2007 February 03 Gambling News, Events and Happenings

LAS VEGAS (AP) - A subsidiary of Station Casinos has reached a settlement to buy 305 acres in central California for development of a tribal casino.

CAMBRIDGESHIRE’S Tory MP and gambling spokesman Malcolm Moss, pictured, has attacked the decision to award the “Las Vegas” style super-casino to Manchester.

MASHANTUCKET, Conn. (AP) — The clunking sounds of coins and tokens hitting the metal trays of slot machines at Connecticut’s two casinos will be gone by the end of the year.

A smoking ban in most North Dakota public buildings should stay in place for bingo halls even though their business plummeted after the ban took effect almost two years ago, the state House has decided.

A mass mailing by Gov. Brian Schweitzer about failed negotiations with the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes over a gambling compact is ‘not appropriate and it’s not appreciated,'’ tribal Chairman James …
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THE businessman who hopes to win the franchise for Wales’ new regional casino is planning help for people who become addicted to gambling.

DENVER — State lawmakers are being asked to tighten the state’s smoking ban and stop people from lighting up in the state’s casinos.