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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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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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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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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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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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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 -
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No Jackpot for Maryland Slots
It took years of debate, a public vote and a constitutional amendment for Maryland to get slot machines approved. It's taking years more to get casinos sited and to get the expected revenues clanging into the state treasury.more -
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Gambling Slowdown Reduces States' Take
TODAY'S TAKE: The economic slowdown that has battered the bottom line of states also has reduced their take of gambling taxes, according to a report released Thursday (May 6). more
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Casino on Long Island, Table Games in Pa.?
TODAY'S TAKE: Long after the recession ends, one of its most visible legacies is likely to be more places -- and ways -- for Americans to gamble.more -
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More Gambling on States' Ballots Nov. 4
The sour national economy is dramatizing Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley's key reasons for pushing to legalize up to 15,000 slot machines. Maryland and five other states - Arkansas, Colorado, Maine, Missouri and Ohio - will vote on gambling-expansion proposals Nov. 4.more -
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States Scramble for Gambling Jackpot
States are aggressively tapping into one of the easiest ways to bring cash to their coffers: Let gamblers lose on slots, poker and roulette - and carve out a big take for state treasuries. Kansas is taking that approach one step further with a plan to own and operate its commercial casinos.more -
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48 States Raking in Gambling Proceeds
States are more addicted to gambling revenue than ever as the lure of easy new money for schools, tax relief and public services has led to an explosion of state-sanctioned casinos, slot machines at racetracks and lottery games. A new poll shows some softening in public approval of states' reliance on gambling money. But tax-averse legislatures are turning gambling into a mainstream form of entertainment.more -
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States Vie for Bigger Payouts from Tribal Casinos
Cash-strapped states are trying to tap into American Indian gambling revenues but aren't always hitting the jackpot. While California struck a deal with five tribes this year that will mean millions of additional dollars for state coffers, Minnesota, thus far, has struck out in its bid to get a share of tribes take. At stake for states are billions in untaxable revenues an estimated $16.7 billion pulled in by Indian-run casinos and tribal gaming in 2003. more
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States Turn to Gambling to Fix Budget Woes
States are betting on slots and casinos to keep their finances in the black. The question of whether to bring in or expand gambling is dividing statehouses across the country. At least 24 states had gambling proposals on the table this year. Maine, New York and Oklahoma acted this year to bring slot machines to racetracks, and voters this November in at least four states California, Nebraska, Oklahoma and Ohio may get to decide whether to bring in more gaming. more
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Indian Gaming Revenues Spark New Sovereignty Fight
Native American tribes and state governments are fighting over back casino payments in New Mexico. Kansas Gov. Bill Graves is going to court to keep two Oklahoma tribes from opening casinos in his state. California's Supreme Court ruled unconstitutional last fall's Proposition 5, which allowed Indian gambling. These are just a few of the flashpoints in an increasingly bitter dispute over burgeoning revenues from Indian casinos. For more information, click on more