2006 July 29 Gambling News, Events and Happenings - Page 3

The New Market Senior Center played a big part in James “Jim” Sisco’s life after the 2004 death of his wife of 46 years. Now Sisco’s family wants to give something back to the center where he once spent each weekday playing Bingo and dominos.

Australian star Melissa George has been announced today as the female lead in Sam Raimi’s “30 Days of Night,” the film version of the best selling graphic novels of the same name. George joins Josh Hartnett, who has been attached to the project since

Explorart Films announced today that the North American premier of the memorable documentary “Tocar y Luchar” (”To Play and To Fight”) will be held at the 30th annual meeting of the prestigious Montreal World Film Festival. The documentary was accept

Designer and founder of how.u.c.me handbags, Natasha Iwanov is excited about the success of their unique designer handbag label and is thrilled to be in alliance with the ‘Miss World’ Competition. The 2006 Miss World Australia Sabrina Houssami ha

Wynn Resorts Thursday named Jack Binion as chairman of Wynn International and senior executive for its Asian operations and development. “The decades of experience and unparalleled success that Jack brings to our company is extraordinary,” Wynn R

Spectators watch the action during Friday’s opening round of the World Series of Poker’s main event at the Rio.

Now that Drew Barrymore doesn’t have to stay in character, the actress says she’s ready to learn poker from the pros. Barrymore, who stars in “Lucky You,” a movie set at the 2003 World Series of Poker, said she missed out on lessons given to other

Within 48 hours of becoming available to the public for bidding, Barry Bonds’ record 715th home run ball ­ listed on eBay since Monday afternoon ­ met the reserve price of $125,000. As of Friday morning, 47 bids have raised the current price to $137

When this year’s General Assembly began, it looked ripe for weeks of ugliness. Sniping over ethics scandals was rampant and election-year party warfare seemed bound to break out.