2005 December 24 Gambling News, Events and Happenings

Syndicated from Mene Gene’s Poker Blog on December 24, 2005 - 10:46pm :: All Blog Headlines Merry Christmas all.

William Klein’s film “Messiah,” released in France in 1999 and newly available on DVD, uses a score written by Handel 1741.

In a Letter to the Public, He Calls for the Poker Community to Come Together Steve Lipscomb, the founder of the World Poker Tour , believes that the poker world is on the cusp of something even greater than …

PORTLAND Two men from a wealthy Portland suburb made their push to build the states first private casino official on Friday, filing an initiative petition that seeks to change Oregons constitution.

In November, Babylon kindergarten through sixth grade P.T.A. held its annual PTA PARP Bingo. Children and parents played Bingo to win books. All the children went home with a book.

WELLSBURG - The two men arrested for the armed robbery of a Weirton convenient store and suspected of robberies of two Brooke County casinos are being charged with the burglary of three Wellsburg homes and a business.

Elkhart County, IN - From our Elkhart County newsroom, the county prosecutor’s office is cracking down on illegal gambling. People have complained about football cards gambling at two taverns in the City of Elkhart.

“Why don’t researchers and drug companies come up with better treatments for cancer?” Readers with five minutes to spare and an interest in what the answer is to this question should read this well-written …

BILOXI, Miss. (AP) The Isle of Capri, the state’s first dockside casino in 1992, will become the first to open on land Monday. Gamblers will be able to walk down the lobby past a new buffet and a poker room into a ballroom-sized gambling space with table games and more slot machines.