Barhs Landing has seen a number of cultural shifts in its 88-year history, and the restaurant-marina in Highlands on the Monmouth County bayshore is comfortable with the next one: going entirely smoke free.

But there is one issue owner Raymond Cosgrove wants to raise in that regard. If lawmakers plan to make restaurants and bars go smoke-free, then they should include Atlantic City casinos, he says.

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A new gaming bill proposed in the UK makes provisions to open Britain's gaming industry to U.S. Las Vegas-style casinos, which several UK casino operatives fear will hurt the domestic industry. The British Casino Association, representing London-based Rank and Gala of Nottingham, England, are trying to combat the bill, which they allege displays preference toward U.S. casinos.

Although prototypes of mechanical slot machines existed since at least 1870s, Charles August Fey, a German inventor and entrepreneur who moved to United States in 1885, is credited with the invention of now traditional three reel slot machine. He dedicated his life to "slots" and to making slot machine the worldwide commercial success it is today. Charles Fey built his slot machine in 1895 in the basement of his house in San Francisco. He placed several slot machines at different locations in San Francisco and did so well financially with them that he stopped his involvement in other businesses and concentrating on perfecting and manufacturing slot machines instead.

The FBI has now joined the investigation into the defunct beef processing plant in northwest Mississippi. That's the little economic development engine that couldn't - even after the Legislature oiled it with some $55 million in public money.

We mention that not to rub salt into any legislative wounds, but to remind lawmakers now convened at the Capitol that maybe, just maybe, the less tinkering they do with the state's economy, the better.

Take, for instance, the state casino industry.

Whether you call it gambling or gaming, the casino industry regards games of chance as "entertainment." In the St. Louis area, there's plenty of it to be had at craps, roulette, poker and blackjack tables and slot machines of all makes and models.
But what about the traditional kinds of entertainment - like a band, say, or a comedian? Something to watch or listen to while you take a break from the tables - or that serves as an alternative to the tables altogether?

Do any of the local casinos have anything like that going on?
You bet they do.

In Online Gambling one of the key decisions that face all online casinos slot players is whether or not to play just one coin/credit, or more than one coins/credits before pulling the handle or hitting the spin button. Many online casino slots players believe it doesn’t make a difference how many coins you play whereas others believe you should always play maximum coins. Who is right? Let’s see.

Louise Outing's luck ran out Thursday when a judge denied the 94-year-old woman's request to force the state Lottery Commission to pay her entire $5.6 million winnings up front.

Superior Court Justice Barbara A. Dortch-Okara's ruling allows the Lottery to go ahead with plans to pay the Everett woman in installments over 20 years.

The head of the world’s biggest slot machine company visited Downing Street earlier this year to lobby for the relaxation of gambling laws, it emerged today.

Thomas Baker, the chairman of International Game Technology (IGT), held talks with officials at Number 10 in March.

The billion-dollar company is the world leader in slot machine design.

Ohio's latest proposal for video gambling machines could be accelerating a gambling arms race among states.

A plan in its fourth incarnation before Ohio lawmakers would ask voters to approve a constitutional amendment in March to allow video gambling at the state's seven horse race tracks.

Neighboring Indiana, West Virginia and Michigan allow some form of casino gaming or video lotteries. Pennsylvania and Massachusetts -- like Ohio, trying to keep gambling dollars within state lines -- also are considering video gaming to compete with their neighbors.