Provides the latest RSS feeds for Gaming News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Las Vegas Herald.com http://www.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/cat/6452a130021a3f68/ en-us Sun, 19 May 2013 07:26:36 -0400 Sun, 19 May 2013 07:26:36 -0400 30 The record Powerball jackpot is only the latest trick by states addicted to gambling revenues to lure nongamblers. Online gaming is also on the horizon, with the first legal website for games of chance now running in ... http://www.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/sid/214612511/scat/6452a130021a3f68 Sun, 19 May 2013 04:43:35 -0400 http://www.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/sid/214612511/scat/6452a130021a3f68 A representative from Cummings Associates, the town’s gaming consultant, will deliver the company’s findings at a 7 p.m. public forum Wednesday at the Beatrice H. Wood Elementary School, 72 Messenger St. (Route 106). The consulting firm was hired to analyze the potential effects on the town if Plainridge Racecourse won the state’s lone license for a slot machine parlor. For ... http://www.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/sid/214612074/scat/6452a130021a3f68 Sun, 19 May 2013 03:53:40 -0400 http://www.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/sid/214612074/scat/6452a130021a3f68 Illustration: Matt Golding. Teenage fans of video games that simulate gambling are more likely to convert their habits to real losses, according to new research. A study of the gaming habits of 13 to 17-year-olds by the University of Adelaide found more than a quarter of teens have played gambling-style video games, while nearly one in 10 have played gambling games on social media, and about ... http://www.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/sid/214609659/scat/6452a130021a3f68 Sat, 18 May 2013 23:40:04 -0400 http://www.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/sid/214609659/scat/6452a130021a3f68 White House Reporter for the Washington Post David Nakamura, and Political Reporter for U.S. News and World Report Lauren Fox join MSNBC's Alex Witt to talk about the latest in politics. They begin with commenting on the IRS hearings and the questioning of outgoing IRS Commissioner Steve Miller. The reporters discuss the IRS controversy and its impact on the Obama administration's ... http://www.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/sid/214604787/scat/6452a130021a3f68 Sat, 18 May 2013 15:29:59 -0400 http://www.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/sid/214604787/scat/6452a130021a3f68 January 1981 issue of National Geographic , describes how, in the week running up to the disaster, he and others were drawn into a "strange kind of Russian roulette" with the mountain. While Findley lived to tell the tale, others were not so lucky, and the article includes richly drawn character studies of some of the mountain's ... http://www.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/sid/214601299/scat/6452a130021a3f68 Sat, 18 May 2013 09:24:23 -0400 http://www.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/sid/214601299/scat/6452a130021a3f68 Dana Takrudtong, right, is the national account manager for Williams Interactive that serves the gaming worldwide industry. She is pictured with Deadwood Mountain Grand General Manager Brad Hemmah to pitch the "Play for Fun" online network Thursday. Pioneer photo by Jaci Conrad ... http://www.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/sid/214600830/scat/6452a130021a3f68 Sat, 18 May 2013 08:23:25 -0400 http://www.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/sid/214600830/scat/6452a130021a3f68 Photo by Frances Mangosing BATANGAS CITY--Governor Vilma Santos-Recto isn’t just the Filipino moviedom's ';star for all seasons.'; She will be leaving behind a legacy as the first woman mayor and the fist woman governor in Batangas who in last Monday’s election was given a fresh mandate for a third term as governor. Santos-Recto of the administration party was ... http://www.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/sid/214598898/scat/6452a130021a3f68 Sat, 18 May 2013 04:25:03 -0400 http://www.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/sid/214598898/scat/6452a130021a3f68 The state Senate has approved a new gambling compact that would provide financial breathing room for the Indian tribe that owns the troubled Red Hawk Casino in Shingle Springs.The new compact was passed unanimously by the Senate on Thursday, the Associated Press reported. AB 1267 now goes to the Assembly.The new compact would significantly reduce the amount of money the state would collect from ... http://www.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/sid/214598288/scat/6452a130021a3f68 Sat, 18 May 2013 03:25:58 -0400 http://www.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/sid/214598288/scat/6452a130021a3f68 Sister Francis Monson sits next to her husband, President Thomas S. Monson, before a talk. He described "guideposts that stand for our ... http://www.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/sid/214598289/scat/6452a130021a3f68 Sat, 18 May 2013 03:17:57 -0400 http://www.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/sid/214598289/scat/6452a130021a3f68 Rep. Lou Lang, D-Skokie, center, is congratulated by Sen. Terry Link, D-Waukegan, right, after a vote on gambling expansion last year. Lang, a House sponsor of this year's expansion bill, waves aside concerns the legislation could shut the public out of the decision of who runs a casino in ... http://www.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/sid/214597596/scat/6452a130021a3f68 Sat, 18 May 2013 01:55:40 -0400 http://www.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/sid/214597596/scat/6452a130021a3f68 High-powered lobbyists for proposed casinos in East Boston and Everett have pumped cash into the war chests of several mayoral candidates, prompting one city councilor to call for a ban on gaming special interest money in the heated race."It shouldn’t be a factor and I don’t want it to be a factor," said Councilor Sal LaMattina, whose district includes the proposed Suffolk ... http://www.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/sid/214596937/scat/6452a130021a3f68 Sat, 18 May 2013 00:51:31 -0400 http://www.lasvegasherald.com/index.php/sid/214596937/scat/6452a130021a3f68