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Shades of Gray: Off-reservation gambling generally prohibited, but card rooms persist
With the opening of two grand, new casino facilities in the Valley of the Sun in the past year-and-a-half and hugely popular televised poker tournaments that create instant millionaires annually, the expansion and popularity of poker can’t be denied.
A Royal Family: The Tilted Jack card room purveyor looking for strength in co-op
For John Schnaubelt, operating the card room he founded in north Phoenix is merely a small piece of a much larger effort to legitimize poker as a largely skill-based sport. He wants card rooms to be as easy to open as any other entertainment destination.
Possible solution to big budget problem
As the mayor of Cave Creek, I empathize with what Gov. Jan Brewer and state legislators are facing with the state’s budget deficit. Taxes can be raised only so high and spending cut only so deep before Arizonans’ quality of life suffers.
Arizona can’t afford racinos
As a 25-year veteran of the gaming industry, I’ve seen how racinos alter the course of gaming and gaming regulation within a state. Although I have yet to see a bill this year that would allow race tracks to add slot machines and table games, my greatest concern is the ripple effect that will occur in the wake of such legislation.
Brewer signs anti-casino bill
Gov. Jan Brewer on Tuesday signed a bill aimed at preventing the Tohono O’odham tribe from building a casino in Glendale.
