2006 December 21 Gambling News, Events and Happenings

The regulars are restless as they board the sixth car on the 7:22 p.m. to Huntington out of Pennsylvania Station.
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A federal court judge ruled Thursday to keep a freeze on half the World Series of Poker pot and said a Los Angeles-based TV producer was likely to win his claim to the $6 million.
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(AP) — Nevada regulators have given final approval to plans by veteran gambling figure Tom Celani to run Frank Sinatra’s old Cal-Neva casino on Lake Tahoe’s north shore. Celani says he’ll spend millions on upgrades and promote the resort’s “Rat Pack” history.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Patrons at the gambling boat on the St. Louis riverfront won’t see any changes for now, but the President casino has a new owner. Las Vegas-based casino operator Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc., completed its purchase Thursday of the distinctive President Casino-St.

Contact Gambling911.com , the gambling news site we love for having hot chicks as journalists, is calling BS on WSOP director of communications, Gary Thompson , after an interview he did with PocketFives.com . …
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ST. LOUIS (AP) Patrons of the gambling boat on the St. Louis riverfront won’t see any changes for now, but the President casino has a new owner. Las Vegas-based casino operator Pinnacle Entertainment says today it has completed its purchase of the President for about $46 million.

With the 2007 Pacific Games in Apia, Samoa, closing in, some of Guam’s sports federations have fundraising activities planned. And while some federations have inked in their travel calendars, others have no plans of making the trip.

Dick Gowan’s poker-playing friends planted a tree last week at Caruth Park in memory of the Dallas attorney, who died this year from a rare skin cancer.
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By AP Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — State gambling regulators on Wednesday awarded five slots licenses for casino projects in Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Bethlehem and the Pocono Mountains, while rejecting bids that included a proposal for a slots parlor near the historic Gettysburg battlefield.