A 44 year old man, who left his 4 year old son alone in a car in freezing weather so he could go enter an internet cafe and gamble at a cyber casino was charged Friday with child endangerment likely to cause substantial harm. The boy was taken to Shakopee hospital to be checked out and was then released to child protective services, which will locate the boy's mother and reuni...

Wednesday night a bar in the town of round lake was raided by police for housing illegal gambling. With the help from the lake County Metropolitan Enforcement Group, made up of law enforcement agencies from all over the county, the round lake police raided the bar at 302 Nippersink Rd at approximately 7:45 Wednesday night. Once inside the police found a poker tournament in progress, as well as two illegal slot machines, and according to the Chief of police in Round Lake it is also common t...

A South Carolina Republican state lawmaker wants to make changes to the states gambling laws to allow people to have poker games in their homes. The current laws not only make a weekly poker game at your home between friends illegal as well as most card games and dice games; technically according to the state laws even monopoly is illegal. The problem according to the lawmaker is that the laws have not been changed in 200 years, and are in desperate need of some modernization. The bill ...

Texas legislators are trying to pass a law expanding gambling to resort style casinos, Indian Reservation Casinos and video slot machines at the race tracks. Many legislators are against the passage of the new bill saying that the state has a budget surplus and does not need to bring in extra revenue. Proponents of this bill are trying to rally support from fellow Texans by using the money to pay for student?s college tuition. If...

A 29 year old Native American who last year attempted an armed robbery of a casino has been sentenced to 12 ½ years in jail, according to officials. The man is a member of the Gila River Indian Tribe in Arizona. He pleaded guilty to charges of attempted robbery and use of a firearm in relation to a crime of violence, back in September, according to a press release from the office of the state of Arizona's District Attorney. The inc...