2006 September 14 Gambling News, Events and Happenings - Page 5

The House, despite majority approval, failed to pass a bill Wednesday that would have limited efforts by more than two dozen California Indian tribes to build new casinos outside their current reservation lands. House Speaker Dennis Hastert, R-Ill.,…

WASHINGTON, Sep. 14 (COPLEY NEWS SERVICE): The House defeated a bill yesterday that would have raised new barriers to off-reservation Indian casinos, likely killing efforts this year to limit what critics have branded reservation shopping. The legislation, by Rep. Richard Pombo, R-Tracy, is the narrower of two major Indian gaming measures in Congress.

Cash-in-transit heist robbers are using casinos to launder stolen money, South African Reserve Bank governor Tito Mboweni told businessman in Johannesburg on Thursday.

A decision could come soon on a proposed slot machine parlor that would be built near Gettysburg.

Executives at the Seminole Hard Rock Casino put on a clinic Wednesday on how to make a bad situation worse.

Another push is being made to have the state legalize video gambling in American Legion halls and other clubs a move supporters say would allow the state to regulate the machines and get a piece of the action.

BLUFFTON Local tavern owners and leaders of area fraternal organizations such as the American Legion and AmVets posts hope to see the state legislature make a move to legalize Cherry Masters and other electronic or video-gambling machines.

Cash-in-transit heist robbers are using casinos to launder stolen money, Tito Mboweni, the Reserve Bank governor, told businessman in Johannesburg today.

Cash-in-transit heist robbers are using casinos to launder stolen money, Reserve Bank governor Tito Mboweni has told a business meeting.