Md. slot machine site opponents submit petitions
Opponents of a proposal to build Maryland’s largest slot machine venue near a popular shopping mall submitted signatures on Thursday to county officials in hopes of halting the venture in a November referendum.

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Opponents Of Slot Machine Site Submit Petitions
Opponents of a slot machine site near Arundel Mills Mall have submitted residents’ signatures in hopes of halting the proposal in a referendum.

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UPDATE: Slot Machine Revenue in Pennsylvania Increases 39% in January
HARRISBURG, Pa., Feb. 2 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Pennsylvania casinos ushered in the new year by producing over $50 million more in gross revenue from slot machine play in January 2010 over the previous January, an increase of 39.24%

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Obama’s ‘stupid’ jab at Vegas
President Obama made a couple of stupid little jokes about Vegas. He uses our Las Vegas as a symbol. Everyone knows what Vegas means. Doc Pomus wrote “Viva Las Vegas” for Elvis years before Doc ever visited Sin City and got everything right.

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Tabcorp First-Half Earnings Fall on Slot-Machine Tax (Update1)
Feb. 4 (Bloomberg) — Tabcorp Holdings Ltd. , Australia’s biggest gambling company, said first-half profit declined 2 percent on higher taxes for slot machines at its casinos in Queensland state.

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