Arkansas News - Page 2

Along with Encore Boston Harbor opening two weeks ago, we have seen several other resorts announce expansions and openings since our last edition back in April.

This week, we saw two more U.S. states making progress in legalizing sports betting, a jackpot in Las Vegas, another WSOP bracelet winner as the annual $10,000 Main Event kicks off, and a summer promotion at Intertops Casino Red.

Today, the first legal sports wager in Arkansas was placed at Oaklawn Racing Casino Resort by the casino's General Manager Wayne Smith.

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Six years after the U.S. Department of Justice took down major online poker sites, many players are still waiting to have their deposit money returned. This week, it was announced that customers may not have to wait much longer for money from Absolute Poker and Ultimate Bet. Also, we look at stories from Mexico and the U.S. states of Illinois and Arkansas.

The $50,000 event will take place on Saturday, March 12 with a post time of 4 p.m. Special activities for the afternoon include live Irish music and Irish food and drink specials.

The electronic, no-dealer version of poker moves the action along.

Southland Park Gaming & Racing reveal a $37.4 million project planned for 2014 to once again expand its gaming and hospitality amenities.

My gut feeling is that 2013 will be a better year, not back to the salad days of yesteryear, but forward moving at least.

Arkansas boots casino question from ballot over technicality of ballot title being changed after signatures were collected.

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.