<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>washingtonpost.com - D.C. Gambling</title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/metro/dc/gambling?nav=rss_metro/dc/gambling</link><description>D.C. Gambling</description><language>en-us</language><ttl>15</ttl><image><title>washingtonpost.com</title><width>140</width><height>20</height><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com</link><url>http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gif</url></image><item><title><![CDATA[Ehrlich Releases Slots Proposal]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A27696-2005Jan21.html?nav=rss_metro/dc/gambling</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A27696-2005Jan21.html?nav=rss_metro/dc/gambling</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:52:34 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Maryland Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. launched a fresh attempt at winning approval for slot machine gambling, adding a promise of $100 million more in school construction money to try to leverage support from Washington area lawmakers.]]></description><author> Matthew Mosk</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[D.C. Slots Effort Revived in Bid for 2006 Ballot]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A51641-2005Jan5.html?nav=rss_metro/dc/gambling</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A51641-2005Jan5.html?nav=rss_metro/dc/gambling</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:52:34 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A group of gambling promoters from the U.S. Virgin Islands has quietly revived its campaign to legalize slot machines in the nation's capital, circulating petitions over the Christmas holiday aimed at putting the issue before District voters in 2006.]]></description><author> Serge F. Kovaleski  and Lori Montgomery</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Slots Campaign In D.C. Crumbles]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A57220-2004Sep28.html?nav=rss_metro/dc/gambling</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A57220-2004Sep28.html?nav=rss_metro/dc/gambling</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:52:34 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A D.C. Court of Appeals panel Tuesday upheld the city election board's decision to throw out thousands of petition signatures, keeping a casino initiative off November's ballot.]]></description><author> Lori Montgomery</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[D.C. Slots  Bid Cost More Than $2 Million]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12666-2004Sep10.html?nav=rss_metro/dc/gambling</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12666-2004Sep10.html?nav=rss_metro/dc/gambling</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:52:34 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Offshore financiers have spent more than $2 million since the end of May in an unsuccessful campaign to legalize slot machines in the nation's capital, according to the latest finance report filed with District regulators.]]></description><author> Serge F. Kovaleski and Lori Montgomery</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ruling on D.C. Slots  May Come This Week]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6860-2004Sep8.html?nav=rss_metro/dc/gambling</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6860-2004Sep8.html?nav=rss_metro/dc/gambling</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:52:34 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Lawyers for an initiative to legalize slot machines in the District urged the D.C. Court of Appeals Wednesday to clear the way for the issue to be placed on the Nov. 2 ballot, saying the city's election board lacked sufficient evidence to invalidate thousands of petition signatures gathered to support the gambling plan.]]></description><author> Lori Montgomery</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Slots Barred From  Ballot]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A43240-2004Aug5.html?nav=rss_metro/dc/gambling</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A43240-2004Aug5.html?nav=rss_metro/dc/gambling</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:52:34 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Election board rules the drive failed to collect enough valid signatures to qualify for Nov. 2 ballot; backers promise to appeal decision.]]></description><author> Lori Montgomery  and Serge F. Kovaleski</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Backers of Slots in D.C. Plan to Appeal]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A40334-2004Aug4.html?nav=rss_metro/dc/gambling</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A40334-2004Aug4.html?nav=rss_metro/dc/gambling</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:52:34 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Leaders of a campaign to ask District voters to approve the legalization of slot machines vowed yesterday to appeal a decision by the D.C. elections board to throw out thousands of petition signatures aimed at putting the gambling initiative on the Nov. 2 ballot.]]></description><author> Serge F. Kovaleski  and Lori Montgomery</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[D.C. Slots Dealt Blow]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A37565-2004Aug3.html?nav=rss_metro/dc/gambling</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A37565-2004Aug3.html?nav=rss_metro/dc/gambling</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:52:34 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The election board's decision to throw out thousands of petition signatures will make it difficult to get the measure on the Nov. 2 ballot.]]></description><author> Lori Montgomery  and Serge F. Kovaleski</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Slots Foes Say Drive Flouted D.C. Law]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35744-2004Aug3.html?nav=rss_metro/dc/gambling</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35744-2004Aug3.html?nav=rss_metro/dc/gambling</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:52:34 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The D.C. elections board heard closing arguments last night following hearings that probed allegations of fraud in an initiative to legalize gambling in the District.]]