Rhode Island News - Page 14

GTECH reports revenues for Q3 were $315.6 million, up 23.8% over revenues of $254.9 million in Q3 2004. Net income was $45.9 million, or $0.35 per diluted share, comparable to the same period last year.

News Brief: House Speaker William J. Murphy is drawing a line in the sand on separation of powers, saying it is clear to him that lawmakers do not have to relinquish their positions on the legislator-dominated Rhode Island Lottery Commission.

GTECH Corporation was chosen by the State of Missouri to provide a new online lottery central system, terminals, and ongoing services under a proposed seven-year integrated services contract.

News Brief: Rhode Island police report that a gambling bust that captured almost $390,000 in cash was the state’s largest gambling seizure.

News Brief: The former chief executives of Lincoln Park and its British parent company, Wembley Plc, entered another round of not guilty pleas Monday, as they were indicted again on charges connected to an alleged bribery scheme.

GTECH Holdings Corporation has entered into a new $500 million senior revolving credit facility.

News Brief: Harrah's Entertainment CEO Gary W. Loveman announced plans to meet with Rhode Island legislators after the election on plans for a West Warwick casino.

News Brief: Lincoln Park clubhouse's disappearance doesn't mean the gambling facility will build the $30-million addition whose plans it first unveiled two years ago, and which it predicted, at the time, would be complete and operational by now.

News Brief: A study commissioned by Harrah's Entertainment concluded that traffic generated by its proposed $600-million casino would have only minor impact on local roads.

News Brief: Over dinner, West Warwick citizens cheered for the Narragansett Indian tribe and reaffirmed their commitment to the casino that has so far eluded both town and tribe.

News Brief: Just as the courts struck down the casino referendum last week, advocates for and against West Warwick’s casino effort were girding for an epic fight.

News Brief: The Narragansett Indian tribe on Tuesday said it asked Attorney General Patrick Lynch to review the legality of gambling at Newport Grand and Lincoln Park.

News Brief: The chief sachem of the Narragansett Indian tribe yesterday asked Attorney General Patrick Lynch to investigate whether the state's two existing gambling facilities pass constitutional muster.

News Brief: Councilman Leo J. Costantino Jr., who has repeatedly voted in favor of allowing a casino here, says that he will no longer support any casino proposal for the West Warwick Industrial Park.

News Brief: Political experts disagree how the fallout of the Rhode Island casino issue will affect the November vote.

News Brief: After losing another round in its long bid for a casino, the Narragansett Indian Tribe is looking to Washington for help.

News Brief: Within hours of a Supreme Court's advisory opinion that a planned casino referendum is unconstitutional, Rhode Island’s Attorney General and governor filed a motion to prevent the question from being considered by voters.

The Rhode Island Supreme Court said today that a referendum on whether Harrah's Entertainment can build a resort-style casino in West Warwick is unconstitutional.

News Brief: Placing a casino question on the November ballot is on the agenda items for Rhode Island’s special General Assembly session.

News Brief: Rhode Island Senate Democratic leaders are backing a proposed constitutional amendment allowing a casino to be built in West Warwick.