2005 December 08 Gambling News, Events and Happenings

PORTLAND, Ore. - The pitch is enticing: take a large plot of land that was formerly used to bet on racing greyhounds, and revitalize it into a huge casino complex that would create hundreds of jobs, revitalize the unused real estate and pump millions into local school budgets.

A little known fact on the professional poker players scene is Tony Cascarino nicknamed himself Cool Hand Cas while presenting drivetime on Talksport Radio with Patrick Kinghorn.

LOS ANGELES The FBI arrested a 54-year-old Encino man, believed to be the so-called ‘Armed Old Man Bandit,’ after he was spotted playing poker at the Commerce Casino.

KOTA KINABALU, Dec 9 (Bernama) — The issues pertaining to the RM7.14 million gambling debts incurred by former chief minister Datuk Osu Sukam topped the list of shocking incidents in Sabah, if not the whole country, in 2005.

Sport betting: England may be the second best Test team in the world but backing them in ODIs will leave you feeling stumped.

(Buffalo, NY, December 8, 2005) - - The Seneca Nation broke ground Thursday for a new casino in Buffalo’s Cobblestone district, but not everyone is applauding.

In brief: macpacificpoker.com is bringing online gambling to Mac and Linux users, offering games suc…

Is the land of lattes ready to join NASCAR Nation? The sport’s leaders are betting on it with a bold pitch for a racetrack near Seattle, the second attempt in two years to lay tracks in the Northwest.

A Westport forum on teens and gambling will be featured in a program on Court TV tonight. Kids, Cards and Dice will be aired at 8 p.m. It features a forum sponsored by Positive Directions held last spring at Toquet Hall. The forum was on teens and gambling.