Las Vegas-style slot machines are coming to Miami-Dade County, and with them promises of USD 100 million makeovers of gambling sites, luxurious facilities and more options for South Florida gamblers. But before the first shovel is sunk or dollar borrowed, racetrack executives in Broward County have advice for their counterparts to the south. "I would say be careful. It’s hard to spend that type of money with the tax rate we have now," said Dan Adkins, president of Mardi Gras Racetrack and Gaming Center in Hallandale Beach.

Hollywood - They didn't get this far without a little gamble in them. The Seminole Tribe, which defeated the state and federal governments in court three decades ago to usher in the Indian casino era, said Thursday it will immediately install Las Vegas-style machines at its Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood. The games go public Monday, just two days before a crucial Supreme Court hearing on whether a deal approving the new games is even legal.

The number of slot machines is soaring as states seek more revenue and gamblers increasingly move from table games to the flashy electronic devices. The US had a record 767,418 slots and video poker games in operation on January 1, up 6.4% from a year earlier. The trend will accelerate in the next few years. The USA had a record 767,418 slot machines and video poker games in operation on January 1, up 6.4% from a year earlier, according to Casino City Press, an industry publication.

The number of slot machines is soaring as states seek more revenue and gamblers increasingly move from table games to the flashy electronic devices. The USA had a record 767,418 slot machines and video poker games in operation on Jan. 1, up 6.4% from a year earlier, according to Casino City Press, an industry publication. The nation now has slots in 37 states - up from 31 in 2000 - and the equivalent of one machine for every 395 residents.

Abraham González Uyeda, Deputy Minister of the Department of Interior, affirmed that the illegal business of slots "operates a whole network in the country", which imports them with different characteristics and modify them to put games of chance in them. Interviewed during the conclusion of the XII State Meeting of Teaching of Local Structures of PAN, indicated that in the Metropolitan Zone of Guadalajara..

A native-owned casino north of Winnipeg is going smoke-free as part of a deal that will see it double its stable of slot machines and share more money with northern reserves. The expansion project at the South Beach Casino, located on the Brokenhead Ojibway Nation near Grand Beach, will increase the number of gaming devices to 600, up from 300. The smoking ban will go into effect almost immediately and the new machines are expected sometime this fall.

The horse breeders, owners, drivers and trainers who fought for Las Vegas-style slot machines at The Isle Casino & Racing at Pompano Park now want the gambling devices temporarily unplugged. The Florida Standardbred Breeders and Owners Association has filed a harshly worded lawsuit against the racetrack casino, alleging that Pompano Park officials refuse to give the horsemen their fair share of the slots revenue.

After six months, Pennsylvania’s casino industry has generated more money than anyone expected. Slots at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs, the first slots parlor when it opened near Wilkes-Barre in November, average more than double the money predicted by either the state or the operator during licensing process. And the temporary casino - with little more than half the games - is on pace to make more than the fifth-year projections for Pocono Downs’ permanent slots parlor set to open next summer with 2,000 machines.