2006 August 16 Gambling News, Events and Happenings - Page 4

Florida generated more casino gambling trips than all but four states in 2005, shows a report from Harrah’s Entertainment.

Gambling regulators have approved plans by Harrah’s Entertainment to sell two riverboat casinos now based in Lake Charles. Pinnacle Entertainment plans to buy both casinos and use one as part of an expansion of its existing Lake Charles casino hotel, L’Auberge du Lac.

BATON ROUGE (AP) - Harrah’s Entertainment Inc. won approval Tuesday for its plan to sell two riverboat casinos now based in Lake Charles to another gambling company that wants to move one of the boats elsewhere in Louisiana.

OSWEGO, NY - The Oswego Lions Club will hold its first Child Safety Day with “Cow Chip Bingo” on Saturday, Sept. 9, at the Oswego Speedway infield. The Child Safety Day is scheduled from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission is free.

Smokers have less than a year left to light up in Anchorage bars and bingo halls. The Anchorage Assembly on Tuesday night voted to ban smoking in those places — and in homes where a baby sitter is working — in a long-debated, long-awaited decision Tuesday night.

Log in to remember this page. Email this Top Ten Holdings has purchased Lance Leisure, the owner of a freehold bingo club in Mexborough, for just over £1 million.

Log in to remember this page. Email this Southwold Pier in Suffolk is to remove gambling machines from its arcade after its owner decided they did not fit with the resorts family image.

Online gaming company Excapsa Software Inc. remains intent on buying a casino software developer after swinging into the black with its interim results, said Chief Executive Jim Ryan.

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