Gambling News by House of Odds

. _ A new gambling-expansion plan proposed by Illinois leaders Monday would allow Fairmount Park to host up to 500 slot machines at the Collinsville horseracing track, while letting the casinos at East St. Louis and Alton significantly increase their gaming capacity.Big Gambling expansion proposed for Ill. (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)

MOSCOW Ritzio Entertainment Group, Russias biggest gaming company, plans to expand its presence in Germany and Italy and enter other European countries before gambling is restricted in its home market.Ritzio Betting on Europe As Russia Restricts Gambling (St. Petersburg Times)

One in every six New Zealanders knows someone in their household or wider family who has got into financial trouble through gambling.Gambling hits poor hardest (The New Zealand Herald)

A gambling plan to pay for road, bridge and school construction was unveiled by Democratic leaders Monday and could be put to a vote as soon as next week.Gambling plan pitched as final solution to state's money problem (Daily Herald)

New research commissioned by the Health Sponsorship Council provides hard evidence of the harm being done by gambling says the Problem Gambling Foundation.Politicians should heed gambling survey (Scoop.co.nz)