Problem gambling is an addiction that can affect an entire community. That’s the message Shelley Horak, a problem gambling educator with the Mid-Eastern Council on Chemical Abuse, is trying to spread throughout the Des Moines area.

The rate of growth in taxes Montana collects on video gambling machines fell to 4.4 percent in fiscal 2008, the lowest rate since the 2.5 percent recorded for fiscal 2001.

MONTGOMERY — Gov. Bob Riley created a task force Monday to investigate gambling operations statewide and picked a veteran antigambling prosecutor to lead it.

Alabama Governor Bob Riley creates a task force to investigate illegal gambling operations throughout the state.

Alabama Governor Bob Riley creates a task force to investigate illegal gambling operations throughout the state.

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Governor Bob Riley has created a task force to investigate gambling operations throughout the state.

FOOTBALL Federation Australia chief executive Ben Buckley yesterday denied gambling had become a widespread problem among A-League players despite revelations that three senior players, including two Socceroos, had been handed sanctions for gambling on matches involving local clubs.

Ellis Lucia / The Times-PicayuneSt. Tammany Parish President Kevin Davis. St. Tammany Parish voters made it quite clear that they didn’t want gambling boats on the north shore when they voted decisively in 1996 to ban them. Since then, there’s…

The Corcoran Lions Club has informed the Corcoran City Council that it intends to stop its charitable gambling fund-raising. As an alternative, the club is now interested in leasing land it owns to the Minneapolis Auto Auction.

Campaigners on gambling yesterday voiced concern over a Scottish company’s invention which allows sophisticated gaming on mobile phones.

Governor Charlie Crist is recommending the state use 135 million dollars from the Seminole Tribe’s gambling payments to the state to plug a hole in the state budget. By making the recommendation, the Governor is throwing state lawmakers a curve.

Gov. David Paterson is seeking a major expansion of gambling in New York, proposing to let the state enter more multi-state lotteries and increase the hours of operation for Quick Draw games and video-lottery parlors.

PROVIDENCE — State and local police have broken up a mob-sanctioned gambling ring that allegedly handled more than $400,000 in bets on college and professional football in the past two months.

PROVIDENCE — State and local police have broken up a mob-sanctioned gambling ring that allegedly handled more than $400,000 in bets on college and professional football in the past two months.

A former Nevada gambling company executive who pleaded guilty 13 years ago in a case involving a Louisiana video poker scandal and organized crime investigation has been granted a pardon by President Bush.

A former Nevada gambling company executive who pleaded guilty 13 years ago in a case involving a Louisiana video poker scandal and organized crime investigation has been granted a pardon by President Bush.

A vice president of Fry’s Electronics is accused of embezzling more than $65 million from the retailer to fuel his lavish lifestyle and pay off gambling debts. Authorities say the Ferrari-driving Siddiqui was such a heavyweight gambler that casinos chartered private planes to fly him to Las Vegas.

Ausaf Umar ‘Omar’ Siddiqui, Fry’s vice president of merchandising and operations, is facing allegations that he defrauded the San Jose-based company out of $65 million, much of which he used to pay off enormous gambling debts in Las Vegas. Fry’s executives didn’t know about the illegal kickbacks, the federal complaint states.

Steve Wynn towers over the Las Vegas Strip in commercials for his new Encore resort, but the recessionary slump in business along the fabled gambling corridor could soon bring the casino mogul down to earth.

Five people, including a former Honolulu police officer, have been convicted for their roles in an illegal cockfight and gambling ring on Oahu’s North Shore.