Arkansas News - Page 2

A surge of new customers prompted both the renovations and staying open 24 hours a day.

Rudi Schiffer looks at the replacement for the Lighthouse Casino and Jubilee Casino in Mississippi and announces his radio show is moving to a new station and time.

Rudi Schiffer's GoodTimes Radio show, which focuses on the gambling industry in the southern part of the U.S., is moving into drive time and will now be broadcast on Classic Country 1180 AM KXIQ.

A Texas businessman said casinos in seven Arkansas cities would generate millions of dollars and provide jobs to help the state’s economy.

News brief: Logan Wight Dungan pleaded no contest to a charge of keeping a gambling house and received three years probation.

News brief: Lotteries had been banned in Arkansas since 1836 and revenue from them will help finance college scholarships.

News Brief: Attorneys for Arkansas lottery foes are trying to paint an amendment as casino-prone as the Nov. 4 election draws nearer.

Schiffer on where to find an improved version of Keno and an all-new golfing experience at Casino Resort Tunica.

News Brief: TrackNet Media Group LLC, a joint venture of Churchill Downs Inc. and Magna Entertainment Corp., has added Oaklawn Park to its client list.

News Brief; Lt. Gov. Bill Halter will push for a statewide lottery to benefit college scholarships in Arkansas.

Schiffer reminds players that dealers are people too, so don't blame them for bad beats.

News Brief: Arkansas Governor Mike Beebe is unlikely to reconsider his opposition to a proposed Fort Smith casino in response to a letter-writing campaign, a spokesman said.

Rudi Schiffer provides an update of everything Tunica in this week's edition of "Heard it on the River."

News Brief: Bennie Westphal said he still supports the idea of a proposed riverfront casino in Fort Smith despite it being opposed by the regional office of the Bureau of Indian Affairs.

News Brief: The Eastern Oklahoma office of the Bureau of Indian Affairs has recommended against allowing the United Keetoowah Band to have a casino on the banks of the Arkansas River in Fort Smith.

News Brief: Patrons at Southland Park Gaming and Racing plopped more than $92 million into 'games of skill' in the first six months after the renovated greyhound track and gaming parlor reopened last fall.

News Brief: The Fort Smith Advertising and Promotion Commission voted 5-2 Tuesday to support a proposal for a casino and hotel along Fort Smith"s riverfront.

ews Brief: A proposed constitutional amendment to legalize charitable bingo would open the door for Indian tribes to have for-profit bingo operations in Arkansas, according to legal experts from around the country.

News Brief: The Fort Smith Planning Commission has denied the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma"s request to rezone land it owns in Arkansas for a casino parking lot and RV park.

News Brief: State legislators reviewed new rules and regulations governing expanded gambling at the state's two pari-mutuel racetracks.