></description><author> Serge F. Kovaleski and Allan Lengel</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Financing Behind D.C. Slots Murky]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A30891-2004Jul31.html?nav=rss_metro/dc/gambling</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A30891-2004Jul31.html?nav=rss_metro/dc/gambling</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:52:34 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[There are new questions about who stands to benefit if slots come to Washington.]]></description><author> Lori Montgomery</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[D.C. Slots Sponsors  Withdraw 389 Petitions]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A25795-2004Jul29.html?nav=rss_metro/dc/gambling</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A25795-2004Jul29.html?nav=rss_metro/dc/gambling</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:52:34 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Action follows hearings into allegations that supporters violated laws during a drive aimed at getting the initiative on the Nov. 2 ballot.]]></description><author> Serge F. Kovaleski</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[45 Slots Circulators Can't Be Located, Probe Finds]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A19313-2004Jul27.html?nav=rss_metro/dc/gambling</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A19313-2004Jul27.html?nav=rss_metro/dc/gambling</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:52:34 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Circulators signed affidavits saying that they are city residents and had witnessed signatures for the drive.]]></description><author> Serge F. Kovaleski</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Slots vs. a Doyen Of Civic Activism]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A19310-2004Jul27.html?nav=rss_metro/dc/gambling</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A19310-2004Jul27.html?nav=rss_metro/dc/gambling</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:52:34 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The people trying to bring slot machines to the District have discovered that their most significant hurdle is Brizill, 56, the  super-activist and government watchdog.]]></description><author> David Nakamura</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Elections Board Rules on Workers]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A16299-2004Jul26.html?nav=rss_metro/dc/gambling</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A16299-2004Jul26.html?nav=rss_metro/dc/gambling</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:52:34 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The D.C. Board of Elections and Ethics ruled   residents who work as petition circulators can use out-of-town assistants to handle clipboards and solicit individuals for signatures.]]></description><author> Serge F. Kovaleski</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[D.C. Slots Petitions Being Investigated]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7089-2004Jul22.html?nav=rss_metro/dc/gambling</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7089-2004Jul22.html?nav=rss_metro/dc/gambling</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:52:34 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Three people who participated in the petition drive refused to answer questions from the ethics panel, which is probing allegations of fraud.]]></description><author> Lori Montgomery  and Serge F. Kovaleski</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Panel Investigating  D.C. Slots Petitions]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A4069-2004Jul21.html?nav=rss_metro/dc/gambling</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A4069-2004Jul21.html?nav=rss_metro/dc/gambling</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:52:34 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The D.C. Board of Elections and Ethics is issuing subpoenas for more than 70 city residents in response to allegations that they forged signatures, falsified addresses and committed other violations of election laws.]]></description><author> Serge F. Kovaleski and Lori Montgomery</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Elections Board Pushed to Reject Slots Bid]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A62861-2004Jul19.html?nav=rss_metro/dc/gambling</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A62861-2004Jul19.html?nav=rss_metro/dc/gambling</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:52:34 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A team of community activists tells the D.C. elections board they believe a petition drive in support of the gambling initiative is hopelessly tainted by violations of local election laws.]]></description><author> Lori Montgomery and Serge F. Kovaleski</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Slots Petitions Troubled]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58357-2004Jul17.html?nav=rss_metro/dc/gambling</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58357-2004Jul17.html?nav=rss_metro/dc/gambling</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:52:34 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A petition drive to put slot machines on the D.C. ballot has widespread violations of election laws, according to petition circulators.]]></description><author> Serge F. Kovaleski  and Lori Montgomery</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[District Council Says No To Slots]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A47996-2004Jul13.html?nav=rss_metro/dc/gambling</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A47996-2004Jul13.html?nav=rss_metro/dc/gambling</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:52:34 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A majority of the D.C. Council signed a resolution Tuesday opposing slot machines in the nation's capital and vowed to campaign against a gambling initiative if it qualifies for a spot on the Nov. 2 ballot.]]></description><author> Lori Montgomery</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[D.C. Slots Backers Face Tough Odds on Hill]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45297-2004Jul12.html?nav=rss_metro/dc/gambling</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45297-2004Jul12.html?nav=rss_metro/dc/gambling</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:52:34 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Congress will halt any attempt to bring slot machines to the District, two influential members predict.]]></description><author> Spencer S. Hsu and Lori Montgomery</author></item></channel></rss>