Casino Gambling
When the Washington Post and "60 Minutes" teamed up for news stories portraying online poker players as consumers who need protection from cheats, the impact seemed obvious. The odds of passage of U.S. Rep. Barney Frank's bill legalizing and regulating online gambling became stronger.
The odds of a Hard Rock Hotel & Casino at Kansas Speedway just got longer -- thanks to the worsening economy. Only hours before the project was set to receive final approval Friday from the Kansas Racing and Gaming Commission, casino partners International Speedway Corp. and the Baltimore-based Cordish Co. said it had become "prudent and necessary" to withdraw their application. The deal called .

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