The latest gambling push has an aura of inevitability. All three political leaders on Beacon Hill, Boston, enthusiastically support expanded gambling.

Casino gambling revenue 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.

Missouri’s casinos 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.

State and local governments in Ohio may receive $650 million a year from taxes from the four new casinos proposed in a Nov. 3 ballot measure, a state analysis released this week indicates.

Rhode Island House Speaker William Murphy is promoting casino gambling as a way to bring much needed tax revenue to the state.

A new state poll in Ohio demonstrates strong support for a referendum that will enable casino gambling in the state.

Billionaire Stanley Ho’s casino company, 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 gambling market.

Macau's top casino operator SJM Holdings Ltd. said the second half of 2009 has "started well, with total gaming revenue in Macau rising significantly."

The U.K.’s second largest online gambling firm, 888 Holdings Plc, rose in trading on
Friday the most since May in London trading  on the dramatic news that the firm had
signed a contract with Harrah’s Entertainment Inc. ...

Gila River Casinos will next month open a $200 million, 10-story hotel and casino off
Interstate 10 just south of Ahwatukee near Phoenix, Ariz.