2006 October 28 Gambling News, Events and Happenings

This letter is in response to the questionable “concerned citizen” about the machines at Village Bingo. These machines at Village Bingo are not video poker machines. These machines are video bingo machines.

DeKALB - Speaker of the House Denny Hastert said Wednesday that an American Indian tribe interested in building a bingo parlor near Shabbona has no official standing in Illinois and never will.

Dr. Pauly is in town for the big annual Vegoose thing. He’ll be here for a few days then its off to Amsterdam to cover poker tournaments in Europe.
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Federal marshals seized a 400-foot casino ship after crew members said they were owed more than $223,000 by the vessel’s operator.

MILWAUKEE Potawatomi Bingo Casino will hold the 2nd annual Hunting Moon (Gi wse gises) Pow wow sponsored by the Forest County Potawatomi Community at the Wisconsin Exposition Center at State Fair Park November 3, 4 and 5, according to Potawatomi Bingo Casino General Manager Mike Goodrich.

Federal marshals seized a 400-foot casino ship after crew members said they were owed more than $223,000 by the vessel’s operator. The Casino Royale was seized Friday at a Tampa shipyard on a U.S. magistrate’s order.

Gaming officials say statewide gambling revenue up 17% in the wake of new casino openings.

More than 200 people will be wearing their poker faces this weekend in Deadwood.
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When he heard that a youthsports group was planning to hold a poker tournament in the village’s community center, Mayor Tom Phillips thought it was a joke.
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