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VIDEO: Officials answer questions about enforcement of video gaming ban

NEWS

Jake Frankel | 01/23/2013

The Buncombe County Sheriff's Office and Asheville Police Department are working with the district attorney to enforce a state law banning commercial video gaming sweepstacks machines.

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N.C. governor and Cherokee sign compact to allow live gaming and share revenue with WNC schools

Jeff Fobes | 11/28/2011

The 30-year compact will allow the Cherokee to offer live table gaming, and it will provide for the state to receive a share of revenue generated from these new games. The compact calls for the state’s share of the revenue to be channeled directly to school districts. The school districts will be required to spend the funds on educating students in the classroom.

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Men at work: Behind the veil of Harrah’s $633 million expansion

Jeff Fobes | 09/08/2011

“It is unlike anything else that has ever been attempted,” said Erik Sneed, the tribe’s construction oversight manager for the expansion of Harrah's Cherokee Casino. “You’ve seen projects like this in Vegas or Atlantic City. Rarely have you ever seen it in Indian Country,” he told the Smoky Mountain News.

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Buncombe sheriff: legal order preventing electronic gambling busts

David Forbes | 02/13/2009

A legal order preventing enforcement of a recently passed state gambling law is stopping law enforcement from cracking down on new electronic-gambling machines that offer cash payouts, Buncombe County Sheriff Van Duncan and District Attorney Ron Moore said in a press conference today.

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Medford sentencing date set

Jason Sandford | 10/03/2008

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Medford and his former deputies to be sentenced Oct. 6

Jason Sandford | 09/02/2008

The latest chapter in the saga of former Buncombe County Sheriff Bobby Medford and three of his former deputies will come to a close on Oct. 6 when a federal judge will announce prison sentences to the men for their involvement in a massive illegal-gambling operation.

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Nesbitt, others targeted in gambling raid

David Forbes | 03/12/2008

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Eastern Band to build second casino

Jake Frankel | 04/12/2013

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Department of the Interior completes process for live gaming at Harrah's Cherokee Casino

Margaret Williams | 08/06/2012

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Poker machines remain illegal in McDowell County, according to law enforcement, prosecuters

Caitlin Byrd | 03/30/2012

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Live blackjack, poker closer to reality for Harrah's in Cherokee, News&Observer reports

Margaret Williams | 01/30/2012

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Barely legal: Video gambling betting on a sympathetic court decision

Jeff Fobes | 12/22/2011

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Smoky Mountain News: Video gambling continues on borrowed time pending court challenge

Steve Shanafelt | 12/21/2011

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Internet-based sweepstakes organization wades into Cherokee-reservation 'live gaming' issue

Jeff Fobes | 11/25/2011

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State wants cut of Cherokee gambling profits for general fund or education

Megan Dombroski | 11/20/2011

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NC raises concerns on expanding Cherokee casino gambling

Megan Dombroski | 11/13/2011

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Hendersonville City Council restricts Internet sweepstakes businesses

Jeff Fobes | 11/04/2011

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