Cincinnati.com – About 35 legislators attended a news conference Monday aimed at giving the casino issue a boost in the final days of the 2014 session, but seconds after it was over House Speaker Greg Stumbo said the issue still is effectively dead this year. “I’m just saying what members are saying,” said Stumbo, D-Prestonsburg. “What we’re running into as we count votes is they know that the Senate’s not going to act.” The expanded gambling issue remains locked in a stalemate between the Democratic-majority House and Republican-majority Senate, with both chambers’ leaders saying the other needs to act first….

VOA News – A number of countries in Asia are considering relaxing their gambling legislation to cash in on an expanding pool of wealthy gamers from the world’s most populous and fastest growing nations. This may pose a possible threat to the world’s biggest gambling center, Macau. According to some, 2014 could be the year Japan legalizes gambling. The country’s ruling party has submitted a bill to the parliament.  If it goes through, which many expect to happen, it could turn Japan into the world’s second largest gambling market. But the country is far from the only one in Asia…