2006 August 30 Gambling News, Events and Happenings

CPOA reschedules bingo games. The Chief Petty Officer’s Association will partner with the Moose Lodge of Elizabeth City to hold Sunday bingo games at the Moose Lodge until the CPOA building is repaired. Doors open at 5 p.m. Games start at 7 p.m. Donations to assist with building repairs can be sent to BB&T P.O. Box 2366 C/O Chief Petty Officers Association, Attention Ruth, Elizabeth City, NC

Poverty and gambling remain inextricably tied, with people in poor areas lured by a sense of false hope. A routine survey of those using Salvation Army foodbanks shows a disproportionately high number of their clients have gambling problems.

Japanese video gambling machine makers are boosting operations in South Korea amid local authorities’ crackdown on the proliferation of local gambling chains, industry sources said Thursday.

Chartwell Technology Inc. (TSX: CWH) (’Chartwell’) a leading provider of gaming software systems to the online and remote gaming industry and Parlay Entertainment Inc. (TSX VENTURE: PEI) (’Parlay’) the world’s leading provider of Internet bingo solutions are pleased to announce their intention to enter into a business combination as agreed to in a binding Letter of Intent (LOI) executed today.

Ohio election officials say the group behind a gambling initiative is short of the number of signatures needed to get the issue on the November ballot.

RENO, Nev., Aug. 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — GameTech International, ( Nachrichten ) Inc. , a leading developer and manufacturer of electronic bingo equipment and bingo systems, announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement with privately-held Summit Amusement&Distributing, Ltd. to acquire substantially all of the assets of Summit.

In response to the recently scheduled ‘field hearing’ on the issue of Internet gambling hosted by Rep. Jim Leach (R- IA) and Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-TN) in Cedar Rapids tomorrow, Michael Bolcerek, president of the Poker Players Alliance (PPA) a grassroots organization of more than 100,000 members, released the following statement:

A campaign trying to bring gambling to Ohio falls short of the signatures needed to get the issue on November’s ballot.

COLUMBUS The Learn and Earn campaign behind a gambling initiative fell short of the signatures needed to get the issue on the November ballot, state election officials said.