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A new poll shows that New Jersey residents think casino gambling should expand in their state -- but the expansion should be concentrated in Atlantic City. The casinos oppose proposals to allow slots at New Jersey racetracks, fearing that woulderode Atlantic City's revenue.

Texas State Senators Rodney Ellis, a Democrat, and Republican John Carona, of Dallas, commented that Texans are taking their money out of state to gamble and casinos should be built closer to home to keep that money here.

A study released last week by a group called Florida TaxWatch indicates that taxes from Seminole Indian gambling would generate $2.9 billion in tax revenues for the state.

Delaware soon will be legalizing sports betting in the town, but meanwhile gamblers can play slot machines and other gaming games.

The total global online gross gambling yield surpassed $20 billion for 2008 in what was actually a good year overall for the interactive gambling industry.

Steven Martin, director of marketing and gaming at the Finger Lakes Gaming and Racetrack, where attendance has increased since VLT's were installed in 2005.

Paris takes in billions a year from the gaming industry, which includes Internet gambling, casinos, horse racing and the lottery.

Gambling advocates reckon the new report prepared by accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers will help propel efforts in Congress this year to repeal the 2006 Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act.

A Democratic state senator is pushing a proposal that will allow video slot machines in bars and airports in Minnesota. The legislation will help bring in additional dollars for charitable gambling organizations and education. Sen. Chuck Wiger, of Maplewood, last week said that the video slot machines could be another way to bring in revenue and ease the state's spending problems.

Gambling stimulates a large portion of the "win-related circuitry" in the human brain and boosts a person's motivation to gamble, according to U.K. researchers. The study was published in the Feb. 12 issue of Neuron, a medical journal.