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Texas: Expanded gambling prospects look grim

13 December 2010

Texas may have a budget crisis, but support is not there for gambling expansion newspaper poll suggests.

Penn National buys 50 percent stake in Texas racetrack operation

24 September 2010

Penn National Gaming is forming a joint venture partnership with Texas racetrack operator Sam Houston Park.

Houston's Mahmood wins WSOP Heads-Up title, $625,674

22 June 2010

Eyaz Mahmood defeated Ernst Schmejkal in final match of the $10,000 buy-in Heads-Up No-Limit Hold’em championship at the World Series of Poker on Monday to win $625,674.

Barch wins $256,919 and WSOP Pot-Limit Omaha title

13 June 2010

John “Tex” Barch won the $1,500 buy-in Pot-Limit Omaha tournament (Event #20) for $256,919 at the World Series of Poker on Saturday night. With the win, he also claims his first WSOP gold bracelet.

Texas legislator pushes legalized gaming

14 May 2010

Republican Jim Pitts said legalized casinos in the Lone Star State could bring in $1 billion in the next two-year budget period and $4 billion annually in the future.

Odds could improve for Texas casinos

24 September 2009

News brief: The Chickasaw Nation of Oklahoma is poised to take possession of an existing horse racing track in Grand Prairie.

Texas folds on expanded gambling

18 May 2009

News brief: A bill to legalize Texas poker rooms is on life support and a bill aimed on expanding casino gambling died in the House.

Texas bill will supply veterans via lottery

5 May 2009

News brief: A bill in the Texas Senate would create a lottery scratch-off game to provide more money for veterans.

Texas gambling expansion could generate new jobs

15 April 2009

News brief: The vice president of a Texas race track predicted that 53,000 new jobs would be created by an expansion of gambling.

Adelson says Dallas-Fort Worth is good spot for casino

9 April 2009

News brief: Las Vegas Sands CEO Sheldon Adelson told the Texas Legislature that he would consider building a luxury casino complex in Dallas-Fort Worth.

Texas poker players want game legalized

26 March 2009

News brief: Texas poker players are willing to be taxed in order for the game to be legalized.

Effort to expand Texas gambling begins today

24 February 2009

News brief: Proponents of expanded gambling in the state legislature want to permit casinos in major cities and legalize slot machines at racetracks.

Racinos may be coming to Webb County

16 February 2009

News brief: Webb County is one of the places that some say could see big money with a racino.

Texas casino supporters gearing up

28 January 2009

News brief: Proponents of expanded gambling believe the time is right to bring casino-style gambling to the Lone Star State.

Advocates want to legalize poker in Texas

26 January 2009

News brief: Supporters say a bill legalizing poker in the Lone Star State would clean up the risky underground scene of illegal card games.

Texas gambling supporters welcome next speaker

9 January 2009

News brief: Republican Joe Straus is likely to become the next House speaker and comes from a horse racing background.

Proposed Texas track has big backers

6 January 2009

News brief: A prominent Dallas businessman and a state legislator have thrown their support for a horse racing track to be built outside of Lancaster.

Two arrested in Texas gambling ring bust

2 January 2009

News brief: Authorities arrested the owner and manager of a business known as "Lucky's" after a three-month investigation.

Two charged in Texas gambling raid

18 December 2008

News brief: Authorities seized 11 slot machines and arrested two men on suspicion of distributing cash winnings to customers.

Like gambling-related biographies? Here's a handful to choose from

10 September 2008

Five books for those who want to read about gambling's survivors, characters and con men, here's a recommended list with a thumbnail description of each. They deal with people who "stood out" in history with regard to the games, the action, the money.

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