2006 January 03 Gambling News, Events and Happenings

(Buffalo, NY, January 3, 2006) - - Preservationists and gambling opponents are joining forces to stack the deck against a Seneca casino in Buffalo. News 4’s Michele McClintick reports a coalition has filed suit against the project in U.S. District Court.

BY DAY JoJo Hastie organises charity events and private functions. At night she is one of a growing band of women who are taking over the male dominated game of poker.

MADISON, Wis. — Gov. Jim Doyle’s top aide said that the state will resolve a bitter dispute with the Ho-Chunk Nation in the coming months. The dispute is over how much money the tribe owes state government for operating three casinos and a bingo hall.

Watch the Wednesday edition of the Columbia Daily Tribune for a new Caseys Snoball Bingo card each week during January. Publication dates are: January 4, January 11, January 18 and January 25, 2006. Players may enter to win in each of the 4 games.

This article highlights the recent insider buying at specialty retailer Fossil (FOSL). Although the shares of FOSL have “seen better days,” company insiders “may be betting that the company won’t turn into a relic any time soon.” Kosta Kartsotis, FOSL’s chief executive officer, recently acquired an additional %242.2 million worth of stock on the open market…( Read More )

FRANKFORT - Lawmakers officially today accepted the resignation of the Louisville Republican denied a seat in the General Assembly. Dana Seum Stephenson won an election to serve the 37th District but was not permitted to serve because she didn’t meet residency requirements.

BUFFALO, N.Y. — A group of casino opponents sued Interior Secretary Gale Norton and other federal officials Tuesday to try to stop a nine-acre city parcel from becoming a Seneca Indian casino, likening the plan to “self-cannibalization.”

LAS VEGAS—-Jan. 3, 2006–Station Casinos, Inc. will hold a conference call at 12:00 PM on Tuesday, January 31, 2006, to discuss the results of its operations for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2005.

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut (AP) — A mobster, who wanted so badly to keep his recorded conversations with an FBI informant secret, broke the mob’s honor code and admitted his Mafia membership rather than have prosecutors play the tapes in court.