2007 February 11 Gambling News, Events and Happenings

A former civil servant who helped draw-up Labour’s controversial gambling laws is earning up to £500-a-day giving advice to a casino giant, it has emerged

Bingo is more than just a casual pastime for people like Margaret Martyn. For bingo hall regulars like her, its a lifestyle. Martyn, 78, has visits Carnival Bingo up to five times per week. She explained that for seniors like herself, who have some health problems, its a good place for an outing.

VEVAY, Ind. Officials in three southern Indiana counties that have been fighting with the Belterra Casino over their shares of gambling receipts likely will appeal to the Indiana Gaming Commission to resolve the dispute.

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. - Little girls cried. A cancer patient asked City Council members to carry his coffin. Officials invoked slavery and segregation, and two felt compelled to announce that they hadn’t been paid off by the casino industry.

Compulsive gambling with extreme losses — in two cases, greater than $100,000 — by people without a prior history of gambling problems has been linked to a class of drugs commonly used to treat the neurological disorder restless legs syndrome (RLS).

A good crowd of 201 entrants took a seat in this ladies only event and there was plenty of sweaters manning the rails when the 10:30 am command came to shuffle up and deal.
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MACAU - Billionaire gambling king Stanley Ho celebrated the long-awaited opening Sunday of his Grand Lisboa casino _ a gleaming gold complex that is Hos biggest response to American rivals who have stormed into Macau and seized big chunks of the gaming market.

What Will Anti Online Casino Arguments Come To Next? We have all been following, in between games and gambling sessions, the fight that some countries are carrying out against online casinos.

It’s a deck of cards designed to prevent sex-life gambles. The Playing it Safe deck was released by the Manitoba Persons Living with HIV/AIDS on Friday.
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