Gambling

Sheriff's Office Makes Busts at Two Game Rooms

Harris County Sheriff's investigators seized cash, drugs, weapons, and gambling devices from two allegedly illegal game rooms in southwest Harris County Thursday, according to a press release. Acting on a tip, members of the HCSO's Game Room Task Force (a whole task force, yo!) seized the loot -- w ... More >>

Bartice "Cool" King: Arrested For Running Billion-Dollar Offshore Betting Company Legendz Sports

A Spring man was arrested yesterday for being one of the masterminds behind Legendz Sports, a billion-dollar offshore betting company. Federal agents arrested King and three others from the Houston area as part of a sweep that resulted in indictments against 34 individuals and 23 corporate entitie ... More >>

Doubling Down: Texas and Casino Gambling

The Alabama-Coushatta want their casino back. The Texas horse tracks say betting on races isn’t enough. Both see expanded gambling in the state as their ticket to solvency.

Songs I Didn't Want to Hear at a Casino While Losing Money

Recently, I spent more than a little time at the Harrah's casino smack in the middle of downtown New Orleans, which was unfortunately the only place besides my hotel room floor where I could get some sort level of sanity away from football. If you have ever been to a casino, you know it is built l ... More >>

Combat Veterans Fall Prey to Gambling Addictions at an Alarming Rate

where's the military when the chips are down?

They Were Kings for a Moment

The feds attack online poker, killing livelihoods and a $2.5 billion industry.

62nd Annual Holiday Parade Presented by H-E-B

Legalize Online Poker? Texas Congressman Says Yes

Coming soon to a state near you?​U.S. Representative Joe Barton (R-Oil), the man who famously apologized to BP for the horrible way they were shaken down by the Obama administration after the Gulf oil spill, is introducing a bill to legalize online poker, the AP reports. Yay? Barton wants in ... More >>

The Matchmaker

Patricia Mancuso Janowski: $1.5M in Embezzled Funds Gambled Away in Quick-E Mart's Poker Machine, Police Say

Not so good at the video poker.​They might not be willing to admit, but you have to just know that the proprietors of the Klein Food Mart on Louetta Road just loved it when they would see Pat Janowski pull up in the strip mall parking lot. Like them, you might even not be above giving her some ... More >>

Jerry's Time to Shine

Speaking truth about Super Bowl XXXVIII.

Galveston Begins Latest Push For Casinos With Poll

Galveston goes all in​Just about everyone in Galveston wants casinos, the Galveston Chamber of Commerce has announced.At least just about everyone who was polled by the Chamber, that is.The organization has announced the results of a poll of members and non-members that finds 79 percent of respond ... More >>

Queen of Spades

Love is never a sure bet

God Help Ye Merry Gentlemen: 10th Grade Cutie's Christmas Album

​Christmas came early for Rocks Off this weekend in the form of Dr. Feelgood, a vaguely holiday-themed album from our favorite little brothers in the increasingly prolific 10th Grade Cutie. You guys can now cancel the order for the black Yamaha V-Star 1100 and the lock of Lemmy's hair, because we ... More >>

Perhaps The Internet-Cafe Trend In Nederland Was Overstated

​Just as we were trying to figure out why there were internet cafes in Nederland and Port Arthur, we find out that the places were actually fronts for illegal gambling, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. The department announced yesterday that six people were charged with running the gam ... More >>

Moody Gardens, A Bigger Tourist Attraction Than The White House

If you had your choice to stand anywhere as a tourist in the United States, where would you choose?The Las Vegas Strip? Mount Rushmore? The White House?No way, dude -- you prefer to be standing in Moody Gardens in Galveston.At least you do if you're one of the respondents to what has to be described ... More >>

Is Casino Gambling in the Cards for Galveston?: PLAN B

If gambling is coming back to Galveston, then a return to institutionalized illegal gambling might still be the way to go

Is Casino Gambling in the Cards for Galveston?: Getting Up a Game

Bringing casinos to Texas would require a state constitutional amendment

How To Save Galveston, Part One

Photo by Beau BThis week's cover story (coming online later today) is about the drive to bring legal casino gambling to Galveston. With the Island's economy in shambles after the one-two punches of Hurricane Ike and the global financial meltdown, a vocal contingent of Galvestonians think the best wa ... More >>

New Poll Shows Wide Support For Slot Machines In Texas; Surprisingly, Poll Was Done For Slot Supporters

Logo courtesy Win For TexasSupporters of slot machine at horse tracks and Indian casinos have done two things this morning: released a poll showing what they call widespread support in Texas for their issue, and introduced us to an awful, awful new word: "racinos.""New Poll Shows Massive Statewide S ... More >>

Sam Houston Race Park Starts Ike Recovery -- And A Push For Casino Gambling

It's taken a while, but this week Sam Houston Race Park will finally begin the major parts of its post-Ike reconstruction -- replacing the roof.The facility has had to wait for supplies, and the availability of a company big enough to handle the job, Gina Rotolo, director of media relations, tells H ... More >>

Pirate Proposal and Dogfighting Outrage

A Modest Proposal for the Rehabilitation of Galveston

We've seen the devastation first-hand, read the gloom and doom reports. Bolivar has been erased. UTMB's cutbacks threaten terminal meltdown for the Galveston economy. The schools are in peril. The beaches are ravaged.What is to be done?Predictably, there is a call for casino gambling on the island. ... More >>

Tuna Does Vegas in Galveston

Let the silliness begin

“Modern Jackpot: Vintage Vegas Signs by Marilyn Davenport”

A Texas photographer captures a bit of Casino-ville’s history

Kirsten Hassenfeld: “Dans la Lune”

The Rice Gallery has been transformed into a papered paradise

Greyhound Racing

Tracks and breeders struggle as attendance declines

Letters to the Editor

Le Grand Cheesecake

The Vegas version of Venice, or Vienna, or someplace

Chaka Khan

Friday, April 9

Best Barbecue Restaurant

Drexler's Bar-B-Que

War Dance

Alabama-Coushatta Indians are shedding their passive ways in big bets on land claims and casinos. But some fear they could be gambling away their great tribal heritage.

Best Barbecue Joint

Pizzitola's