EDMONTON, Alberta, Sept. 21 (UPI) -- Gambling is prevalent in prisons and inmates who didn't gamble before incarceration can acquire a taste for it that's hard to shake, Canadian researchers say.
WASHINGTON, April 18 (UPI) -- Banks in Missouri and Nevada have been closed by regulators, marking the 24th and 25th U.S. banks to fail so far in 2009, officials said.
ATLANTA, March 7 (UPI) -- The government has seized Freedom Bank of Georgia -- the seventh bank in Georgia to fail in the last seven months, federal and state regulators say.
CHICAGO, Feb. 28 (UPI) -- Two small banks in Illinois and Nevada have been shuttered, state financial regulators say.
LAS VEGAS, Jan. 9 (UPI) -- Gambling revenues for the state of Nevada fell 14.8 percent in November compared with a year ago, the state's Gaming Control Board said Friday.
RENO, Nev., July 26 (UPI) -- Federal regulators have closed two banks in the U.S. West, saying they were undercapitalized due to the poor performance of home mortgage loans.
NEW YORK, March 31 (UPI) -- Nevada researchers say gambling revenues comprise more than 10 percent of five state budgets, the New York Times said Thursday.
LAS VEGAS, Feb. 23 (UPI) -- Nevada has given preliminary approval to MGM Mirage's proposed $7.9 billion buyout of the Mandalay Resort Group.
DALLAS, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- The billionaire owner of the Dallas Mavericks basketball franchise wants to start an investment fund that makes money by gambling -- even on sports.
WASHINGTON, April 10 (UPI) --
