2006 April 01 Gambling News, Events and Happenings - Page 3

HARRISBURG — Companies affiliated with a businessman who hopes to open a slot-machine parlor contributed $20,000 to a political fund run by a senior aide to state Senate President Pro Tempore Robert Jubelirer.

The Mississippi Gaming Commission convened briefly in a specially called meeting Friday morning to give Gulfside Casino Partnership permission to start converting the Oasis Hotel into a gambling resort.

HARRISBURG An anti-gambling lawmaker is offering his services to help municipalities wring more money for community development out of slots license applicants.

Tribal representatives who outlined the benefits of an Indian casino apologized Friday for appearing to rush city leaders and reassured them that they could take their time in drawing up any contracts.

A carer stole £45,000 from the 92-year-old woman she was caring for, a court heard yesterday. Wendy Jones, who stole the cash to fund a secret gambling addiction, had been employed at a private care home despite previous convictions and a prison sentence for dishonesty.

Massachusetts race tracks won’t be getting slot machines any time soon. Who says so? House Speaker Salvatore DiMasi says so and if DiMasi says so, you can be sure it’s true.

State police say they have raided four gambling events at licensed premises places licensed to sell alcoholic beverages in the past month. And one of those places was in Cumberland County, where $1,050 was seized by the state polices Bureau of Liquor Control Enforcement.

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Seven Springs Mountain Resort unveiled Thursday its design for a 26,900-square-foot casino in Somerset County, saying it will create 350 new jobs. Unlike the glitzy casinos that beckon gamblers in Atlantic City and Las Vegas, however, the local re