Archive for February, 2009

Judge in South Carolina Rules that Texas Hold’em is a Game of Skill

Mount Pleasant Municipal Judge Larry Duffy
last week decided that Texas “Hold ‘em” is a game of skill, not of
chance, and is thus not covered under the laws of the state of South
Carolina.

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More than 50 percent of Floridians approve of gambling expansion

More than 50 percent of Florida
residents support the gambling expansion reached recently between the
state and Seminole Tribe, according to a Quinnipiac Poll released this
week.

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Craps, Roulette approved for Colorado

Colorado overwhelmingly approved a measure this week that lets casinos
in the town of Black Hawk raise their maximum bets from to 0.
Voters approved the measure in a 54 to 6 victory at the polls.

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Taipei decides to legalize gambling, boosting economic growth

Taiwan’s Council for Economic Planning and Development (CEPD) last week
approved the development of a gambling industry on outlying islands as
a move designed to “boost tourism and economic growth.”

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Million increase in revenues seen at West Virginia casinos

As for table gambling, the two tracks earned .6 million in revenue in 2008 with Wheeling Island taking .6 million and Mountaineer winning million.

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