LAST month, the National Gambling Impact Study Commission released a long-awaited report on the consequences of the gambling boom in the United States.

Some longer-term residents of Joliet are worried about other, less visible problems associated with the gambling boom.

And so, in 2001, Macao began to open itself up to a new era of casino competition, setting the stage for a phenomenal tourism and gambling boom.

The gambling boom, perhaps inevitably, has generated a populist backlash that seems to have spurred Mr. Putin to act.

As the gambling boom has gripped America, there has been much soul-searching over whether casinos like the ones in Joliet are good or bad for cities.

The current gambling boom is unlike any other for its size and for its mainstream status.

Now, city officials say, the Gulf Coast is roaring back on a gambling boom, drawing tourists from Florida, Louisiana and Texas.

But, that said, he figures it's time for the gambling boom to reach the craps tables.

Rich in oil, Kazakhstan, like Russia and some other former Soviet republics, has experienced a gambling boom.

But yesterday he was more explicit than ever about his desire to see New York City participate in the national gambling boom.