by Radley Balko - Radley Balko is a policy analyst at the Cato Institute. Online gambling is already illegal in the United States. Proprietors of gaming sites are all incorporated overseas. Yet Internet wagering is still a $12 billion industry. History has shown us that prohibiting private, consensual behavior has never made that behavior go away. Because consensual crimes take no victims, vice laws are difficult to enforce. Police have to use informers and undercover work and sometimes need to break the v…

Online casino publicity seekers, Golden Palace have once again been scouring the auctions and bought another piece of celebrity memorabilia they can hawk to the masses. This time they paid $7099 for a bowl hand-painted by comedian Richard Pryor. The… Continue . …

Ever since Majestic Star bought the former Trump Casino-Hotel last year, the company have been reducing staff. Staff numbers have been dropped from 2000 to around 1,400. The casino has eliminated 33 table games, dropping from 92 to 59. Some… Continue . …