Arizona Casinos Brought in $1.8 Billion in 2012

Revenues from Arizona tribal casinos went up in 2012, although the number of slot machines and gaming tables has decreased, according to a gaming industry report.Casino City’s recently-released Indian Gaming Industry Report studied gaming revenue in 2012, both nationally and in individual states. The report says that Arizona’s 22 casinos…

Galaxy Gaming Approved for Arizona Casinos, but Banned in California

Galaxy Gaming, a Nevada-based table-game company, has been approved to do business in Arizona casinos — despite being banned in California. Dishonesty by Robert Saucier, the CEO of Galaxy Gaming, was cited in a ruling by a California judge last year as the main reason for a gaming-license denial. But…

Healthcare Cuts for Arizona’s Poor Upheld by Judge

Hundreds of thousands of impoverished Arizonans with health problems apparently will have to tough it out following a court ruling today that upholds healthcare cuts.Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Mark Brain ruled that a group of people suing the state can’t forced Arizona lawmakers to keep funding their free health care.Proposition 204,…

Money Problems? Arizona Ranks 40th in Per-Capita Income

Arizona apparently deserves its reputatation as a mecca for low-paying jobs, ranking 40th in an economic analysis among states for per-capita income. The U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis reports, according to the Biz Journal this morning, that the average income for state residents if $34,999 — “well below the national average of $40,584.”…

Moody’s Credit-Rating Service Lowers Arizona’s Outlook to “Negative,” Worries About Expiration of New Sales Tax

  Arizona looks like a potential deadbeat to the world-famous Moody’s credit-rating service. Citing concerns over a sales-tax increase set to expire in mid-2013 and a budget that relies on the federal government to make changes caused Moody’s to downgrade Arizona’s outlook this week from “stable” to “negative.” Moody’s affirmed…

Police Say This Guy Whipped it Out in Front of Three Young Girls

The man pictured to the right is 28-year-old Ezequiel Gardea Diaz, and police say that over the weekend he whipped it out and started “shaking” it in front of three young girls.According to court documents obtained by New Times, about 5 p.m. Saturday, the three girls, ages 9, 10, and…