Gambling

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Even Las Vegas gets the blues
Revenues are down, disproving the "gambling is recession proof" theory. But hotel rooms are up, up, up
Hurricane recovery, Republican-style
Many are still struggling on the Gulf Coast. But casino and real estate investors are living large -- thanks to Republican officials.
King Kaufman's Sports Daily
NBA ref scandal, Michael Vick, dope-crazy Tour de France. That'll teach this column to leave the keyboard for a month.
Why I love the Preakness
Playing the ponies is a mug's game. But the unglamorous Preakness is the best betting race in the Triple Crown. Here's how a nit like me plans to make a killing.
Stardust memories
Las Vegas, it seems, can never offer enough glam, glitz and gambling. But what goes up in this perpetual boom town must always come crashing down.
King Kaufman's Sports Daily
The Pittsburgh Penguins fiasco: Another bad day for the NHL. Plus: NFL Week 16, Part 1. Farewell for Favre?
King Kaufman's Sports Daily
Forget pompous Opening Ceremonies. First scandal, starring Gretzky, is real Olympic kickoff. Plus: Michaels traded for bunny.
King Kaufman's Sports Daily
A match-fixing scandal centering on referees has stunned German soccer. That sort of thing has never happened in the U.S. Why not? And could it?
Kerry's Iowa problem
No bounce for the Democratic candidate in the Iowa Electronic Markets. So what do the gamblers know that the rest of the country doesn't?
Pork bellies or the presidency: The market will choose
Salon's reporter puts his own money on the line, betting that an Iowa futures market holds the key to the White House.
King Kaufman's Sports Daily
Pete Rose: Now he says he did bet on baseball, but being Charlie Hustle means never having to say you're sorry.
Fragging for fun and dollars
A new wave of gaming sites reward shooters with cash. Gambling regulators are not amused.
Mr. Virtue craps out
If William Bennett wants to gamble, fine. But he and his fellow clay-footed morality scolds should let the rest of us enjoy our harmless vices.
Out of luck
FX's new dark comedy "Lucky" follows a hipster Vegas gambler as he wallows in the low life. Don't bet on it.
Bring back Charlie Hustle
Pete Rose is unrepentant and unapologetic, but so what? He's done his time -- and forgiveness is the American way.
Betting on Uncle Sam
Online gamblers are waiting for legislators to make their Wild West world a safer place to wager -- but the government keeps waffling.
An equine renaissance
Arlington Park's owner rebuilt it after it burned, only to shut it down. Now the gleaming racetrack is bringing the Breeders' Cup to the Midwest.
Swimming with the online card sharks
In the world of virtual Texas hold 'em, the money is real and so is the addiction.
Gamblers Inc.
In California, betting to win can be a buttoned-down, corporate slog through the salary-man trenches.
You gotta know when to hold 'em
My son is a 5-year-old cardsharp. Poker is his game.
Shocking allegation
It seems that Don King may have acted improperly.
Keep Shoeless Joe Jackson out of the Hall of Fame!
"Gambling-related sins must stand at the apex of the disciplinary scale"
Pony up for OTB
Who needs horses when you've got a row of TVs in an airless storefront at the off-track betting parlor?
A bad bet
Jay Cohen was too smart to set up his online gambling business in the United States, but that didn't keep the feds from nailing him.
Bought and paid for
Gore's oily family friends, Bush's profitable Harvard connections and other stories you're not likely to read about.
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