2006 August 14 Gambling News, Events and Happenings - Page 5

A 45-year-old man has been stoned to death by a group of men he had been gambling with in Margate, according to police in KwaZulu-Natal.

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Don Legg, a 43-year-old father of four in Lacey, says the three slot machines and one Pachinko machine in his garage only take tokens, “like at Chuck E. Cheese.”

The online gambling standards and player protection body, eCommerce and Online Gaming Regulation and Assurance , today announced it achieved its target of accrediting 100 online casinos and poker rooms before December 2006.

Paul Wasicka is betting on a big future in the world of professional poker. He’s already got an ace up his sleeve: $6.1 million he collected after beating out 8,771 rivals this past week to claim second place …

the cheats, the scammers and the organized-crime crews, ready to exploit security flaws and tap into the millions of slot-machine dollars expected to churn from Broward County’s four pari-mutuels.

Aug. 14, 2006 Copyright © Las Vegas Review-Journal FISHING FOR COMPLIMENTS: CHOP SHOP FLOP With a knife in his hand and a joke on his lips, can disaster be far off when our reporter works as a sushi chef? …

Two tribes hoping to build casinos in Barstow are asking other Indians to drop their opposition to the plan now that the Palm Springs-based Agua Caliente tribe has negotiated a generous new gaming compact with the governor.

Greg Wright THE world’s largest gaming company was last night said to be eyeing the takeover of two major casino operators in a bid to break into the British market. (14/08/2006 08:17:44)