Posts Tagged ‘FirstHalf’

First Black Jack Table and Slot Machine in a Las Vegas Wedding Chapel
It’s Vegas Baby! Glitz, Glamour, and Weddings Vegas Style. The Las Vegas Wedding Palace announced today they have opened their “Vegas Nights” chapel.

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Jackpot: Golden bowler strikes it rich
John Johnson of Golden won a $10.4 million jackpot Sunday after he bet $20 in a Megabucks MegaJackpot slot machine at Reno-Tahoe International Airport in Reno, Nev.

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Golden bowler’s $20 bet nets $10.4 million jackpot
John Johnson of Golden won a $10.4 million jackpot Sunday after he bet $20 in a Megabucks MegaJackpot slot machine at Reno-Tahoe International Airport Sunday.

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Ohio Secretary of State wants to know where slot machine petition drive got their money
Ohio’s top elections official wants to know how a group seeking a referendum on a slot machine law raised more than $1.5 million. WKSU’s Bill Cohen reports.

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Tatts Drops After Saying First-Half Profit Was Little Changed
Feb. 25 (Bloomberg) — Tatts Group Ltd., Australia’s third- largest gambling company, fell the most in three weeks after reporting first-half earnings that were little changed.

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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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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
ANNAPOLIS, MD. — 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.

Read more on CNN

Tabcorp First-Half Earnings Fall on Slot-Machine Tax (Update2)
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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Flanders company tests slot machines in Ohio gas stations
AKRON, OHIO — A New Jersey company is testing a new type of slot machine…

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SENECA GAMING: Profits are up $23.7M
The Seneca Gaming Corp. posted a profit during the first quarter of the company’s 2010 fiscal year, despite a continued lag in slot machine and table game revenues.

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Tuesday February 02, 2010 – 15:01 EST
According to figures released today by the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board, the nine slot machine facilities operating in Pennsylvania during January of this year collectively generated $184,214,974 in gross revenue compared to $132,303,649 in January of 2009 when seven casinos were in operation.

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Crowning touch
Jeff Kleinpeter’s crown features his Kleinpeter Farms Dairy tie tack. Jeff Kleinpeter’s crown features his Kleinpeter Farms Dairy tie tack. This slot machine on Julie Dickinson’s crown from her 2003 reign as Queen Orion V symbolizes her and her mother’s favorite hobby.

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Tabcorp First-Half Profit Falls on Slot Taxes, Racetrack Fees
Feb. 4 (Bloomberg) — Tabcorp Holdings Ltd. , Australia’s biggest gambling company, said first-half profit declined 2 percent on higher taxes for slot machines and increased fees paid for its betting shop unit.

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