2006 January 07 Gambling News, Events and Happenings

A TELEVISION drama show and a new S$150,000 (RM345,000) fund for community groups are the latest tools in the battle against gambling addiction.

IF THE FTSE 100 was to keep galloping higher at the same pace witnessed in the first week’s trading of 2006, it would end the year well north of 15,000 points.

I’d love to earn a living by playing games. But I’m not enough of a risk-taker to do it like one former advertising sales executive from Edinburgh, Scotland.

Berrien County, MI - A tribal gambling casino gets the green light in Berrien County.

Don’t miss the announcement about a brand new live-online heads up event at the end of this post You can see it in the eyes of the people in poker room right now.

COMMERCE, Calif. A poker “boot camp” is under way this weekend at Commerce Casino _ with participants competing for a seat at a professional poker tournament.

CLEVELAND The Ohio Lottery’s newest game, which replaced Super Lotto Plus in October, has gone three months without a jackpot winner and some players and sellers think the 100-number, bingo-style Lot ‘O Play game is too complicated.

_ Player selects five numbers from 00 to 99 and the lottery computer selects 20 more; player-selected numbers are the top row on a bingo-style matrix card.

* Before limiting Tom Brady and sitting out Corey Dillon and Tedy Bruschi in a meaningless regular season finale loss to the Dolphins, the Patriots had held their previous four opponents to 164, 183, 138 and 171 yards. The Pats…