2006 September 08 Gambling News, Events and Happenings

WINDSOR — Dozens of sports fans and curious gamblers crowded into Casino Windsor’s news sports betting lounge Friday afternoon to wager on their favorite teams.

I recently picked up an old discarded laptop… straight out of a corporate garbage bin, as a matter of fact. Could it be useful? What could it do? As an IT professional, I thought I’d find out.

A Monday business-to-business lunch in the bingo room at Terrible’s Lakeside will feature a candidates’ forum focusing on the state Assembly District 36 race.

Arrest of Sportingbet’s British chairman puts future of internet gambling in US under threat.

Talk to just about any tourist in Las Vegas and they probably fall into one of three camps. One camp says casinos aren’t a place for kids. Within this group are people who don’t particularly like children and others who forbid their children from going to casinos until they are of age.

In the exclusive fraternity of Nevada gaming lawyers, Greg Giordano is a constant and venerable presence.

THE ISSUE _ Online gambling Web sites operate legally overseas and are traded on the London Stock Exchange, but wagers made with American customers are illegal under the 1961 Wire Act. -

The state Supreme Court heard arguments Friday to keep a measure to legalize casino gambling in Nebraska off the November ballot.

QUEBEC As reported by the Globe and Mail: “Loto-Québec is getting set to dispatch a squad of VLT police to weed out illegal gambling activity in bars, bingo parlours, restaurants and corner stores.