2007 January 07 Gambling News, Events and Happenings

So you think were finished talking about gambling for a while, right? Especially considering how the proposed Narragansett Indian casino took what President Bush would call “a thumpin” from voters last November?

From the moment you step off the plane at the Las Vegas airport, you see ads from Intel and Microsoft along with signs promoting the warhorse casino celebrities like Barry Manilow, Celine Dion and Art Garfunkel. This is the land of marketing-gone-wild, with promos on cabs and billboards, and banners on the sides of the giant casinos and threading through the clouds as skywriting airplanes pass …

When PokerStars introduced the Moneymaker Millionaire during the 2006 WSOP, everyone in the company was really excited about the chance to let someone follow 2003 WSOP champion Chris Moneymaker into history.
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The PokerStars Caribbean Adventure has practically taken over the small city of the Atlantis Resort, with three hotel room towers filled to capacity, as over 900 entrants and their families, along with …
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A final study on the proposed Cowlitz casino should be completed during the final week of January. Gerald Henrikson, regional environmental scientist for the Bureau of Indian Affairs in Portland, said Friday the study will be submitted to Washington, D.C., for review and a decision.

Anti-tobacco groups are hoping the November elections sounded the last call for smoking in the state’s bars and restaurants. Last year, the House overwhelmingly approved banning smoking in New Hampshire bars, restaurants and public gathering places, including places like bingo halls.

The local government of Pasig City yesterday said it did not find any casino operation registered in their records as Mayor Vicente Eusebio distanced himself from the alleged existence of the supposed gambling operation in the posh Metrowalk Mall in Ortigas, reiterating his administrations stand against all forms of gambling.

Mary Beth Hustoles stood before a roomful of children in the West Salem Branch Library and started reading out holiday-related words. Menorah, tree, wreath, bells. The children scrambled to find each word on a bingo chart and place colored paper squares over them.

Retirement doesnt mean bingo and early bird specials for everyone.