MOBILE - The Poarch Band of Creek Indians has been given permission to become co-defendants in an anti-gambling lawsuit filed by Alabama Attorney General Troy King against the U.S. Department of the Interior.

Many local bars will see if their business changes when a new lottery game hits the scene next month. Starting in August, businesses will be allowed to offer Keno, a game of chance similar to bingo where players choose 15 numbers off a card of 80 numbers.

What will mothers do for their children? Well, Ray will shoot her husband in the foot to keep him from going gambling, hunt for loose change to fill her gas tank, work whatever shifts she can at the dollar store.

WASHINGTON – Under pressure from Indian tribes, federal regulators announced yesterday they're retreating on attempts to make sure electronic bingo machines at tribal casinos can't masquerade as Las Vegas-style slots.

Three Inland tribes have paid more than $65 million to California as part of their agreements to share slot machine money with the state. The payments reflect a portion of the tribes' slot-machine net revenue for the first few months under their new trib