2006 June 06 Gambling News, Events and Happenings

BOSTON At a Sunday night game of Texas hold’em, college kids are not just playing for fun.

Starting June 7, it will be a Class C felony to play poker online in the state of Washington.

PROBLEM gambling will increase if the UK follows the United States with bigger casinos, experts warned yesterday.

Traditional paper bingo is about to be phased out at DeJope on Madison’s southeast side, leaving some to wonder if the Ho-Chunk nation is trying to disguise what is really a casino operation.

Opponents to a tribal casino focused heavily on the social ills brought by gambling during a special forum last week. There is a tremendous amount of crime directly associated in Las Vegas with gambling, said George Holt, who is a former prosecutor from Clark County, Nev.

The biggest sporting event in the world kicks off in Germany on June 9, when teams representing 32 nations vie for the most prestigious trophy in sports, the 2006 FIFA World Cup. The month-long tournament is not only expected to draw over 30 billion viewers, but it is also set to become the most bet sporting event of all time. With fans and bettors anxiously awaiting the start of the 2006 FIFA

” As reported by the Age: “The Bracks Government has come under internal pressure to do more to prevent problem gambling.

Even though Susan Michelle Pruett hit a $1 million jackpot at an exclusive video poker tournament, she might lose the big game in the end.

With the Texas Hold’em poker craze sweeping the nation and turning our youth into little cigarette smoking, whiskey chugging gamblers, there has to be room for some gadgets, right? Welcome the Ultimate Dealer …