2007 January 13 Gambling News, Events and Happenings

BOSTON Governor Patrick said yesterday that hes considering casino gambling and allowing communities to impose new, local taxes as ways to reduce a state budget deficit he has projected at $1 billion.

BOSTON - Gov. Deval Patrick said on Saturday that he’s considering casino gambling and allowing communities to impose new, local taxes as ways to reduce a state budget deficit he has projected at…

“Rob & Amber: Death” may be in our futures. I can see it now: Reality TV’s First Couple lie beside each other, wrinkled eyelids closed but well-lit, breathing heavily while the cameras move in for a close-up. …
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There has been a setback for casino gambling in western New York. U.S. District Judge William Skretny has rejected federal approval for the construction of a Seneca Nation casino in Buffalo.

Part of The Mill Casino-Hotel expansion project is the recently opened high-limit slot room built on the west side of the casino.
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ALBUQUERQUE New Mexico’s Indian tribes want to renegotiate their gambling compacts with the state. That’s according to a copyright story in today’s Albuquerque…

Our friends at Full Tilt have taken a page out of Byron ’s WPBT schedule of poker tournaments from last year and started up a very interesting new tournament format this weekend.
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Gov. Deval Patrick said on Saturday that he’s considering casino gambling and allowing communities to impose new, local taxes as ways to reduce a state budget deficit he has projected at $1 billion.

With three students about to join Christie Willcock’s third-grade class, she wanted to break the ice Friday. The 28 Parnall Elementary School students excitedly filled in blank squares with names in a game called Friends Bingo.