Ex-Casino Exec Wins House Nomination
9797
Democrat Tom Gallagher, a former casino executive, secured his party's nomination Tuesday in a closely watched battle for a congressional seat in Nevada.
381228
Sacramento -- The last time Californians saw the issue of gambling on a ballot, the question was whether to allow big-time casinos on Indian land.
752648
In the early 1990s, Los Angeles' area Commerce Casino was a hot bed of activity. At the time, the casino was just a card room where low and high stakes poker was played. Off to a side room, the last dying breath of high-stakes Backgammon was still being played, and mostly by some of the top players in the world including "Action" Dan Harrington.   The casino was very popular and a lot of top players would play there when they were visiting the LA area. This caused a problem - lines for games, especially Poker, would get too long and players would get impatient.  The owner of the casino, a man I've never met, came up with a brilliant idea: install several pinball machines to keep the waiting list happy.
756977
TALLAHASSEE, Nov. 20 -- Florida officials certified Republican Vern Buchanan on Monday as the winner of the House seat being vacated by Rep. Katherine Harris (R). The loser immediately sued for a new election, arguing that touch-screen voting machines had malfunctioned.
228358
Rep. Ben Cardin, a veteran congressman who voted against the war in Iraq, won the Democratic nomination to replace retiring Democratic Sen. Paul Sarbanes. Cardin had edged out his closest competitor, former NAACP head Kweisi Mfume, and 17 other candidates and will face Republican Lt. Gov. Michael Steele in November.
427776
When Ralph Klein fled from a first ministers&#39; dinner to a nearby casino he traded a sure bet for odds that ultimately ensure losers outnumber winners.
87441
Harrah's Entertainment Inc. , the world's biggest casino operator, on Monday said it had received a $15 billion buyout offer from private equity firms Apollo Management and Texas Pacific Group. , sending shares of the whole gaming sector up.
694150
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger hit the jackpot Thursday, announcing five new casino compacts with California Indian tribes that are worth $200 million annually -- deals that are among the most favorable to any state government in the ...
477593
- Full House Resorts on Tuesday said an indigenous tribe and the U.S. Department of Justice have agreed to settle pending litigation with an activist group, allowing the tribe to proceed with the development of a casino near Battle Creek, Mich.
209213
A key back-room battle in the contest to nominate a Democratic presidential candidate is raging far from the gaze of TV cameras in places like the workers' cafeteria of the Mirage Hotel on the Las Vegas Strip.
624688
Station Casinos Inc., which owns 12 casinos in the Las Vegas area, agreed yesterday to a sweetened $5.4 billion takeover bid from the founderâs family and a buyout firm.
405059
A man who won a nearly &#36;315 million Powerball lottery &#151; the largest single jackpot in history &#151; was ordered into substance abuse treatment Tuesday after his second drunken driving arrest this year.
339294
Charles Hayward, a former top executive with The Daily Racing Form and Little Brown Publishing, was named yesterday to the top management position at the troubled New York Racing Association.
160575
Announcement a remarkable twist for a candidate who raised more than $100 million last year.
751991
Donald Trump&#39;s casino company is filing for Chapter Eleven bankruptcy protection. The move comes after months of negotiations with bondholders over how to handle a heavy debt load.
423544
Retiring Rep. Billy Tauzin, who led the House committee that regulates drug makers, will become head of the industry's top lobbying group next month.
497433
Barack Obama rebounded from a close  loss to Hillary Clinton and won the support of the heavily  Hispanic union representing Las Vegas casino workers on  Wednesday ahead of the next Democratic presidential contest.