2006 June 17 Gambling News, Events and Happenings - Page 2

A high-ranking FIFA official was sent home from the World Cup in disgrace Saturday after admitting he sold World Cup tickets for three times face value. FIFA president Sepp Blatter said he was “furious” after Botswana’s Ismail Bhamjee confirmed he sold tickets at inflated prices.

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One of eight people indicted last year for allegedly skimming money from bingo games has pleaded guilty in Boyd County Circuit Court. Earl Gene McClain, 63, of Ashland pleaded guilty Friday to one count of diversion of charitable gaming funds, a felony that carries a prison term of one to five years.

HARRISBURG, Pa. - A dispute over whether slot-machine distributors should be allowed to operate statewide or regionally is threatening to delay the opening of Pennsylvania’s first slots parlors this fall, the state’s top gambling regulator warned.

WHAT’S IN DISPUTE: Members of the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board are divided over whether distributors can sell slot machines to casinos statewide, or just in one of two regions.

The Heat used physically tough defense on the Mavs in Game 4, especially against star Dirk Nowitzki, holding him to a season-low two field goals on 14 attempts. Nowitzi…

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Rise and Fall: Civilizations at War. PC - pounds 34.99. IT’S NOT a bad effort, but Rise and Fall hasn’t got me addicted.

- Due to an editor’s editor, a headline with a story on page A2 of Thursday’s edition of The Morning Herald about the Clear Spring Fire Department’s bingo fundraising was incorrect. At a June 7 meeting, fire department members voted not to compensate anyone to work at bingo.