Sentences with phrase «of gambling halls»

Arkansas is tied last among US states in New Scientist subscriptions - with Nevada, home of gambling halls, a nuclear test site, and not much else.

Said engagement, however, suffers a fatal blow when Julie finds her fiancé in the arms of gambling hall hostess Pearl (Jacqueline Dalya).

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We were standing in the hall of a Washington, D.C., law firm, and I wondered if it wasn't impolitic to liken an offering to gambling.

If people would only attend once per month, or once every two months, they would develop a real life outside of the church - become - gambling - hall... a real family with real people like their kids and wife....

When the craze for poker kicked into high gear, a number of police departments responded by deploying SWAT teams to raid games in garages, basements and VFW halls where illegal gambling was suspected.

The highly anticipated complement to Bumbleberry Flats, Carve Deli and The Pioneer Hotel and Gambling Hall is the arrival of Chef Johnny Flores to share his culinary proficiencies, innovative and addictive techniques and true passion for the art of hospitality and food.

The Houston Astros oh come on seriously another one of these big - market teams that's loaded with young, cheap talent and can afford to take a significant payroll gamble on an anomalous superstar who is on pace for a Hall of Fame career come on this is absurd.

Gambling in the U.S. extends from the cellars of the underworld to the penthouses of the wealthy, touching on its way the tenement, the middle - class home, the police precinct, legislative halls and political clubs.

The Celtics have taken on the risk of relying on four future Hall of Famers who have each played more than 35,000 career minutes: If that gamble backfires and Shaquille O'Neal, Kevin Garnett, Ray Allen or Paul Pierce happens to break down, then which contender in the East is going to stop the Heat?

Pete Rose is Major League Baseball's all - time hits leader, but he's not in the Hall of Fame because he was banned from the game for life for gambling.

Suffolk Democratic chairman Richard Schaffer has reached out to town political leaders for resumes to fill jobs at the new video lottery casino in Islandia, prompting concern that the gambling hall will become a source of political patronage.

The bill backed by the Legislature and signed by Cuomo turned the casino construction to upstate New York, setting up exclusivity zones for the Indian - run gambling halls and placing an emphasis on building north of the metropolitan area.

The four - page letter repeatedly notes the intent of the amendment to expand casino gambling as outlined by Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Bonacic himself in New York beyond Indian - run gaming halls was to boost the economic outlook of financially strapped regions.

Suffolk Democratic chairman Richard Schaffer has reached out to town political leaders for resumes to fill jobs at the new video lottery casino in Islandia, prompting concern that the gambling hall will become a new source of political patronage.

Organizers of the annual Little Italy event the Feast of San Gennaro plan to ask City Hall to rescind a nearly two - decade - old gambling ban instituted by then - Mayor Rudy Giuliani at the height of his crusade against organized crime.

A coalition of upstate theater directors aired their concerns about potential new casinos in New York, but said they have assurances from the Cuomo administration that the gambling halls will partner — not compete — with them.

That one - time infusion came from settlements with Indian tribes who run upstate gambling halls; the new budget could include a higher number in recurring payments from tribal and non-tribal casinos, as well as a quick burst of up - front fees.

A year after Assemblywoman Carmen Arroyo claimed winnings of nearly $ 30,000 at an upstate casino, her City Councilmember daughter took in thousands from local gambling halls, according to financial - disclosure filings released Wednesday.

As the casino awaits state approvals, OTB plans to erect a temporary gambling hall on 8 acres north of Hempstead Turnpike.

Since none of the local proposals are inside the city or county, Albany is not in line for any monetary benefits casinos would pay host communities, although it well could suffer from the negative aspects gambling halls bring to municipalities.

At about the same time that Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo began his «State of the State» speech on Wednesday, a middle - aged woman walked away from a slot machine called Great Wall in the new gambling hall adjoining Aqueduct racetrack.

ALBANY — In an upcoming book, longtime Capitol correspondent Tom Precious will tell the story of casinos in modern New York, including the current process of siting up to four gambling halls upstate, the pacts between Native American tribes and past governors that gave birth to Turning Stone and the three casinos operated by the Seneca Nation of Indians, as well as the video slot parlors approved by state leaders in 2001, just weeks after the September 11 attacks.

A bawdy, fun and occasionally touching true story about a young woman (Rebecca Hall) who moves to Las Vegas in the hope of becoming a cocktail waitress and instead ends up involved in a world of high - stakes gambling.

Jim Hall Jim Hall had the gambling heart of a Texas wildcatter, the hefty bankroll of an oil tycoon, and a precocious imagination tempered by a degree in mechanical engineering from Caltech.

The wrong City isn't all about gambling establishments; it flaunts a multitude of stores in addition to gambling halls where you can put your charge card to safe usage.

So large, fancy gambling halls, and sort of speakeasy kinds of places?

The German Federal Cartel Office recently approved Novomatic's purchase of the Casino Royal Group, one of Germany's largest gambling hall businesses.

According to a recent review of 22 studies of adolescent gambling which were conducted in the U.S. and Canada, between 86 % and 93 % of youth have gambled at least once in their life, and between 3 % and 8 % of adolescents are problem gamblers (Shaffer, Hall and Vander Bilt, 1997).