2006 August 03 Gambling News, Events and Happenings - Page 7

The state trooper accused of running a multimillion-dollar sports gambling ring with former NHL star Rick Tocchet resigned from the force yesterday amid speculation from a co-defendant’s lawyer that the trooper has been helping authorities in the investigation.

WPT Enterprises, Inc., the creator of poker tournament television show World Poker Tour, recently publicized the fact that it has agreed to license its brand to 3G-Scene Limited, a UK-based mobile casino service provider for a future gaming offerin

WASHINGTON — A measure passed by the House in March to make online gambling a federal crime appears to have reached a snag in the Senate, a congressional aide said.

Online gaming group PartyGaming said on Thursday it had bought Gamebookers for 102 million euros , in a company-transforming move that signals its first push into online betting.

Do you all hear that? Now were taking their bingo away.

HAMMOND The failure to use a turn signal cost two California men about $34,000 in reportedly illegal gambling earnings, the Tangipahoa Parish Sheriffs Office said Wednesday in a news release.

MARLBOROUGH — The city’s seniors are hitting the road for their bingo as they wait for their downtown center to reopen.

A day before he was to appear in court, a New Jersey state trooper charged with running a gambling ring resigned yesterday from the state police. Trooper James Harney said on his lawyer’s Web site that “my personal judgment has been severely flawed” and apologized for “the disgrace which I have placed upon the Division, myself and my family.”

HARRISBURG — Suddenly, calls to improve the 2-year-old Pennsylvania slot machine law seem to be coming from everywhere. State legislators, both Republicans and Democrats, are lining up to push for substantial changes to Act 71, the July 2004 law that authorizes 14 slots casinos in the state.