2006 March 21 Gambling News, Events and Happenings

COVENTRY is to go head to head with the NEC in a bid to run Britain’s first super-casino - after Birmingham dropped out of the race. Birmingham City Council unexpectedly decided not to back a bid by Birmingham City Football Club for a supercasino at Saltley.

Katherine Salvant, a retired track nurse for the jockeys at the New Orleans Fair Grounds, won $8.2 million playing Wheel of Fortune quarter slots Sunday at the Isle of Capri.

Not everyone is happy with the city’s latest transportation plan. They say the plan has collector streets running through their neighborhoods.

Canteen Bar Raided For Gambling A local bar owner may lose his liquor license after the state liquor agents and the Zanesville Police Department say they found illegal gambling in his bar. Six men …

Britain’s first new daily newspaper for 20 years goes on sale today.

(Boston - AP) - Gambling supporters who have been urging House leaders to schedule a vote on a slot machine bill are about to get their wish. House lawmakers will debate a measure on April fifth that would open the door to slots at the state’s four racetracks.

EMI Offers Music To Accompany Beer Drinking And Poker Playing Tuesday March 21, 2006 @ 06:00 PM By: ChartAttack.com Staff Idle Sons EMI Music Canada will add to their “Best In The World Ever” CD series with the …

Posted Mar 21st 2006 5:41PM by Joanne Lutynec Filed under: Professionals , Strategy Ok, I admit it - it is slowly becoming pick on Phil Hellmuth day.

Casino , Gadgets , Gambling , Las Vegas , Resorts It’s hard to think of technology in Las Vegas beyond updating the neon lights and the surveillance cameras surveying every pit, but the truth is a lot of time …