2005 November 10 Gambling News, Events and Happenings - Page 8

Homeless people stop by looking for shelter and food, while low-income parents drop off their children before heading to work. Immigrants seek legal counseling and troubled students catch up on tutoring. Seniors unite for a healthy breakfast and a walk followed by a game of bingo or maybe a haircut.

WASHINGTON The leader of an Oregon tribe that runs a profitable casino asked Congress on Wednes-day to block other Indian tribes from setting up casinos outside their reservations.

The Dunedin casino may be the first in the country to have its licence suspended under legislation introduced last year. The casino has run into trouble after a gambler lost $5 million - some of it stolen - in just two years.

For Tony Trinh, adjusting to college life could have been difficult. The mechanical engineering freshman was in new surroundings and harder classes, and he found new pressure to deal with.

LONDON (SHARECAST) - The market abuse case against Sir Philip Watts, the former Shell chairman, was dramatically abandoned yesterday, reports the Times.

Taxation rates still need to be fixed by state. TALLAHASSEE — House and Senate leaders appear headed toward agreement on letting Las-Vegas style slot machines into Broward County but the big hang-up remains over how many machines will be allowed and how heavily the state will tax them.

Visions Gentlemen’s Club in Pulaski County gets caught allegedly playing with lady luck.

Owners of a horse race track in Lethbridge are betting they’ll win approval to set up a track near Red Deer. Max Gibb, CEO of Rocky Mountain Turf Club Inc., which runs the Lethbridge track, said his company has applied for a provincial licence to race horses in the Red Deer area.

Online gambling advertisers in the UK, be warned - if you’re carrying gambling ads offering incentives you could be in hot water with the UK Gambling Commission.