North Dakota News - Page 3

A Web site is available for problem gamblers and their friends and families, the state Human Services Department says.

News Brief: The North Dakota House voted Wednesday to have the state become a national headquarters for companies that host worldwide live Internet poker.

News Brief: North Dakota House members decided Thursday they've had enough with expanding gambling in the state and killed a poker bill and a new variety of pari-mutuel betting.

News Brief: Turtle Mountain tribal leaders will pitch their Grand Forks casino concept directly to the public in a meeting next week.

The high-rolling gamblers have left town, but prosecutors say the stakes remain high in the federal trial that begins today of a man and woman accused of handling $99 million in illegal wagers.

News Brief: Leaders of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa plan to spend the next three months trying to persuade residents to support a casino in this city.

News Brief: Final figures from the North Dakota Horse Park’s 14-day race mixed meeting are not yet available, but track manager Les Schmidt said that handle declined ‘probably 15-20%.’

News Brief: Tribal officials continue to talk with Grand Forks officials about a casino in that city.

News Brief: Gambling in North Dakota dropped about $2 million last year compared to 2002, due largely to a decline in pull-tab sales, the director of the State Gaming Division said.

News Brief: North Dakota tribal leaders say they oppose casinos off the reservation, even though one tribe is considering it.

The North Dakota Indian Gaming Association board has called a meeting of tribal officials to discuss the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa's proposal for a casino here.

News Brief: Powerball lottery tickets went on sale at 390 sites around North Dakota late Thursday morning.

News Brief: A North Dakota judge has been asked to dismiss the Racing Services Inc. bankruptcy case because the wagering-company was under the control of a state-appointed receiver at the time of the filing.

News Brief: When North Dakota's new lottery begins selling Powerball tickets on March 25, it will represent only the first sample of a gambling assortment that state officials plan to offer this year.