2005 November 14 Gambling News, Events and Happenings - Page 5

Online poker operation PartyGaming is preparing to launch a new, upgraded service.

Filed under: Gripes , Online Ulster TV, a media company in Ireland which owns several radio stations and an internet service, recently came under fire for displaying banner ads for gambling sites. A Free Presbyterian minister has lambasted Ulster TV for going against it’s family-friendly image by displaying the ads, which he believes people will eventually rally against as they have ads for

THE racing industry has referred six cases of suspect betting activity to the state’s gambling watchdog. The Victorian Commission for Gambling Regulation is investigating the referrals from Racing Victoria.

FENWICK ISLAND , Del. (AP)- Delaware Alcohol and Tobacco Enforcement agents have charged a downstate restaurant owner with running an illegal gambling operaton out of his business.

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Back when Las Vegas was just a dot in the desert and Hollywood was still a good place to grow bananas, you could put a nickel in a slot machine in Bangor, Maine, and win 50 cigars. Storm clouds were gathering on the horizon, however, as the county attorney’s “campaign for purity” got under way.

SAN DIEGO—-Nov. 14, 2005–Venture Catalyst Incorporated , announced today that the Resorts International casinos have licensed Mariposa, VCAT’s marketing, customer relationship management and business intelligence software system for use at the Las Vegas Hilton, Resorts Atlantic City, Hilton Atlantic City, Resorts Tunica, Bally’s Tunica and Resorts East Chicago.

PHILADELPHIA-Las Vegas-based Ameristar Casinos Inc. has taken itself out of the running for a slots facility here, and Orlando-based Planet Hollywood moves into the line alongside Trump Entertainment Resorts.

Kyle Hess of Waynesboro, Pa., and Shook Home Auxiliary member Donna Hawk were at the Nov. 6 Shook Home Auxiliary Basket Bingo at the Moose Club in Chambersburg, Pa. Auxiliary, staff, Shook Home Board members and staff’s family members assisted with the Basket Bingo to raise money for a new wheelchair-equipped vehicle.