2006 May 10 Gambling News, Events and Happenings

Former president Habibie has suggested the government consider opening a casino on Batam to draw visitors to the island. He made the suggestion Tuesday during a gathering on Batam of local figures and representatives of the Riau Island provincial administration.

Efforts to revive the gambling debate in the House faltered today before it ever got started. As lawmakers wrapped up their session, Democrats tried to put a bill in position to become a vehicle for allowing casinos and slot machines at race tracks.

Atronic’s new eMillions(TM) Wide Area Progressive (WAP) awarded its first winner on Friday, April 28th at Potawatomi Bingo Casino in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The life changing $50,085.00 jackpot is the lower of the two jackpots available on the eMillions link.

The strategic differences between no-limit and limit hold ‘em are many, but the Darwinist idea of targeting weak players remains central to both forms of the game.

I’ve seen the original and it was great. New trailers are available here . The final version promises to be much better.

HANOI: Vietnam is working on a plan to allow legal soccer betting to generate money for the countrys sports industry and curb rampant illegal gambling, state-controlled media reported Wednesday. Vietnamese sports authorities would move cautiously, imposing ceilings on the amounts that could

The Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. A Senate committee quickly and unanimously approved a ban on video poker Wednesday, preparing the chamber to outlaw the industry for the fifth time since 2000.

LAS VEGAS - A group of private developers from Texas called Dreamscape Development is proposing to build a massive sports complex just south of the Las Vegas Strip, but Mayor Oscar Goodman says the project is just that - a dream.

COEUR D’ALENE — A Lake City Junior Academy teacher has been suspended and could be fired after being accused of playing strip poker with several boys during a recent camping trip.