2005 November 07 Gambling News, Events and Happenings - Page 6

A former financial consultant who stole £10 million in an elaborate scam to fuel his obsession with horse racing is due to be sentenced today. Gambling-mad Graham Price, 58, left a signed IOU for £7 million in the safe of the Halifax Bank agency he ran in Gowerton, south Wales.

It is a little disturbing that high-stakes poker has become such a big part of television lately.

ONLINE UK gambling agency Betfair has been granted an Australian licence but the SA Government has vowed to make it an offence for locals to place wagers with the exchange.

Join the Blaze for our first ever “Pizza and Poker” event to benefit the Lincoln Action Program.

A study announced last week should give older men some pause before deciding to spawn heirs and change diapers at an age when most men are golfing in ugly pants and playing bingo. In the biggest study ever into the effects of paternal age on babies health, scientists at UCLA have found that older men have a greater chance of fathering children with Downs syndrome and are more likely to

A room full of pros playing in the Tournament of Champions The Tournament of Champions began a three day run at Caesar’s Palace with 114 invited players taking their seat.

A year ago, Patriots tackle Matt Light used two celebrity poker tournaments to raise more than $30,000 for his Light Foundation, which disperses funds to various groups that help kids. Light intended to run the events again this year, but the NFL informed him of a league-wide ban on gambling.

Pro sports teams like the New Orleans Saints and Hornets are not the only Crescent City fixtures without a home. Add the Louisiana Symphony Orchestra to a list of groups booted out of the city by Hurricane Katrina.

LITTLE ROCK A heavy turnout is expected in Hot Springs and West Memphis on Tuesday, when voters in those cities will decide whether they want to expand electronic gambling at racetracks.