2006 August 17 Gambling News, Events and Happenings - Page 5

GAMING giant Tabcorp Holdings Ltd today withdrew its $1.9 billion takeover offer for Unitab Ltd, clearing the way for Tattersall’s Ltd’s planned “merger of equals” with Unitab.

Undaunted by questions about whether it will even exist five months from now, the Orleans Levee Board has added another project to its to-do list: the pursuit of a new riverboat casino to replace the gambling hall lost to Hurricane Katrina.

The fate of a closed bingo hall is still undecided.

DAYTON Gov. Bob Taft encouraged Ohio voters to take a stand against gambling this November during a speech at Elizabeth Place on Wednesday.

SHABBONA - A leader of a Kansas-based American Indian tribe said Tuesday that the tribe is planning a town-hall-style meeting next week in Shabbona to dispel any myths residents may have about the tribe’s intentions for 128 acres it recently purchased outside of town.