2007 January 04 Gambling News, Events and Happenings

Unlike football, where an amateur player could never expect to join the big leagues, one reason so many people enjoy poker is because it’s a sport where, no matter how much of an amateur you are, you can sit …
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The 2007 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure begins this weekend at the gorgeous Atlantis Resort in the Bahamas, and Brad “Otis” Willis of the official PokerStars Blog is there covering the event live.
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Google in early 2006 promised they’ll “be making significant and growing investments in China”, with their self-censored Google China search engine being “a necessary first step”. Following up on their promise, Google now announced a partnership with China Mobile in a ( buzzword bingo -enabled) press release . Basically, Google will power the search engine for China Mobile’s WAP portal …

(AP) — A new report shows Nevada’s major hotel-casinos posted their highest net income ever in fiscal 2006 — a combined two-point-one (b) billion dollars.

A new report shows Nevada’s major hotel-casinos posted their highest net income ever in fiscal 2006 a combined $2.1 billion. Increased gambling by both out-of-state tourists and by locals helped to fuel the record revenues.

Thursday, January 04, 2007 By MIKE BAILEY Columbian staff writer Bunco players keep a score sheet of their wins throughout the night.
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PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island As reported by the Pawtucket Times: “Legislative leaders have emphatically declared the General Assembly to be a casino-free zone in the upcoming session, but that doesn’t mean gambling won’t be on the agenda in one form or another this year.

Long winter nights got you down?Well, come on out to the Challis Senior Citizen Center every Friday, beginning January 5, for “Winner-Take-All” bingo.It begins at 7 p.m. Parti-cipants must be 18 or older. No children please.

Photojournalist Josh White caught the shower on camera Streaks of light raced across the sky this morning as either a meteor shower or space junk entered the Earth’s atmosphere, centered near Denver.
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