A House committee voted on Thursday to crack down on the $12 billion Internet gambling industry by amending a 1961 act to prohibit online gambling and outlaw electronic transmission of funds to pay for bets.

As manufacturing jobs move abroad, a more relaxed Singapore is trying to stimulate tourism by building its first casinos.

John Daly says he has lost between $50 million and $60 million during 12 years of heavy gambling and that it has become a problem that could "flat-out ruin me" if he doesn't bring it under control.

The Bodog Entertainment Group, which operates gambling and gaming Web sites, is sponsoring branded airplanes flying from Las Vegas McCarran International Airport.

Three years into the poker boom, TV executives are betting that the game has real legs, even as some viewers are folding.

Casino operators are developing technology to instantly reprogram their slot machines, allowing them to adjust jackpots and odds on the fly.