2006 September 15 Gambling News, Events and Happenings - Page 6

The Blanco administration is denying money to charities by trying to stop the spread of a glitzy but perfectly legal video bingo machine, a gambling lobbyist told lawmakers Thursday.

Pinnacle Entertainment, the Las Vegas gaming company that owns a riverboat casino in Lake Charles and recently bought two more Louisiana riverboat licenses, could be moving toward placing a third boat in the Baton Rouge market.

Peter Dicks, chairman of the online gambling site Sportingbet, resigned after a court ruling that he could leave the United States.

I’ve never been much of a gambler, it’s just not my thing, but for many New Zealanders they really seem to have a - problem’ with the gambling bug - ” which prompts the question, should we cut back on the …

Losses that sent the Big Easy casino ship packing from the Port of Palm Beach threaten a forced sale of the port’s remaining day cruiser, the Palm Beach Princess, owned by the same company.

Opinion about gambling at Seven Springs Mountain Resort is evenly divided among those who submitted written comments to the state Gaming Control Board regarding the resort’s slots parlor application.