Rhode Island News - Page 7

News Brief: The Rhode Island General Assembly attempted to make the prospect of 24-hour gambling more attractive to the host communities of Lincoln and Newport with amendments that allocate additional revenues from casinos into the coffers of the municipalities.

News Brief: New Hampshire and Rhode Island lawmakers, as they face steadily mounting financial woes, are scrounging for cash from an unexpected source: Massachusetts taxpayers.

News Brief: Expansion at a Rhode Island casino is drawing revenue away from Connecticut's two tribally owned casinos, according to a report.

News Brief: Rhode Island lawmakers yesterday turned their attention to professional sports-betting and round-the-clock gambling at Twin River and Newport Grand as possible ways to plug the state’s massive deficit.

News Brief: The makeover at Lincoln Park shows how closely the casino experience can be approximated, without the games typically thought to define it.

News Brief: In the high stakes casino war being waged among New England states, investors Sol Kerzner and Len Wolman can't lose.

MICROS Systems reports that Twin River, a $220 million world-class gaming, dining and entertainment venue in Lincoln, Rhode Island, has selected MICROS Systems as its technology foundation.

News Brief: Rhode Island Lottery officials have launched a new lottery ticket intended to benefit the arts.

News Brief: Rhode Island House Speaker William J. Murphy says that the General Assembly would study in January whether the state should allow table games at its two slot parlors or even add a full-fledged casino elsewhere in Rhode Island.

News Brief: The newly renovated Twin River casino now boasts 4,752 video lottery terminals, restaurants ranging from a food court noodle shop to upscale steakhouses and Italian eateries as well as a comedy club and combination convention and performance space.

News Brief: Questions mount over the introduction of 'virtual' blackjack, reel-to-reel slot machines and 24-hour gambling.

News Brief: With the threat of casino gambling looming in Massachusetts, there is a move to bring “virtual blackjack” to Rhode Island, possibly as early as next month.

Newport, Rhode Island, a fun little beach town located less than 1.5 hours drive from my apartment in Boston, MA. How many times have I been? Once. This past weekend. San Jose, Costa Rica, a vibrant, online gaming filled city located in Central America. How many times have I been? Six. Returning on Thursday for trip number seven.

News Brief: Hearings on 24-hour gambling at the two Rhode Island slot parlors will have to wait for the 2008 session.

News Brief: Emails exchanged between Charleston Town Council president and a town resident regarding tribal casinos have further strained the town’s already thorny relationship with the Narragansett Indian Tribe.

News Brief: Rhode Island State Sen. Paul E. Moura is asking General Assembly leaders to convene a special hearing this summer on the idea of allowing 24-hour gambling at Twin River and Newport Grand.

News Brief: A Rhode Island lawmaker has introduced legislation that would lift the exemption for the state's two video-slot parlors from the statewide workplace smoking ban.

News Brief: Rhode Island residents say, 2 to 1, that Congress should grant the Narragansett Indian Tribe the right to conduct gaming on its reservation in Charlestown, according to a survey released today.

News Brief: Rhode Island residents made 1.7 million trips to Foxwoods Resort Casino and Mohegan Sun in the past 12 months, according to a report released today by the University of Massachusetts–Dartmouth’s Center for Policy Analysis.

News Brief: The $220 million expansion and renovation of Lincoln Park is raising the stakes for labor unions that have represented workers at the park for decades.