2006 June 05 Gambling News, Events and Happenings

This story is from our news.com.au network Source: AAP More pokies bid rejected 06jun06 VICTORIA’S Gaming Minister John Pandazopoulos has rejected a gambling industry push for more poker machines in clubs and …

Its time for the U.S. Conference of Mayors annual meeting and mayors from all over this great country are ready to paaaartyyy on the dime of corporate sponsors like Chippendales , Sprint-Nextel , and various …

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The online casino and poker website had purchased the bookies “Bet Direct.” June 5, 2006 — UK Casino and Poker Operator 32Red Plc today announced the acquisition of Bet Direct from Sportech Plc, for a total of …

A 64-year-old Las Vegas retiree won a Megabucks® slot jackpot worth $20,519,025 today at the Cannery Casino & Hotel in North Las Vegas.

North Carolina’s legislature on Monday approved a bill to ban video poker machines by next summer, a decision stalled for years as lawmakers disagreed whether losing industry jobs was worth a prohibition.

LOS ANGELES, June 5 (UPI) — Not only are bookies in movies but now you can use them to bet on what movies you think will do well in the box office, a published report says.

When I first saw The Omen on a fall Ohio night in 1976, I went home truly unnerved and felt ripples of unease for months. The soundtrack stayed in my head. So did the baboons and the dogs. The spooky nurse. The haunted priest.

The Arizona Diamondbacks inked a major sponsorship deal Monday afternoon by naming Gila River Casinos as the team’s presenting partner.