2006 September 01 Gambling News, Events and Happenings - Page 5

LONDON (AFX) - Sportech PLC, the sports betting company, said today that Gary Speakman, the company’s chief operating officer, has resigned as executive director to pursue alternative business interests.

A man who was indicted this week on a charge of being part of an illegal sports betting ring died Aug. 7 in Costa Rica, according to friends and his death announcement.

Rank reports a fall in profits and says Scotland’s smoking ban has hit trade at its 14 Mecca Bingo halls there.

Sept. 1 (Bloomberg) — Rank Group Plc, the owner of Hard Rock cafes and Grosvenor Casinos, said first-half profit rose 87 percent on a lower tax charge and the sale of Deluxe in the U.K.

(Recasts with details on job losses)

Following the reading of a Dr. Suess book to about 20 preschool students at an East St. Louis day care center, Republican gubernatorial candidate Judy Baar Topinka presented a new education plan that would be financed by casino gambling.

A soapy melodrama that uses the world of streetball (a loose, urban version of basketball with far fewer rules) as its backdrop, “Crossover” doesn’t exactly live up to its billing.

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SACRAMENTO - In a frenetic final day of lawmaking, a half dozen new and renegotiated agreements that together would dramatically expand gambling on California’s Indian reservations stalled Thursday in the Assembly and Senate.