2006 July 01 Gambling News, Events and Happenings

In one of the Back to the Future movies, Biff the villain got rich betting on sports after retrieving a record book from the future.

Tuscarawas County residents gamble. They go by the bus load. They go on weekends. Whatever their pleasure, they head for destinations such as Las Vegas or Niagara Falls.

New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine said on Saturday he had shut all but the most vital parts of the state government and furloughed some 45,000 workers after failing to get the legislature to approve a sales tax increase before a budget deadline expired.

Renwick Hannah holds baby Zachary while the two eat lunch and play bingo at the Ralphe Bunche Communty Corp.’s Juneteenth celebration at the Ralph Bunche Community Park in Benton on Saturday. The event was rescheduled from June 18 because of rain.

THE Scottish bingo industry is demanding emergency tax breaks of £10 million a year to help it adapt to Scotlands smoking ban.

BOSTON (MarketWatch) — As the rest of the entertainment industry gears up for one of the biggest holiday weekends of the year, a state government shutdown ordered by the governor of New Jersey could force the temporary closure of Atlantic City casinos, according to a report.

New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine said on Saturday he had shut all but the most vital parts of the state government and furloughed some 45,000 workers after failing to get the legislature to approve a sales tax hike before a budget deadline expired.

Bet and Game, a leading online casino site, has brought something new to its site. In further expanding its services to its online gambling community by offering a new site in the Norwegian language, it has opened its virtual doors to a broader spectrum in the online casino audience.

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Gov. Jon S. Corzine closed the state government Saturday amid a bitter dispute with fellow Democrats in the Assembly over his plan to increase the sales tax, threatening to shutter beaches, parks and possibly casinos in the coming days.