2006 August 08 Gambling News, Events and Happenings - Page 5

A donnybrook is brewing in Jefferson City over illegal gambling. A proposed statewide investigation would focus on ubiquitous gray market slot machines that are played openly around the state at truck stops, fraternal clubs and convenience stores.

PROVIDENCE — The federal judge who today will decide whether Rhode Island will vote in November to expand gambling is focused on how the Narragansett Indian Tribe would benefit from the proposed West Warwick casino.

Serie A club Reggina has been indicted on match-fixing charges in a widening corruption scandal that has already resulted in penalties or relegation for four of Italy’s top soccer clubs. Italian soccer federation prosecutor Stefano Palazzi on Monday ordered Reggina to face a sports tribunal.

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Democratic gubernatorial candidate Ted Strickland joined Republican George V. Voinovich, U.S. senator and former governor, yesterday to announce his opposition to a measure apparently headed for the November ballot that would expand gambling in Ohio.

SACRAMENTO Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and one of the state’s richest Indian tribes are expected to announce a deal today that would send nearly $2 billion in casino earnings over the next two decades to the state’s general fund, much the way taxes are collected on other industries.

Attempting to patch relations with another one of his political enemies, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger will announce a deal today that would allow a powerful Southern California Indian tribe to more than double the number of slot machines at its casinos in…

A former Republican governor and a Democrat who wants to be governor joined together yesterday to battle slot machines. What, if anything, should you read into that, beyond the obvious gambling conclusions? Well …

An employee at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing appeared in federal court Monday on charges he stole 10 sheets of $100 bills and used them to gamble at casinos in three states.