Gambling News by House of Odds

The newspaper headlines that appear in the opening frame in a television commercial backing gambling expansions for four of California's richest casino tribes are ominous. "California faces potential $11 billion deficit," reads one. "Plan for 10 percent budget cuts," reads another.Ad Watch: Casino-pact claims dubious (The Sacramento Bee)

FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida (AP) -- Leaders of the Seminole Tribe of Florida -- the first U.S. tribe to offer high-stakes gambling -- have spent millions of dollars from the group's vast casino income on themselves and their relatives, according to a report.Report: Tribal leaders in Florida spent millions in casino income (CNN.com)

Casino Gambling Web, an online gambling news reporting agency, sent two if its top reporters to Las Vegas to review as many casinos as they could over the long Thanksgiving weekend. http://www.casinogamblingweb.com/ ( Nov 27, 2007) Post Comment:Trackback URL: http://www..com/pingpr.php/TWFnbi1aZXRhLVpldGEtSG9yci1UaGlyLVplcm8=Gambling Company Sends Employees to Las Vegas to Review Casinos for Website ()

Dealers at the Foxwoods Resort Casino have voted to unionize. The dealers voted 1,289 to 852 on Saturday in favor of joining the United Auto Workers, which represents about 6,000 workers in the gambling industry in Detroit, Atlantic City and Newport, R.I. The vote was held after the National Labor Relations Board rejected a motion by the casinos owners, the Mashantucket Pequot Indians, to delay .Connecticut: Casino Dealers Vote to Unionize (New York Times)

DURANT (AP) -- The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma plans to build a hotel atop its newly expanded casino, part of a project that also will add 3,000 more electronic gambling machines to the facility.Choctaws plan to create destination resort at casino (Tulsa World)