The voters of California are being asked to vote, once again, on Indian gaming. But unlike the prior two elections, the question is not whether tribes can have casinos. Rather, it is whether a few tribes may more than double their existing operations, creating some of the largest casinos in the world. The political players have also changed. California voters first approved tribal gaming at the general election on November 3, 1998.

According to a leading authority on gaming law, aboriginal tribes in California have been spending more money than ever before in the run up to a vote next month on whether to allow casino expansion. Professor Nelson Rose stated that voters will decide on new compacts that would see four of California’s tribes able to offer players up to 5,500 additional slot machines in return for sharing up to one-quarter of gaming revenues with the state.

Legislative Speaker Wang Jin-pyng on Tuesday called for a vote on the opening of casinos on the nation's outlying islands during the current legislative session. Wang's comments came after a meeting with Penghu County Commissioner Wang Chien-fa, Penghu County Council Speaker Chen Chao-ling, Non-Partisan Solidarity Union Legislator Lin Ping-kun and local township chiefs, who asked for Wang's support in having a draft gambling bill passed as quickly as possible.

November 2005: Bath and North East Somerset Council votes to apply to the Government to be considered as a potential site for a new casino. May 2006: Bath is named as one of 31 towns and cities shortlisted to bid for a new casino. September 2006: the council votes that it is, in principle, in favour of licensing a small casino for Bath if the Government names it as one of the final 17 approved locations.

A crowd big enough to fill a pro sports arena is expected here Saturday for that quintessential rural New England event, the Town Meeting. Generally no more than a few hundred people attend such meetings, even on hot issues, but officials are preparing for three-quarters of this town of 20,000 to show up. Residents will be marking paper ballots on whether to accept a deal with an Indian tribe to build a [[USD]] 1 billion casino.

Atlantic City,New Jersey - Casino dealers at Bally’s Atlantic City voted emphatically in favor of forming a union Sunday in what both sides considered a pivotal vote in the unionization effort at the resort city’s 11 casinos. The vote by full- and part-time dealers, dual-rate dealers, keno and simulcast employees was 628-255 in favor of becoming part of the United Auto Workers union.

Las Vegas' most heated grudge match, Wynn Las Vegas' casinos dealers vs. Steve Wynn, is going to a third round. So far in the battle over Wynn's controversial tip-reallocation policy, the casino magnate leads 2-0, having won bouts in both Clark County District Court and the Nevada Legislature.

Talk of a pro-union movement among dealers at the Wynn Las Vegas resort took a step closer to reality on Friday. The Transport Workers Union of America disclosed that it had filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board, seeking certification as union representative for Wynn’s dealers.

Austin - Big resorts with full casinos, shops and restaurants could be built in up to a dozen Texas cities under legislation proposed today by two high-profile senators and backed by major gambling interests. Voters ultimately would have the say on the proposed constitutional amendment legalizing casino gambling. A main selling point of the plan, the legislators contend, is a provision that would dedicate USD 1 billion per year to a fund to pay for eligible Texans to attend a community college or public university.

Labour MPs will be under a three-line whip to support the Government's all-or-nothing strategy for a super-casino in Manchester and 16 smaller casinos around the country, Tessa Jowell said yesterday. The Culture Secretary confirmed a report in The Daily Telegraph that MPs would vote by March 29 on a single Government Order implementing the recommendation of the Casino Advisory Panel. It will mean that MPs opposed to the siting of the first Las Vegas-style casino in Manchester risk throwing out the other 16 proposed casinos if they vote down the order.