Although Kentucky’s culture is generally considered to be Southern, it is unique and also influenced by the Midwest and Southern Appalachia. The state is known for bourbon and whiskey distiling, tobacco, horse racing, and gambling.
The biggest day in horse racing, the Kentucky Derby, is preceded by the two-week Kentucky Derby Festival [...]

Gambling advertising is the promotion of gambling by casinos, lotteries, bookmakers or other organisations that provide the opportunity to make bets. It is usually conducted through a variety of media or through sponsorship deals, particularly with sporting events or people.
Although not as highly regulated as tobacco advertising and alcohol advertising, in [...]

Get real on web gambling
Kansas City Star, MO
Rick’s Gambling & Tourism column in today’s Star Business Weekly looks at the US’s untenable position in the worldwide on-line gambling industry. …
State cracks down on Net gambling
Kentucky.com, KY
By Jack Brammer FRANKFORT — Kentucky is commandeering 141 domain names of Internet gambling sites in [...]

Americans Spending, Gambling, Saving
Medical News Today (press release), UK
The studies cover the buying habits and emotional well-being of spenders, the demographics of gamblers and who is at risk for trouble, the strategies people …
Rescue gambling deal by working with both pari-mutuels and Seminoles
Sun-Sentinel.com, FL
We could do nothing, and eventually the federal [...]

Poker television programs have been extremely popular in the last several years, especially in North America and Europe. This has especially become the case since the invention of the “pocket cam” in 1997 (and its first use in the United States in 2002), wherein viewers at home can see what each player [...]

Type
Daily newspaper

Format
Broadsheet Insert

Owner
Greenspun Corporation

Publisher
Brian Greenspun

Editor
Michael J. Kelley

Founded
1950

Political position
progressive

Headquarters
Green Valley Corporate Center
Henderson, NV

Website: [1] lasvegassun.com

The Las Vegas Sun was one of Las Vegas, Nevada’s two daily newspapers. It is owned by The Greenspun Corporation and is affiliated with Greenspun Media Group.
The paper was published in the afternoons on weekdays from 1990-2005. The paper is now [...]

Type
Daily newspaper

Format
Broadsheet

Owner
Stephens Media

Publisher
Sherman Frederick

Editor
Thomas Mitchell

Founded
September 18, 1909

Political position
populist-libertarian

Headquarters
Las Vegas, NV

Website: [1] reviewjournal.com

The Las Vegas Review-Journal is published in Las Vegas, Nevada. It is the largest circulating daily newspaper in Nevada, and Las Vegas’ only daily newspaper. It has a daily circulation of 198,000.
The Review-Journal, sometimes referred to as the R-J, takes a very [...]

Gambling with the futures
Socialist Worker Online, IL
One obvious one is the rising price of oil, which is increasing transportation and other costs for agricultural products. Another is profiteering on the …
The energy crisis: Only bold steps will help
Minneapolis Star Tribune, MN
A frenzy of unregulated speculation in the futures markets is [...]

Charles Wade Barkley (born February 20, 1963) is an American retired professional basketball player. Nicknamed “Sir Charles,” for his aggressive and outspoken demeanor, and “The Round Mound of Rebound,” for his unusual build and talent as a player, Barkley established himself as one of the National Basketball Association’s most dominating power [...]

Californians energized by unprecedented primary election
San Francisco Chronicle, USA
Propositions 94-97 are referendums that would repeal the gambling compacts with a no vote. Those measures have attracted by far the most spending of any of …
Gambling interests funded ad campaign
Louisville Courier-Journal, KY
Beshear said during the campaign that he [...]

Betting Big on Nevada
TIME
To many Washington wags, the very notion evokes images of show girls arguing with croupiers about the finer points of Hillary Clinton’s healthcare policy …
Clinton Wagers on Gambling
AOL News Newsbloggers, VA
By David Knowles From the LA Times comes a fascinating piece about how Hillary Clinton [...]

Californians set to vote on massive expansion of Indian casinos
Christian Science Monitor, MA
Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) that casino expansion will boost revenue for a state saddled with a $14 billion budget deficit. In last week’s budget speech, …
Return to sender…
The Sacramento Bee’s Capital Alert, CA
Embarrassed by the “misplacing” of [...]

Two Ohio University athletes with local ties accused in gambling ring
The Plain Dealer – cleveland.com, OH
Two Ohio University students, Andrew Shisila, 22, from Mentor, and Brent Decoster, 22, from Westlake, are charged with breaking Ohio’s gambling laws. …
Two students charged with running gambling operation
Lancaster Eagle Gazette, OH
… a first-degree [...]