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Proposed Vegas-Style Casinos In Florida Face Key Vote
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - Reworked legislation that could bring three Las Vegas-style hotel-casinos to South Florida will face a crucial vote today in a state House panel that could kill the controversial issue. And even if the bill wins approval from Florida's
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Vegas bookmakers' cheering Patriots in Super Bowl
(Reuters) - New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady can count Las Vegas casinos among his supporters for this weekend's Super Bowl after most of the millions of dollars wagered on the game has been for a New York Giants victory. The point-spread for the National Football League's (NFL) title game on February 5 in Indianapolis has remained steady over the last week and the Nevada gambling ...
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Patriots favored by Vegas books to win Super Bowl
Las Vegas casinos have made the New England Patriots favorites to win the Super Bowl thanks to their national following, a decade of winning and the playoff mystique of quarterback Tom Brady and coach Bill Belichick.
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Vegas casinos relying more on baccarat
OSKAR GARCIA Associated Press LAS VEGAS In the days before the Chinese New Year celebration began this week, six high rollers sat down at the private baccarat tables one day at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas and began throwing down wagers of $100,000 to $200,000 a hand. It was a scene hardly out of place these days in Sin City. Big-time gamblers, primarily from Asia, are flocking to Las Vegas to ...
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Vegas: Patriots favored to win Super Bowl XLVI
LAS VEGAS (AP) -- Las Vegas casinos have made the New England Patriots favorites to win the Super Bowl thanks to their national following, a decade of winning and the playoff mystique of quarterback Tom Brady and coach Bill Belichick.
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NFL-Vegas bookmakers' cheering Patriots in Super Bowl
New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady can count Las Vegas casinos among his supporters for this weekend's Super Bowl after most of the millions of dollars wagered on the game has been for a New York Giants victory.
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Report: US casinos generated $125B spending in 2010; economic impact equals 1 percent GDP
LAS VEGAS - A new report shows U.S. casinos and the industries that depend on them made a $125 billion economic splash in 2010 — the equivalent of 1 percent of the total U.S. gross domestic product.
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Vegas casinos relying more on high-roller Asian gamblers
Big-time gamblers, primarily from Asia, are flocking to Las Vegas to play baccarat and providing a big lift to the overall bottom line of the city's casinos.
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Report: Casinos generated $125B spending in 2010
A new report shows U.S. casinos and the industries that depend on them made a $125 billion economic splash in 2010 — the equivalent of 1 percent of the total U.S. gross domestic product.
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