January 31 2001
Divorce judge spares spouse over gambling
NEW YORK -- A Manhattan divorce judge has refused to cite a real estate tycoon for contempt although he disobeyed court orders and gambled with marital funds. She said she spared him because he won $1.14 million at the tables in Atlantic City with that money.

January 22 2001
Indian gambling-tax case accepted by high court
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court agreed today to settle whether Indian tribes, like states, are exempt from some gambling taxes. Two Oklahoma Indian tribes and the Justice Department asked the justices to resolve the question. The issue concerns federal excise taxes on wagers, in this case the sale of pull-tab lottery cards that the tribes sell to finance a variety of tribal and reservation activities.

January 20 2001
Bill would let A.C. casinos offer Net bets
Two state assemblymen, trying to put New Jersey at the forefront of Internet gambling in the United States, have introduced a bill that would allow Atlantic City casinos to open online slot machines and table games.
Entering waters that are legally murky at the federal level, Assemblymen Anthony Impreveduto, D-Hudson, and Neil Cohen, D-Union, said they want to take an activity that’s essentially banned from the United States and make it “safe, legal and legitimate.”

January 18 2001
Rep. Goodlatte Plans New Net Gambling Ban Bill
Rep. Robert Goodlatte, R-Va., today said that he plans to reintroduce legislation to ban most forms of Internet gambling, but added that the new bill likely will differ in some ways from its predecessor

January 18 2001
Vegas labor leader joins Ashcroft opposition; Ensign backs nominee 
International Culinary Union president John Wilhelm, who represents thousands of Las Vegas casino workers, voiced strong opposition Wednesday to Attorney General-nominee John Ashcroft, a religious conservative who has called gambling a "cancer on the soul of the nation." Citing Ashcroft's vehement anti-gambling views, Wilhelm calls the Ashcroft nomination bad for the gaming industry, deserving all-out efforts to derail it. Wilhelm's comments follow objections expressed earlier by Frank Fahrenkopf, president of the American Gaming Association, who said Ashcroft's personal agenda might influence how he enforces gambling laws. Despite such widespread opposition within the industry, Nevada Republican Senator John Ensign announced Friday he will vote for Ashcroft's confirmation.

January 17 2001
Industry applauds Torricelli appointment to Senate Finance Committee
Sen. Robert Torricelli, D-N.J., was appointed Thursday to the powerful tax-writing Senate Finance Committee, where, analysts believe, he can be relied upon to thwart tax plans that would introduce new levies on the gaming industry. In 1998, Torricelli helped kill efforts to tax casino worker meals and, in 1997, fought an attempt to prohibit gaming near schools or other public facilities. Torricelli is believed to be the sixth leading recipient of gaming donations in Congress.

January 15 2001
Lieutenant governor McCallum says he'll oppose expansion of gambling
No new casinos in Wisconsin. Period. That was the blunt message delivered Monday by Lt. Gov. Scott McCallum, who becomes governor if Tommy G. Thompson earns Senate confirmation as President-elect George W. Bush's health and human services secretary.

January 13 2001
Regulation needed for Internet gambling to succeed
Despite initial opposition, major U.S. gaming companies are considering establishing online casinos. But without changes in the law and effective regulations, gambling on the Internet won't be a hand played by traditional casino operators, industry executives say.

January 2 2001
Casino monkey in on Davis' back
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - When Gov. Gray Davis, as one of first major acts, opened negotiations on casino gambling compacts with California Indian tribes, he insisted that he wanted nothing more than a "modest" expansion of gambling in California.