Problem Gambling

Maryland lawmakers are poised this week to transform the state's restrictive gambling law into one that allows six full-blown Vegas-style casinos, complete with roulette wheels and poker tables open 24 hours a day. It's a long way from the legislation...

(AP) — Business continues to be good at the Kansas Star Casino near Mulvane.  The Kansas Lottery reports the casino collected a net of $15.1 million gambling revenue in May, an increase from $14.5 million in April. The Wichita Eagle reports the...

Sixty years ago, mental-health experts often looked at alcoholics and told them to tough it out. But now, they understand that for many people, the urge to drink is an addiction. That’s the bridge that gambling-addiction treatment is now crossing,...

A priest working at a factory to pay back hundreds of thousands of dollars he stole from his parish and then gambled away heard some straightforward counsel today from a judge: Don’t quit your day job. DuPage County Judge John Kinsella ordered...

State fines will cost Indiana Live Casino more than $150,000. The largest fine stems from an email marketing campaign. Several people on the state's voluntary exclusion list for problem gambling received an email from the Shelbyville, Ind., casino....

It's been open less than two months, but already the Kansas Star casino has paid out more than $6.2 million. That success has some concerned about an increase in problem gamblers The Kansas Star casino now has 85,000 player's club members from 47 states....

Imperial County has now endorsed the casino to be built in Calexico. Where can one obtain records of the agreement between Calexico and the casino? It has been many years since the agreement was made and it may now be outdated as to what each entity is to...

A constitutional amendment dealing with expanded gambling in Kentucky could come before the General Assembly as early as this week, state Sen. R.J. Palmer II, D-Winchester, said. “I think the people of the commonwealth have made it pretty clear...

The new casino at the Kansas Speedway may bring big money to northeast Kansas. But social services experts say they're keeping an eye out for gambling's less desirable consequences.     Doors opened Friday on phase one of the Hollywood Casino at Kansas...

When you’re a big-time Washington lobbyist like former liberal Connecticut Congressman Toby Moffett, you win some, lose some, and sometimes you just keep taking the money and let others decide how you’re doing. Moffett, for example, is the...