PARIS -- A horse-racing fan made a French gambling record Monday when he placed a €60 bet and went home with winnings totaling €7.5 million ($9.6 million), the PMU state-run bookmaker said.

Associated Press - June 19, 2008 6:44 PM ET BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Despite threats of a veto, the Senate has given final approval to a bill that would allow Iberville Parish voters the right...

Before this year’s Kentucky Derby, the owners of Big Brown would have bet that next month’s opening of their new horse hospital would be their biggest thrill in 2008.

Gambling proponents think they have a great way to tap poker's popularity in Florida: Bring back quarter-horse racing by building tracks that also include card rooms.

PONTIAC -- H. Wallace Parker is known in many circles as a hard-nosed criminal lawyer who represents the poor and fights to keep the downtrodden from being wronged because of their skin color.