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1. Preakness and Belmont Stakes futures in doubt
(Sports/Professional)

... bandit, video lottery terminals (VLT) or video slot machines, and opened up gambling venues in failing standardbred tracks. Yonkers is now a casino which features standardbred racing. The horse racing ...

2. April revenue at Atlantic City casinos down 0.7 percent when compared to same month in 2009
(N.J./State)

... the casinos won $215.8 million at the slot machines and another $95.6 million at table games last month. Slot revenue fell 2.2 percent while table game revenues increased by 2.9 percent. After adjustments ...

3. The allure of horse racing, the Kentucky Derby mystique …and the fine art of betting
(Sports/Professional)

... times. See how far $20 gets you at a slot machine or table game. You'll still about 4 and three quarters of those five hours left on a good day. At the track, in order to learn more about the horses ...

4. N.J. fines casinos $23,258 for allowing gambling addict, 117 minors to gamble
(N.J./State)

... said. "Neither regulators nor casino operators want to see problem gamblers or underage gamblers at the tables or slot machines in Atlantic City." Kassekert noted that the individual opened 15 different ...

5. Atlantic City casino winnings down 5.6 percent in March but it's an improvement
(N.J./State)

... won $207.3 million at the slot machines and another $93.5 million at table Games. Slot revenue decreased by 5 percent while table revenues decreased 6.8 percent. The casinos paid $24 million in taxes ...

6. Job glut coming: Baby boomers have to fill those 14.6 million slots
(Money/Economy)

The job glut is coming. That's what policy experts Barry Bluestone and Mark Melnik predict in their just-released study After the Recovery: Help Needed. Between 2008 and 2018, the study claims 14.6 ...

7. Christie says charter schools have friend in N.J. Statehouse
(N.J./State)

... state can have a similar choice within public schools The governor referred to a "heart-breaking" two-part series on NJN broadcast in January that told the story of an annual student lottery for slots ...

8. Poll: When Americans think gambling, it’s Las Vegas over Atlantic City in a landslide
(U.S./Nation)

... three report they or someone in their household has been to a casino or slots parlor in the past year. Men are more likely than women to have hit the tables or slots. Sixty-two percent report they have ...

9. February snowstorms leave Atlantic City casinos with less cold cash
(N.J./State)

... snowstorms that made February the snowiest month ever recorded in Atlantic City. Figures reported to the commission show that the casinos won $176.2 million at the slot machines and another $85.4 million ...

10. Disney pulls Ch. 7 WABC-TV off Cablevision’s lineup
(Entertainment/Movies)

... Sunday, the slot where WABC-TV usually airs. "First HGTV and Food Network. Now you've lost ABC-7." ABC-TV went black for Cablevision's overall 3.1 million customers in the Tri-State area in a contract ...

11. Reality Check for the casino industry
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

... slot players are unwilling to travel an hour and a half or more through congested roads to place coins in a slot machine. The reality is north Jersey gamblers are NOT going to Atlantic City because Yonkers ...

12. Questioning the role of a lieutenant governor
(U.S./Nation)

... York, for example, the state's highest court split 4-3 on the question of whether Governor David Paterson had the authority to name a successor to himself in the lieutenant governor's slot. The New York ...

13. Carl Golden: The future of New Jersey’s horse racing industry waits for Trenton
(Opinion/Commentary)

... industry already reeling from a years' worth of declining revenues because of competition from casinos and slot machine parlors in Pennsylvania and Delaware. The Governor seemed to back off his campaign ...

14. Oscar Roundtable: Handicapping the Academy Awards
(Entertainment/Movies)

... was a lot of speculation that "Star Trek" would benefit. Am I the only one who thinks "District 9" got the "geek slot" because of its symbolism and because it has Peter Jackson behind it, while "Star Trek" ...

15. Medals begin to flow for Americans at 2010 Vancouver Olympics
(Sports/Professional)

... pushed back from its time slot on Sunday to Thursday February 18th. Vonn, who is in "excruciating" pain from a shin injury that she sustained in Switzerland, has not been able to practice at 100% and even ...

16. illinoislottery
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

... blog very often. Betty http://illinoislottery.info ...

17. Atlantic City casino revenue down 8.5% in January
(N.J./State)

... reported Tuesday. The casinos won $195.5 million at the slot machines and another $98.7 million at table games in January. Slot revenue declined 7.6 percent while table revenues decreased 10.1 percent. ...

18. How to escape the workout time crunch with a kick-butt workout
(Health/Healthquest)

... a set exercise time. Identify three 20-minute time slots and mark them on your calendar. That is when you'll exercise. Once you begin to create exercise momentum that 20 minutes will turn into 25, ...

19. New Jersey legislature refreshed by a visit from the public
(Opinion/Commentary)

... industry will collapse unless slot machines are installed at the Meadowlands. Political campaigns need to be publicly financed. For the first time in my more than 40 years as a legislative observer and ...

20. N.J. dancer finds success as fourth Fantana girl
(Entertainment/Movies)

... slot, winning $5,000, and flying out to Los Angeles for a photo shoot in December was "surreal, and it was an eye-opener," says Barrera, a sophomore from Englewood, New Jersey, who's been dancing since ...