A state senator from Georgetown is asking Attorney General Jack Conway whether a pari-mutuel game called Instant Racing would be legal in Kentucky.
Sen. Damon Thayer says Instant Racing, which is used at Oaklawn Park in Arkansas, might be a way to expand gambling in the state
that is more acceptable to racetracks than slot machines or [...]

The big-cat habitat on the Las Vegas Strip may be man-made - no surprise in a place that replicates locales from around the globe - but the cat certainly is not. So when visitors see the 400-pound creature sprawled on a low glass ceiling as they pass through a tunnel underneath it, many are awestruck.
One [...]

By 10 a.m., the line to enter The Meadows Racetrack & Casino was 250 people deep. By 11 a.m., the line was measured in miles — automobiles clogged the mile-long stretch of Racetrack Road between the casino and the highway, and the queue to exit Interstate 79 was a full mile-and-a-half heading north.
It was Opening [...]

Dozens of people lined up outside the Meadows Racetrack & Casino in Washington County early this morning to be among the first to try their luck inside what is now the state’s the state’s largest casino.
Amid much excitement, the Meadows opened the doors of its new $175-million permanent facility at 10am.
“It’s exciting,” Meadows Vice President [...]

Nightclubs come and go, but some become legendary.
In what many consider one of the world’s most premier partying destinations, Opium nightclub set the precedent for Miami’s South Beach.
In December, Opium closed its doors with sites set on a new destination, the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, FL.
The Opium group, whose nightclubs also [...]

The Country Fresh dairy plant in Flint is closing after 80 years of operation, and at least 110 employees will lose their jobs.
The Flint Journal and WNEM-TV reported Friday the plant will close in mid-August.
Marguerite Copel, spokeswoman for Dallas-based parent company Dean Foods Co., says the company has too much production in the area.
She says [...]

It’s a big week for the Meadows Racetrack and Casino in Washington, Pennsylvania.
At 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday, a ribbon cutting will be held for the new $175-million, 350,000 suare-foot casino. This is all pending on a test run and approval by the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board, a news release stated.
Due to the test, the temporary [...]