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Story Archives of 'Gambling'
Funding Concerns Emerge As Gaming Commission Meets
By Josh Rogers on Wednesday, September 2, 2009.The Governor says his commission to work without preconception. But questions about the commission’s funding, and potential bias are already being raised.
Gambling Supporters Dispute Nonprofits' Claim
By Elaine Grant on Monday, June 15, 2009.Some New Hampshire nonprofits are protesting a Senate budget proposal for expanded gambling.
They say their charitable games would suffer under competition from video slot machines.
But as NHPR’s Elaine Grant reports, gambling proponents say video slots wouldn’t hurt nonprofits.
Loss of Charitable Gaming Revenue Could Hurt Nonprofits
By Elaine Grant on Monday, June 15, 2009.An anti-gambling coalition says video slot machines would decimate New Hampshire nonprofits’ own charitable gaming revenues.
NHPR’s Elaine Grant has more.
Gambling Bill: Savior or Scourge
By Dan Gorenstein on Wednesday, June 10, 2009.Gambling took center stage in Concord Wednesday as budget writers inch closer to building a new spending plan.
House members who back video slots held a press conference.
Gambling opponents held a luncheon across the street.
Over the next week, expect each side to lobby hard for lawmaker’s hearts and minds.
New Hampshire Public Radio’s Dan Gorenstein reports what is at stake is a provision worth an estimated two-hundred million dollars at a time when the state is scrambling for cash.
Estimates Vary Of How Much Gambling Would Raise
By David Darman on Friday, June 5, 2009.Should New Hampshire end up allowing expanded gambling, lots of money could begin flowing to the state’s general fund.
How much money is unknown.
But advocates say hundreds of millions of dollars could pour into the state.
Critics have said they doubt those estimates.
But as NHPR’s David Darman reports, there are signs the estimates the Senate got were actually too modest.
Senate Democrats Endorse Expanded Gambling
By Dan Gorenstein on Friday, June 5, 2009.It’s difficult to pass expanded gambling legislation in New Hampshire.
But the state Senate did just that Wednesday when lawmakers endorsed a plan to bring at least nine thousand video slots to three racetracks.
Interestingly, the measure only survived because Senate Democrats- many who passionately dislike the concept- set aside their opposition.
New Hampshire Public Radio’s Dan Gorenstein explains why they did.
State Senate Votes for Gambling, Passes $11.6 Billion Budget
By David Darman on Wednesday, June 3, 2009.New Hampshire’s Senate has approved bringing video gambling to the state.
The Senate also voted to delay the suspension of a business tax credit for one year.
With these moves, the Senate passed an 11.6 billion dollar budget for the next two years.
NHPR’s David Darman has more.
Senate Rolls Dice on Expanded Gambling
By Dan Gorenstein on Wednesday, June 3, 2009.The Senate has passed a provision that allows video slots at the state’s horse and dog tracks.
New Hampshire Public Radio’s Dan Gorenstein reports.
The Art of Poker's Bad Beat
By Virginia Prescott on Monday, March 9, 2009.
Every gambler has a “bad beat” story - a tale of a killer hand, a sure bet, robbed by a fluke. It’s a time-honored artform in casinos, barrooms and folding card tables. Today, with online poker forums making hundreds of millions a year, the bad beat story is flourishing.
Virginia Heffernan writes The Medium column for the New York Times Magazine. She wrote about the bad beat as a literary artform worth studying during a recession.
Virginia Heffernan in the New York Times Magazine: "Flop"
(Photo courtesy *owen via Flickr/Creative Commons)
The Gambling Debate Revisited
By Laura Knoy on Wednesday, January 28, 2009.Gambling has come up many times in the Statehouse, and each year it’s been voted down. But with an economic crisis, huge state budget cuts and a call from many Granite Staters for new revenues, proponents hope to convince legislators that this may be the time to bring gambling to New Hampshire. But opponents say slots and scratch tickets would fuel addiction, destroy families and ruin the quality of life in the state. We revisit the gambling debate and see how it may play out in 2009.
Guests
- Lou D’Allesandro, Democratic state senator from Manchester
- Mike Marsh, former Democratic state representative from Greenland
- TBA
