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Bill to legalize web poker introduced in Congress
Gamblers who prefer their laptops to blackjack tables could soon get a boost from Washington. Republican New York Congressman Peter King proposed federal regulations Thursday that would rescue online gambling from the legal gray zone where it currently languishes. The federal government cracked down on online poker in 2011. But ...
Sandoval signs bill recommitting to Tahoe compact
The frigid relations between California and Nevada over protecting the cold blue waters of Lake Tahoe warmed Thursday when Gov. Brian Sandoval signed a bill recommitting the Silver State to the decades-old Tahoe Compact. SB229 repeals Nevada's threat to leave the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency in 2015 and sets a ...
Restaurateur wins $1.2M in World Series of Poker
A Canadian restaurant manager is the first poker aficionado to become a millionaire at this year's World Series of Poker in Las Vegas. Benny Chen, of Prince Edward Island, won $1.2 million Tuesday night in the seven-week poker bonanza that's just getting underway at the Rio hotel and casino off ...
2 plead not guilty to bear poaching west of Tahoe
Two California men have pleaded not guilty to illegally possessing bear gall bladders and claws after they were arrested in a national forest west of Lake Tahoe. California Fish and Wildlife Warden Mark Michilizzi says Peter Vitali of Pioneer and Arthur Blake of Placerville each face one felony charge and ...
US Energy, Interior bosses to Nev. summit Aug. 13
U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz and Interior Secretary Sally Jewell have agreed to give keynote speeches at a national clean energy summit this summer in Las Vegas. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid announced the headliners Thursday for the sixth annual summit scheduled Aug. 13 at the Mandalay Bay Resort & ...
Atlantic City Ferris wheel gains approval
Atlantic City might briefly lay claim to the nation's largest Ferris wheel. The planning board has approved a proposal to allow Steel Pier Associates to spend more than $12 million to expand the Boardwalk and install a 200-foot observation wheel. The Press of Atlantic City (http://bit.ly/15LLcY8 ) reports Steel Pier ...
Fertility drugs, nature better than horse roundups
A scathing independent scientific review of wild horse roundups in the West concludes the U.S. government would be better off investing in widespread fertility control of the mustangs and let nature cull any excess herds instead of spending millions to house them in overflowing holding pens. A 14-member panel assembled ...
Wayne Newton moving out of Las Vegas estate
With a bitter legal fight nearly over, "Mr. Las Vegas" Wayne Newton is moving from his estate of 45 years, "Casa de Shenandoah," to another mansion about a mile away. The downsizing from a 40-plus acre spread to a $3 million mansion and several adjacent properties totaling 20 acres is ...
Casinos ban gamblers from using Google Glass
Casinos in several states are forbidding gamblers from wearing Google Glass, the tiny eyeglasses-mounted device capable of shooting photos, filming video and surfing the Internet. Regulators say the gadgets could be used to cheat at card games. The New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement issued a directive on Monday ordering ...
Independent panel says roundup of wild horses undermines long-term goals on public rangeland
Independent panel says roundup of wild horses undermines long-term goals on public rangeland.
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