Gambling News by House of Odds

Money lost by British gamblers will exceed 10bn annually next year - a rise of 50% in nine years, and the biggest jump since 1960s.Cost of UK's gambling: 10bn (Guardian Unlimited)

Money lost by British gamblers rises 50% in nine years, fuelled by video terminals labelled the "crack cocaine of gambling".Cost of UK's gambling habit: 10bn (Guardian Unlimited)

LOUISVILLE - Gov. Ernie Fletcher and Democrat Steve Beshear wrangled in a forum Thursday over casino gambling, energy policy and Beshear's role years ago in the incentives that recruited Toyota to Kentucky.Fletcher and Beshear tangle over gambling (The Kentucky Post)

Gov. Ernie Fletcher insists his opposition to casino gambling can be a winning re-election strategy, despite polls showing Kentuckians overwhelmingly want a chance to decide the issue. So far, the Republican incumbent's campaign has focused on linking Democratic opponent Steve Beshear to casinos and warning that the expanded gambling would result in social and economic ills. Beshear supports .Fletcher insists anti-casino theme can be a winning strategy (Lexington Herald-Leader)

For months, a tusk on one of the elephants outside the Trump Taj Mahal Casino Resort was missing, probably snapped off by a vandal.Trump casinos: The art of the comeback? (AP via Yahoo! News)

Recent headlines about online security breaches are enough to give anyone the shivers who has ever so much as opened an e-mail.Safety first, even online (Rocky Mountain News)