2006 November 02 Gambling News, Events and Happenings

Pressed by President Vladimir Putin lawmakers are drafting a law that would banish casinos, slot-machine parlors and other gambling halls from Moscow.

Credit ratings agency Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services on Thursday placed its ratings of Station Casinos Inc., an operator of 10 casinos in the Las Vegas area, on review for a possible downgrade.

Over at our sister site Divester , Willy Volk writes about a Fort Collins Marine who wanted to raise some money for his family, so he organized an underwater poker tournament with the help of a local dive shop.
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Budget airline’s passengers will be able to use their mobile phones to play online bingo, other games.

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. The Navajo Nation Council has approved an agreement with the Hogback Chapter to split gambling revenue from a possible tribal casino in the…

A group of South Carolina poker players that want to challenge the state’s 200-year-old gambling law have been become celebrities of a sort.
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The grand old Stardust sign on the Las Vegas strip will be moved to the Neon Museum.
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LAS VEGAS, Nevada (AP) — The Stardust, the neon-wrapped casino with a mobbed-up past whose 1,065 rooms once set the standard for size on the Las Vegas Strip, witnessed its last roll of the dice Wednesday.

A BINGO hall is set to introduce hand-held terminals to allow gamers to continue playing while smoking outside.