2005 November 24 Gambling News, Events and Happenings

WASHINGTON - The head of a Republican environmental organization told the Senate Indian Affairs Committee that she was only helping her friend, indicted lobbyist Jack Abramoff, when she allegedly used her connections with a high-level official at the Interior Department to promote the interests of his Indian tribal clients and their casinos.

Michael Scanlon has agreed to cooperate in a fraud case involving the Washington lobbyist Jack Abramoff’s purchase of a fleet of gambling boats.

The imminent licensing of betting exchanges in Tasmania brings a heightened level of interest in the 2nd Annual Horse Racing and Sports Betting Forum to be held by IBC Conferences on the 13th December in Melbourne.

WEBER CITY - Two Tennessee senior citizens arrested for running an illegal gambling ring out of a Scott County mobile home have been sentenced to forfeit almost $25,000 to the commonwealth of Virginia.

OTTAWA (CP) - The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission has given cable and satellite carriers the green light to deliver six new foreign-language channels.

UNITED KINGDOM As reported by the UK Guardian: “The steadily rising number of casinos in Britain could leap by more than 50% to 211 sites, even before next-generation gaming licences have been granted under the Gambling Act, the Guardian has learned.

With a guilty plea Monday in a widening Capitol Hill corruption scandal, federal prosecutors in South Florida have landed a star witness in the fraud and conspiracy case against Jack Abramoff and Adam Kidan in their $147 million purchase of SunCruz Casinos.

HONG KONG As reported by the Dow Jones: “Macau’s Galaxy Casino, which is controlled by Hong Kong-listed Galaxy Entertainment Group Ltd. (0027.HK), lost market share during the first half of 2005, reports the Standard, quoting the sale document for the company’s US$500 million bond sale.

The Swedish digitally distributed gaming entertainment systems supplier Boss Media AB said on Thursday that it had been selected to deliver a full-scale online poker gaming system for the Swedish operator …