2005 November 09 Gambling News, Events and Happenings - Page 6

News from the POKER GAZETTE Are poker ‘bots’ raking online pots? Pull up a chair at a friendly poker game in a buddy’s den and you probably know the other players and have some idea of their card-playing …

Hilda Fitch, a 74-year-old Bossier City, Louisiana resident, took home the top prize of $1 million* at the world’s largest slot machine tournament held last night at Harrah’s Las Vegas.

Jill Cohen The Desert Sun Bowlers have leagues. Dart throwers have leagues. And I have just discovered, much to my surprise and delight, that poker players also have leagues.

Here’s a sure sign of a fun pub: The employees play the same bar games as their customers.

NILES — The Illinois Racing Board has approved a request for an off-track betting parlor in Niles. By a 9-1 vote Tuesday, the board gave permission to Inter-Track Partners LLC to operate a 26,500-square-foot OTB parlor at the Golf Mill shopping center.

UNDATED Voters in West Memphis and Hot Springs approved local ballot items that will allow additional forms of gambling at racetracks in those cities.

Voters in two small Ohio communities on Tuesday strongly approved casino-related agreements their local governments made with the Eastern Shawnee Indian tribe, which is trying to overcome state and federal hurdles against gambling in Ohio.

The Harry D. Zeigler Post of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, 408 S. Washington St., Greencastle, will have a Basket ‘N’ Bear Bingo on Sunday. Doors open at noon and games begin at 1 p.m. Tickets are $20 and include food and refreshments.

PORTSMOUTH GOLDEN AGE CLUB will meet from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 10 at the Moose Club, 1163 Sagamore Ave. There will be bingo and a spaghetti Dinner. To make a reservation for spaghetti, call Bill Perkins at 436-6135.