision
States all over the country can act quickly now that the federal government has reversed its outright ban on Internet gambling. But one state may have an advantage over the others in gearing up for the new system. more
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Lottery Ruling Opens Doors to Online Gambling
TODAY'S TAKE: State lawmakers around the country are already considering whether to offer online gambling to their residents, shortly after the U.S. Justice Department announced such in-state games are legal. more
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At Inauguration, Kentucky Governor Puts Gambling on Agenda
TODAY'S TAKE: Newly reelected Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear was sworn in for a second term Tuesday (December 13), using the occasion to call for a constitutional amendment to expand gambling.more -
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Casinos, Online Poker Get State Attention
Massachusetts is planning new resort-style gambling casinos, and Florida and New York may open their first commercial casinos as a way to generate more tax revenue. Meanwhile, states that already have casinos are looking at new ways to tap the gambling that takes place online illegally.more -
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States Ponder Sports Betting as Source of New Revenue
Right now, it's illegal to bet on a sports event in most of the country. Making it legal could bring states significant tax revenue - but there are serious obstacles in the way. New Jersey voters will consider the matter next week. more
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Cyber Cafe Gambling Gets Close Scrutiny
SOCIAL POLICY BEAT: Are Internet cafes that offer games with prizes really fronts for illegal gambling? From Ohio to Florida, states are vowing to crack down on what they worry is unlawful gaming activity.more -
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Massachusetts Gambling Bill Reshuffles the Deck in New England
TODAY'S TAKE: A report from Moody's Investors Service validates what some state officials in New England feared: Massachusetts' likely decision this year to allow casino gambling and slots will take away business from its neighbors. more
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States' Casino Tax Revenue Tops $7 Billion
Gambling expansion meant a sizeable amount of extra money for some states last year - but it meant a declining take for others.more