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<font size="1">The latest gambling push has an aura of inevitability.
All three political leaders on Beacon Hill, Boston, enthusiastically
support <strong>expanded gambling.</strong></font>
<font size="1"><strong>Casino gambling revenue</strong> rose 22.3% in the third quarter
to a record high of $3.81 billion in Macau, the Chinese city's Gaming
Inspection and Coordination Bureau reports.</font>
<font size="1"><strong>Missouri’s casinos</strong> are reporting soaring revenues --
September sales were up 6.8 percent from a year ago. This represents a
complete recovery from the economic downturn a year ago. </font>
<font size="2">State and local governments in Ohio may receive $650
million a year from taxes from the four <strong>new casinos</strong> proposed in a Nov.
3 ballot measure, a state analysis released this week indicates.</font>
<font size="2">Rhode Island House Speaker William Murphy is <strong>promoting casino gambling</strong> as a way to bring much needed tax revenue to the state.<br>
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<font size="2">A new state poll in Ohio demonstrates strong support for a referendum that will enable casino gambling in the state.</font>
<font size="1">Billionaire <strong>Stanley Ho’s casino company</strong>, SJM Holdings,
Ltd., is planning to raise $258 million selling convertible bonds to
fund operations in Macau as revenue is rebounding in the world’s
biggest <strong>gambling market</strong>.</font>
Macau's top casino operator SJM Holdings Ltd. said the second half of
2009 has "started well, with total <strong>gaming revenue</strong> in Macau rising
significantly."
The U.K.’s second largest <strong>online gambling</strong> firm, 888 Holdings Plc, rose in trading on <br>Friday the most since May in London trading on the dramatic news that the firm had <br>signed a contract with Harrah’s Entertainment Inc. ...
Gila River Casinos will next month open a $200 million, 10-story hotel and casino off <br>Interstate 10 just south of Ahwatukee near Phoenix, Ariz.