2005 November 13 Gambling News, Events and Happenings

SINGAPORE, Nov 14 (Reuters) - Singapore on Tuesday will formally launch its request for proposals for the first of two planned casino resorts, which together are expected to cost US$5 billion.

Some of Australia’s major sporting codes have joined forces in a bid to get a fairer share of the growing billion-dollar sports betting industry.

The members of the Rapid Action Battalion arrested 11 persons from a residential hotel in Narail and seized Tk 17,000 from their possession while they were gambling on Saturday.

The Progressive Leadership Alliance of Nevada contends that a proposed hotel-casino South of Reno would cost downtown casinos millions of dollars while siphoning efforts to redevelop the city’s urban core.

HAVRE - Several elders on the Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation are opposing plans for a casino near Laredo that will serve alcohol.

Q: My family is having a reunion. I need help to locate about 100 bingo cards just the cards and not the whole set. We don’t play for money. Each family member donates a gift. We number the gifts and when a player wins, the person picks out a number from a basket.

Filed under: Bloggers , Tournaments The World Poker Tour s Main Event at Foxwoods Casino started earlier today.

Remember how the big bad attorney general’s office last month squelched the Texas hold ‘em tournament slated to benefit the new Almaden branch library? Fold ‘em, the AG’s office said to the Almaden Business Association, which was sponsoring the charity fundraiser. That kind of gambling is against the law.

Filed under: Tournaments , Casinos & Card Rooms Information regarding the 2006 Canadian Open Poker Championship has been released.