Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs’ “Responsible Gambling” webpage includes a brief survey to help guests determine if they might have a gambling addiction. A byproduct of Pennsylvania’s maturing gambling industry has led to a shortage of counselors to help the growing ranks of addicted gamblers, Scranton addiction counselor Roy Gilgallon said.

Billions of dollars flow through the Las Vegas Strip every year and casino companies do everything they can to get customers to part with as much money as possible. They offer gambling, nightclubs, restaurants, and hotel rooms, all in an effort to get you to spend more during your stay.

Temple Emanu-El still serves the city’s Jewish residents. 2) Jacob W. Davis, a Jewish immigrant and tailor, invented jeans at his shop in Reno in 1871 when a customer paid $3 to commission a pair of sturdy work pants for her husband.

Small retail investors aren’t the only people who think there could be money made by investing in marijuana. The big investors are starting to get interested in marijuana’s profit potential, too.

The odds of winning the Hot Lotto jackpot are over 29 million to one. But authorities say this man, Eddie Tipton, security director for the Multi-State Lottery Association in Iowa, did win in 20-10.

Louisiana Lottery officials say 42-year-old Derick “Pete” Blakeney, of Laurel, claimed the prize from the Jan. 14 drawing. His Quick Pick ticket matched all five white-ball numbers, but missed the red Powerball number.

Former three division world champion Abner Mares is anticipating a ring return on March 7th at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. The fight will be part of the Haymon Boxing debut show on NBC.

One million dollars was awarded Friday to a local man who picked all the right numbers in the January 10th Virginia Lottery drawing. Charles Houchens, a Louisa County bus driver, matched the winning numbers 6-8-10-25-26 last Saturday night and was originally supposed to win $100,000…but thanks to a gold million-dollar Money Ball, that prize increased to $1,000,000.

A Lake Charles man left his personal laptop in the backseat of a vehicle he stole and later crashed, authorities said. Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Office spokeswoman Kim Myers said Justin Sittig has been arrested in connection with a Nov. 17 vehicle theft.

It was Sunday morning, and Larry Wolfe had an unusual question for his wife. “Did I win a million dollars?” he asked.

Two metro Atlanta co-workers are jumping for joy, having split a Georgia Lottery prize. Exlon Hall III of Decatur and Kenya Jones of Norcross won $1 million playing the instant game Million $$ Match.

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Edward Tracy has been the chief executive of Sands China since July 2011 and its president since August 2010. Photo: Gary Mak Macau’s biggest casino operator Sands China has announced that its president and chief executive Edward Tracy will retire on March 6. Sands said in a statement to the Hong Kong stock exchange that Tracy had decided to step down but will act as a consultant and work with senior management during the transition period.

Porn princesses and bedroom-cam queens, along with adult-world entrepreneurs, sex toy manufacturers and XXX-rated filmmakers, are packing their bags for their annual trek to Las Vegas. Yes, it’s time again for the parade of porn and cavalcade of cleavage at the 2015 AVN Adult Entertainment Expo and AVN Awards starting Wednesday.

Congratulations, you’re now registered! Let us know what news and updates you want to hear about and we’ll send them straight to your inbox. London’s beleaguered commodity stocks staged a rebound as a modest rise in the price of Brent tempted traders to call the bottom of the market.

Her 2011 debut solo recording, SHiNE grabbed the ear of a Cirque de Soleil producer, who invited her to Las Vegas to join the musical ensemble for Cirque du Soleil as cellist and mezzo-soprano for KA , the gravity-defying production by Cirque at the MGM Grand. Tucker balances her indie artist career with her continuing role for Cirque du Soleil, splitting her time between Durham and Las Vegas.

A leading City foreign exchange broker has gone bust after its clients suffered massive losses from the Swiss franc’s sudden trashing of the euro yesterday. Alpari UK – which sponsors Premiership football club West Ham United – has applied for insolvency after the Swiss National Bank sent currency markets into turmoil by unexpectedly removing a cap that held the euro at 1.20 Swiss francs or stronger.

Casino mogul Steve Wynn on Thursday evening told a gathering of more than 2,000 real estate developers and other professionals that he is confident his planned casino on the waterfront in Everett will became a major economic engine in Massachusetts, while also taking the opportunity to gently chide those who could slow him down. Wynn spend most of his twenty-minute speech reminiscing about his family roots – both his parents were from Revere – and promoting his plans to build a $1.75 billion casino resort.

Casino mogul Steve Wynn, in his first public appearance in Massachusetts since winning the lucrative Boston-area gambling license, promised on Thursday that his $1.6 billion resort for the Everett waterfront will echo the “grand hotels” of the past, offering the largest hotel rooms outside of Las Vegas and other luxury amenities. “It’s the non-casino things that people get on airplanes and put up with body searches and stuff like that for,” he said at a real estate industry seminar at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center.