Eighty years ago, New York Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia took a sledgehammer to slot machines in order to prove a point. As David Blankenhorn, president of the Institute for American Values, wrote in the New York Daily News, his honor was upset not because people were using slot machines that, at the time, were illegal, but […]
Even though a recent revenue report suggests Internet gambling could be profitable for Pennsylvania, at least one local lawmaker opposes it.
Americans are split over whether marijuana should be legalized for recreational use, according to a poll released Thursday. But the same poll finds them solidly opposed to online gambling.
Americans are split over whether marijuana should be legalized for recreational use, according to a poll released Thursday. But the same poll finds them solidly opposed to online gambling. The Fairleigh Dickinson University PublicMind poll finds that 50 percent of Americans favor legalizing marijuana use, while 27 percent support legalizing Internet gambling in the 47 […]
Casino magnate Sheldon Adelson, waging a new campaign to ban Internet gambling, is deploying a state-level political network he has been quietly developing over the past few years.
A report released Wednesday indicated Pennsylvania could bring in millions of dollars in new taxes if it legalized online gambling, but there’s no guarantee thus far that lawmakers will try to use it as a money maker in next year’s budget.