2005 November 15 Gambling News, Events and Happenings - Page 3

A poll sponsored by the national Civil War Preservation Trust released today suggests 65 percent of Pennsylvania’s registered voters opposed a 42-acre casino complex within a mile of the Gettysburg battlefield.

BILOXI (AP) - When Ashlee Storey first stepped onto the floor of the Beau Rivage casino two years ago, she abandoned her plans to be a dental hygienist and decided to enter gaming management.

Developers Bernard Schrott and Joseph Nederlander attempted Monday to convince the city to urge the Detroits three casinos to relocate to the State Fairgrounds at Eight Mile Road and Woodward Avenue by bringing in a casino expert from Las Vegas to talk about the benefits of clustering casinos together.

Large Entertainment Venue Will Be Built Foxwoods Resort Casino in Connecticut will break ground on a $700 million development project Nov.

NEW ORLEANS With five gambling outlets shuttered because of hurricane damage and others struggling to reopen, Louisiana’s state-licensed casinos still saw only a slight drop in the amount of money won from players in a typical October.

ALLENTOWN, Pennsylvania As reported by the Philadelphia Inquirer: “Aztar Corp. today announced plans for a casino on a former manufacturing site here that will open initially with 3,000 slot machines, a 250-room hotel and about a dozen restaurants and lounges.

It was a full house at the HollywoodPoker.com, one year anniversary party held at the Montmartre Lounge in Hollywood, CA on November 9, 2005.

The Tribeca Tables Poker Network, the world’s foremost e-poker aggregator has announced today the launch of a new game called Badugi Poker.

As poker popularity continues to grow, gamblers from high rollers to dice throwers get lucky at Cocoa Beach Hilton Oceanfront — the newly-renovated property on Florida’s nostalgic Cocoa Beach — with “Beaches …