2006 December 03 Gambling News, Events and Happenings - Page 2

A man said he repeatedly sexually assaulted two young girls because his wife spent too much time playing bingo. “I told her — she was going to bingo three, four times a week — I told her to cut down to once a week. She said if they had bingo every day, she’d go,” said Floyd Kinney, 49.Save

Team insiders told us “not to get too excited” about last weekend’s 31-point offensive explosion by Minnesota against Arizona last weekend. Before that performance, the Vikings had four horrible offensive…

ARISTOCRAT Leisure Ltd hopes to share in the spoils of Publishing and Broadcasting Ltd’s move into Asian casinos as it continues its aggressive international expansion.
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A casino planned east of Sacramento along U.S. 50 could drain $75 million a year from Lake Tahoe’s South Shore economy, but casinos there plan to tap into new markets to buoy business.Save

At 4 p.m. Friday, most members of American Legion Post 64 hang out at the bar and chat sports or politics with a persistent cigarette puff, but this organization’s easy money isn’t made here, or even with the …
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Online casinos are expected to top 10 billion dollars in betting and tens of millions of online gamblers this year. With these numbers, the online casino sites’ customer service centers must be receiving quite a few calls.Save

Fiscal leaders in the Indiana Senate say they have no plans to try to take casino tax revenue from Harrison County and other riverboat communities to shore up the state budget or redistribute to other local governments.Save

It has been reported that boxing promoter Don King is setting his sights on big-name fights staged at Broward County casinos in Florida patterned after Las Vegas.Save

Saturday, December 2, 2006 4:39 PM CST MOUNT HOLLY, N.J. (AP) - A man charged with helping to run a gambling ring along with former hockey star Rick Tocchet pleaded guilty to bookmaking Friday and agreed to cooperate with authorities.Save