2006 January 05 Gambling News, Events and Happenings

Christine L. Romero The Arizona Republic Jan. 5, 2006 06:16 PM Gila River Casinos on Thursday broke ground on an $8 million expansion of its Vee Quiva Casino.

HANGZHOU: Overseas gambling has surged among rich entrepreneurs in East China, it has been claimed.

Speeds measured by GPS off St. Petersburg, Fla., in calm conditions w/three people on board, 3/4 fuel and no water.

I half expected George Ryan’s federal jury to be wiped out by now, their minds tenderized by weeks of the endless minutiae of political corruption in this endlessly corrupt Illinois of ours.

It’s over. I don’t have to watch sports anymore. I’ve seen the best college football game in the history of the sport and the best performance by an athlete in any sports event — ever. In the wake of Texas’ entertaining win over USC in the Rose Bowl on…

It’s dark and bitingly cold as an eager group of 29 men and women begins to assemble about 5 p.m. at a bar in Lafayette.

‘ As reported by the Australia Age: “The Victorian government has ordered an inquiry into profiting through poker machines installed in sporting and community clubs.

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 5 /PRNewswire/ — Bodog.com is proud to announce it has secured world famous television star and noted celebrity poker player Brad Garrett to be Master of Ceremonies at Card Player Magazine’s …

Nevada’s major hotel-casinos earned a record $1.8 billion before federal taxes on nearly $21.4 billion in revenue in fiscal 2005, according to a report released Thursday by state regulators.