2006 September 19 Gambling News, Events and Happenings

The secretary of states office has certified Ohio Learn and Earn, the slots-for-scholarships proposal pushed by the states seven racetracks and two Cleveland developers, for the Nov. 7 ballot. The move sets the stage for a battle over whether Ohio should join all but one of its neighbors in offering slot machine gambling.

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Indiana State Excise Police seized more video gambling machines and shut down Muncie’s AMVETS bingo hall today as part of an investigation spreading over three counties.

A referendum permitting the operation of 31,500 slot machines at seven commercial horse racing tracks and two proposed casinos in Ohio will be included on the state’s November 7 ballot, Ohio Secretary of State Kenneth Blackwell confirmed on Tuesday.

Madison County - The net widens with more arrests announced in connection with one of the state’s largest organized crime rings. Less than two years after his release from federal prison on gambling related charges, former Teamsters boss John Neal is back behind bars.

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania — As reported by the (Harrisburg) Herald-Standard: “A cleanup of the state’s two-year gambling law is becoming the most prominent issue on lawmakers plates as they begin returning from summer recess in the next two weeks.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Supporters of a campaign to expand gambling in Ohio have submitted enough valid signatures to get the initiative on the November ballot. If approved, the issue would put slot machines at Ohio’s seven horse racetracks and two freestanding sites in downtown Cleveland.

At some Indian casinos, they’re not playing your grandmother’s church basement bingo anymore. Now the game is video bingo, played at blinking, whirring consoles virtually indistinguishable from slot machines.

GUAM — As reported by the (Guam) Pacific Daily News: “If Guam voters approve of legalizing slot machines at the Guam Greyhound, the racetrack would create ‘500 or more jobs,’ the racetrack’s owner, John Baldwin, said yesterday.