Ohioans can vote at 18.
They can buy cigarettes at that age.
Soon they might be able to play video slot machines.
The legal age to gamble at the state’s new ”racinos” — combination horse tracks and slots parlors — would be 18 under proposed guidelines the Ohio Lottery Commission released Wednesday.
Gov. Ted Strickland and the state legislature [...]

Given the state’s dire fiscal circumstances, California’s Legislature is ripe for a politically painless source of new revenues. On the surface, Internet poker appears to provide just that. But don’t bet on it.
None of California’s gambling schemes, whether the lottery or the state’s now burgeoning Indian casinos, have ever provided the painless fiscal fix for [...]

TOPEKA, Kan. – The Kansas Lottery Commission endorsed two competing plans Wednesday for a new state-owned casino in the Kansas City area – including one at Kansas Speedway – but delayed action until next week on a pair of proposals for a casino south of Wichita.
The commission approved proposed contracts for Wyandotte County for a [...]