2005 August 05 Gambling News, Events and Happenings

RENO, Nevada (Reuters) - Stephen Streufert used to spend two or three hours a day in heavy traffic commuting to and from a San Francisco-area software company.

Casinos won’t take bets on ‘07 All-Star events by Associated Press LAS VEGAS — The 2007 NBA All-Star Game will be played in Las Vegas, making it the first city without an NBA team franchise to host the event, commissioner David Stern announced Friday. Stern called it “a merger between the basketball capital of…

Maybe it’s the statue of Buddha that brings bingo player Stanley Konkol good luck when he plays the numbers.

SANTA FE, N.M. — Tribes should be looking toward tourism that promotes the culture of American Indians — rather than casinos — for their economic future, says a former U.S. senator who was the only American Indian in the Senate.

The Little Women of Lutz is planning its year ahead. During the summer, the youngsters helped their sponsoring club, the Lutz/Land O’ Lakes Woman’s Club, with bingo at the Lopez Nursing Home in Land O’ Lakes.

What’s legal here? The rattling of a thousand bingo balls in a cage. The scratching of a coin’s edge against the glossy surface of a lottery ticket. The electronic shuffling of a deck of cards in an online casino. The exasperated groan of defeat and the joyous shrieks of victory.

Losers “play” poker but winners are Poker Players. You need more than luck to be a consistent winner. Poker is a game of skill where you are competing against the other players, not the house. You must learn to skillfully…

He’s left indelible marks on music and hip-hop fashion. Now, Jay-Z is betting a bundle that he can help remove a bad rap from Atlantic City - the complaint that the town is without a bona fide sports bar.

Cryptologic Inc., online gaming software developer, reported good results from its second quarter and first half of 2005.