2005 November 08 Gambling News, Events and Happenings - Page 3

Filed under: Tournaments , World Series of Poker , International Earl Burton from Poker News wrote an article yesterday about Harrahs and the World Series of Poker .

FOX is all-new tonight, with episodes of Bones at 8pm and then House . ABC has a new According To Jim at 8, followed by new eps of Rodney , Commander-in-Chief , and Boston Legal .

Cattle replaced cars on Dallas streets Tuesday morning. It’s something you just don’t see everyday on the streets of downtown Dallas: a longhorn cattle drive.

The Detroit City Council will soon review for approval a plan to spend $42.5 million to aid Detroit-based and Detroit-headquartered small businesses, Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick announced Monday.

Indian gaming in Oklahoma flexed its muscles again as two tribes held groundbreaking ceremonies on land that will one day become home to large casinos.

SASKATOON, Canada — As reported by the Regina Leader-Post: “The provincial Liberals want significant cuts to the number of video lottery terminals (VLTs), and possibly to other gaming machines located in casinos as well, staking out a position sharply different than those of the two main provincial parties.

A bench warrant has been issued for a woman accused of violating Kansas City’s anti-smoking ordinance by failing to show up for court. Health officials say the woman, who told them her name was Sally Fields, refused to stop smoking at a bingo hall.

The industry’s most prominent licensing jurisdiction, the Kahnawa:ke Gaming Commission and the industry’s independent player assurance organisation eCOGRA have agreed to work together to ensure that player …

For the first time ever, WinStar Casinos has launched an aggressive advertising campaign — and new, state-of-the-art website — to lure Dallas-area gamblers to its sprawling gaming facility just across the border in Thackerville, Oklahoma.