Often, gamblers decide to pool their resources and share both the costs and the gains from their gambling. Lottery clubs are the best example of this. Sometimes, though, it ends badly, as in this Connecticut case. From the Boston Globe: For years, Theresa Sokaitis and Rose Bakaysa were the closest of siblings, whiling away long […]
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gambling & culture, news about gamblingMassachusetts used to have a reputation as a haven for blue laws–and bluenoses–but gambling is gaining in popularity. From Boston.com: Three years ago, you couldn’t even buy a six-pack of beer on Sunday in most Massachusetts cities and towns – and now the governor is proposing not just one but three casinos. Despite some lingering
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news about gamblingCasinos are spreading to new places in the US, but they are also becoming bigger. Those who think that Las Vegas is the end-all and be-all of American gaming might be surprised to hear that the top 4 biggest casinos–at least as far as slot count goes–aren’t anywhere near “the Boulevard.” From the Boston Globe:
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news about gamblingIt’s a bad day for Donald Trump and Penguins fans, but a good day for some others: the Pennsylvania Gaming Board has chosen the winners for the two-years slot license derby in that state. From the Inquirer: South Philadelphia and the Fishtown area to the north will play host to the city’s two slots casinos.
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news about gamblingThere was a good piece on the coming of slot casinos to Philadelphia in USA Today: Visitors come here to see just one bell — the Liberty Bell. Soon they’ll be looking for a row of them — on a slot machine. Pennsylvania’s 2-year-old state gaming board is to award licenses Wednesday for two slot
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news about gamblingHere’s today’s Roll the Bones update: the long-anticipated East Coast book launch event has finally been announced: WHAT: Official East Coast launch event, Roll the Bones: The History of Gambling WHEN: Sunday, October 22, 2 pm WHERE: Foxwoods Resort Casino WHO: Author David G. Schwartz will be reading from his book, answering questions, and signing
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what's new, writingI had a pretty quick–though comprehensive–tour of Foxwoods and the surrounding area yesterday, and it’s pretty impressive. It’s amazing to me that, in less than 20 years, a gambling operation that started as bingo has grown into the world’s largest casino resort. On the Greyhound ride up there (I’ll post some pictures of that; it
On the bottom-line crawl of this morning’s news, I noticed that a $700 million Foxwoods expansion is national news.
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