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Nobody Wins Big Lottery Jackpots
ABC26 NewsNobody won the $850,000 Louisiana Lotto jackpot, $52.9 million multi-state Powerball or $100,000 Easy 5 drawing Saturday night. The next Louisiana Lotto drawing will be worth an estimated $900,000 while Wednesday's Powerball jackpot goes up to $64...Tags: Casino and Gambling Industry, Powerball Lottery, Travel, Lotto, Lotteries
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The Edwin Edwards Cult of Personality
Jeff CrouereAfter eight years in prison, Edwin Edwards has finally been released. He started his prison sentence in October 2002 in Fort Worth Texas and was later moved to a federal facility in Oakdale, Louisiana. On Thursday, he reported to a halfway house in...Tags: Entertainment, Louisiana, Prisons, Elections, WGNO
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Former State Senator Ken Hollis Dies at 68
ABC26 NewsFormer state Senator Ken Hollis, who worked to keep the Saints in New Orleans, bring legalized gambling to Louisiana and establish state-sponsored property insurance, has died. He was 68. He died Friday morning of cancer at Ochsner Medical Center, his...Tags: Ken Hollis, New Orleans, Louisiana, Casino and Gambling Industry, Family
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Video Bingo Revenue Down: How's Hammond Impacted?
ABC26 NewsThe City of Hammond uses gaming revenue for special projects, but lately the video bingo machines just aren't cutting it. ABC26 News Reporter Vanessa Bolano takes a look at what's happening. Signs outside gambling parlors in Hammond warn some to stay...Tags: Crimes, Crime, Law and Justice, Regional Authority, Travel, Lotteries
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Mississippi Woman Arrested In Theft At Casino Hotel
ABC26 NewsA Mississippi woman has been arrested and accused of stealing $17,000 from a casino hotel room in New Orleans. State police say 51-year-old Tammy J. Meyer, of Golden, was booked Wednesday with felony theft. Investigators said that early last month, a...Tags: Crimes, New Orleans, Crime, Law and Justice, Mississippi, Travel
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La. casino revenue in 2-year-slide
ABC26 NewsLouisiana's state-licensed casinos mirrored their counterparts in other states last month as money won from players continued a two-year slide. The 13 riverboats, Harrah's downtown New Orleans casino and the four race track casinos took in $203.6 million...Tags: Louisiana, Disasters, Credit and Debt, Water Pollution, Lotteries
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Counterfeiter Gambles With 'Funny Money' At Local Casinos
ABC26 NewsA Houma man has been arrested for gambling with counterfeit money in at least two Lafourche Parish truck stop casinos. Carl Eschete, 28, was arrested Thursday evening following an investigation that began on July 4th. On July 4th, employees with the...Tags: Casino and Gambling Industry, Travel, Lotteries, Tourism and Leisure
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Casino Take Falls 8.3 Percent In Fiscal Year
ABC26 NewsWinnings for Louisiana's state-licensed casinos fell 8.3 percent over the past year. State police say that for the fiscal year ending June 30, the 13 riverboat casinos, Harrah's land casino in New Orleans and the four race track casinos took in $2.33...Tags: New Orleans, Louisiana, Casino and Gambling Industry, Travel, Lotteries
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New Orleans Casinos in the Spotlight
ABC26 NewsLouisiana casinos and video poker businesses just finished an off-year, at least by recent standards. The take from players - the amount lost at card tables, slot machines, roulette wheels and the like in state-licensed casinos, along with video poker...Tags: Wages and Pensions, Louisiana, Business, Ford, Lotteries
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Baton Rouge Powerball Ticket Wins $85.7 Million to Become 14th Jackpot Won in La.
ABC26 NewsOne ticket purchased in Baton Rouge won the $85.7 million Powerball jackpot Saturday night, the second-largest single amount won in Louisiana Lottery history. This latest winning ticket brings the total number of Powerball jackpot winning tickets sold in...Tags: Casino and Gambling Industry, Powerball Lottery, Travel, Lotteries, Lifestyle and Leisure
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Effort Underway to Ban Smoking in N.O. Bars, Casinos
ABC26 News"Equal Air for All" is spear headed by Tracey Sherry of New Orleans. Sherry is heading up a petition drive and so far she and a couple of others have gathered more than a thousand signatures in support of the effort to ban smoking in bars and casinos....Tags: Casino and Gambling Industry, Travel, Tourism and Leisure
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State to Release February Casino Winnings
The state releases figures Tuesday on how much Louisiana's casinos won in February. So far, state-licensed casinos have largely defied trends in other states where winnings from gamblers have slid sharply in many cases as the recession has cut...Tags: Louisiana, Casino and Gambling Industry, Travel, Lotteries, Lifestyle and Leisure
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