Louisville Metro police have made an arrest in the death of a man in South Louisville just two blocks form Churchill Downs. Around 1:50 a.m., officers were called to 3rd Street and Iowa Avenue on a report of an assault.

Macau gambling revenue plunged 17.4% to 737370 billion in January, the eighth monthly drop in a row. The decline pushed down shares of Las Vegas Sands and others that get the bulk of their revenue from the Chinese gaming enclave.

Crystal Payne was anxious to check the Lottery numbers because there was a high Powerball jackpot. It turns out the Roanoke woman did not hit the Powerball jackpot.

DJ Pauly D hosts his Super Bowl 49 pre-party at Vanity on Saturday, Jan. 31, 2015, in the Hard Rock Hotel. DJ Pauly D, birth name Paul DelVecchio, of “Jersey Shore” fame hosted a Super Bowl 49 pre-celebration at Vanity in the Hard Rock Hotel on Saturday night.

“No industry is more affected by public policy – legislation, regulation, politics and public opinion – than gaming. The PPR will provide essential and timely information on those topics to decision makers in the industry and government,” Publisher Frank Fantini said.

With increased competition from Ohio casinos and racetrack video lottery terminals, the fate of Southern Indiana riverboats was a function of how far downriver they were anchored: the farther distance the better the results. Indiana casinos suffer in wake of Ohio success With increased competition from Ohio casinos and racetrack video lottery terminals, the fate of Southern Indiana riverboats was a function of how far downriver they were anchored: the farther distance the better the results.

The Powerball winning numbers for Jan. 31, 2015, will be announced at 11 p.m. MLive will have the results when they come in. The jackpot is worth $289 million.

Gambling in the U.S. is making a comeback. At least that’s the way it would seem with the rise in Las Vegas visitation and revenues as well as the renewed construction on casino resorts in the U.S. Northeast.

America’s big casino companies are rolling the dice far from the Las Vegas strip. Sin City’s real gamble is in China.

“Every time the lottery goes up, you know, sales increase, a lot of payouts increase, recent we had was a quarter of a million dollars,” said Rubal Sharma who works at Downtown Party Store. “That’s where players sell their winning tickets to somebody else at a discount because they want the immediate cash,” said Jeff Holyfield with michigan Lottery.

BUYINS.NET / www.squeezetrigger.com is monitoring the performance of all stocks with earnings being released Tuesday, February 3rd 2015 and determining how the stocks have performed After their last 12 quarterly, 6 quarterly and December earnings reports. Wynn Resorts Ltd , Equity Residential , CH Robinson Worldwide Inc , Oclaro Inc , Central Garden & Pet Co , East West Petroleum Corp are all expected to be Down After their earnings are released.

EBU/British heavyweight champion Tyson Fury is looking forward to a potential fight with brand new WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder . Wilder captured the title last month with a twelve round unanimous decision over Bermane Stiverne at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.

In today’s column in the LVRJ, Norm Clarke mentions rumors that local billionaire being in serious negotiations to a major arena to compete with the MGM/AEG arena and thinks that Sheldon Adelson is the billionaire in question. This does make sense seeing that he does have the deep pockets for such a project and an arena would compliment the Sands Expo Center.

Many questions were raised after Eddie Tipton, the former security director for the Multi-State Lottery, bought a winning $14-million Hot Lotto Ticket in 2010. Right now at 10! An exclusive look at lottery security.

Steve Grasso said on CNBC’s Stock Pops & Drops that it is still early in the casino cycle. Wynn Resorts, Limited dropped 3.28 percent and he thinks that it hasn’t bottomed yet.

The commission said that casinos statewide generated $11 billion in revenue during the year, a 1.1% decline from the $11.1 billion haul from 2013. Despite the drop in revenue, the $11 billion generated was just the second time since 2008 the state has reached that figure and the second consecutive year it has cracked that benchmark.

Station Casinos LLC is partnering with 11-time World Pizza Champion Tony Gemignani to open three new restaurants in spring 2015. New eateries include Slice House by Tony Gemignani and the award-winning Pizza Rock, both joining Green Valley Ranch Resort, and Little Tony’s, a new Italian concept opening at Palace Station.

The man who drowned at McKinney Falls State Park on Thursday was a respected reporter and developer in the gaming industry. Several condolences for 29-year-old Andrew Yoon were posted on social media sites shortly following the news of the tragedy.

It used to be that Scandinavians had a reputation for being fierce viking warriors – now the only time most of them dress up with horned helmets and bear pelts is if they’re LARPing or playing Skyrim . This doesn’t mean we should dismiss Scandinavians as hapless dweebs, however, because they’ve found nonviolent ways of conquering the world in the 21st century in the form of addictive mobile games.