2006 June 02 Gambling News, Events and Happenings - Page 2

The former commander of an American Legion post has been accused of stealing $23,000 from video poker machines over seven months last year.

UK Casino and Poker Operator 32Red Plc (www.32Red.com) today announced the acquisition of Bet Direct (www.BetDirect.net) from Sportech Plc, for a total of £11 million plus account liabilities. Bet Direct is one of the largest independent telephone

There has never been a free-to-enter competition like it before! Sports fans predict the outcome of the 64 matches in the 2006 soccer World Cup to have a chance at landing the USD 10 million grand prize. The competition is open to everyone over 1

The Saturday evening TNA Impact replay scored a 0.7 with a 1.5 share, slightly up from the past several weeks. The Ultimate Fighter replay scored a 0.5 with a 1.0 share. I suspect the UFC rating was down since they were running a PPV that night.

Word is Jay-Z is looking to open a casino in Las Vegas, NV. Visit SOHH.com for the complete story.

Edith Ginsberg and her neighbors have a standing invitation to attend bingo games, water aerobics and even the Memorial Day dance and pool party at the gated Tivoli Reserve, even though they don’t live there.

THREE months after James Packer and his Hong Kong joint venture partner Lawrence Ho agreed to spend $US900 million buying a Macau casino licence, it is now valued at $US1.36 billion.

Football pools operator Sportech said on Friday it had sold its loss-making sports betting division Betdirect to online gaming firm 32Red Plc for 12.5 million pounds ($23.3 million) in cash.

As the stakes continue to rise in the game that’s all the rage in the Middle East now, even our friends across the pond are throwing their two cents into the pot.