2006 December 06 Gambling News, Events and Happenings

A JUDGE who jailed a gambling addict for at least four years today questioned why she was given VIP membership to Melbourne’s Crown Casino.Save

According to Production Weekly , Hayden Christensen will play “Poker Brat” Phil Hellmuth in the biopic The Madison Kid .
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CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) - Nevada regulators voted Wednesday to recommend veteran gambling figure Tom Celani at Frank Sinatra’s old Cal-Neva casino on Lake Tahoe’s north shore - and Celani says he’ll spend millions on upgrades and promote the resort’s “Rat Pack” history.Save

Ubisoft Posts Higher First Half Sales, Declining Losses [12.06.06] Ubisoft has announced its financial results for the first half of its 2006-07 fiscal year ended September 30, and somewhat improved operating …
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LAS VEGAS Casino operator M-G-M Mirage is working with a company owned by the Abu Dhabi government to develop luxury non-gambling hotels and resorts.Save

A former Wind Gap, Pennsylvania, 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,” Floyd Kinney Jr.Save

Station Casinos, Inc. repurchased about 2.6 million of the companys common stock during the third quarter of the year, now the executives at the helm await the decision of the Station’s Board of Directors special committee of independent directors to review a proposal to buy out the companys outstanding common stock for $82 per share.Save

PENNSYLVANIA As reported by the Morning Call: “Even if Las Vegas Sands gets a state gambling license, it may still have to fight to build a casino in Bethlehem.Save

What you’re about to read goes against a strategy that’s often taught in poker literature that recommends a straightforward, all-out aggressive approach when playing in No Limit Hold’em tournaments.
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