2007 March 09 Gambling News, Events and Happenings

DOVER Slots players would not need to leave the casino floor to get more money to feed the one-armed bandits under a proposal the Delaware Lottery Office will review next month.

Its game over after the state busts an illegal gambling operation. Dozens of officers from Sapulpa, Creek County and the state’s ABLE Commission formed a joint task forced that stormed one of the most surprising of targets. The News On 6s Joshua Brakhage was there, he reports authorities got the jackpot they were banking on, eight electronic gambling machines, all inside a locked room at …

LAS VEGAS, March 9, 2007 — At the 2007 annual Bingo World trade show in Las Vegas, Nevada on March 6-8, FortuNet, Inc. unveiled a number of new products including a Smart Ball Blower, a LED keno flashboard and a multi-theme slot game executed on the company’s wireless gaming platform.

Donald Trump’s casino business hires Merrill Lynch to look at strategic options, including a possible sale.

If $5,000 casino chips could talk, what would this one say? It might explain its recent travels and how it has ended up in the custody of a cashier at the MGM Grand, who questioned whether it really belonged to …
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FRANKFORT, Ky. Long-shot gubernatorial candidate Otis Hensley said today that he is the only Democrat in the race who adamantly opposes expanding gambling in the state. Hensley, a demolition contractor from Harlan, said during a Capitol Rotunda news conference that his opposition stems from a dream he had in which a casino was located near a school and a prostitute was walking past with a fifth …

A Ripon business owner who told a judge he didnt make any money off a sports gambling operation he ran has been placed on probation for one year and ordered to perform 100 hours of community service. During a plea and sentencing hearing Friday for Dan D. Mullowney, 46, three felony gambling charges were amended to misdemeanor gambling offenses. Fond du Lac County Circuit Court Judge Peter Grimm …

CARSON CITY, Nev. The calendar rather than lucky gamblers was the big factor in a two-point-one percent decline in the January win for Nevada casinos.

Remember to reserve your place for The Andy Foundation Bingo Day at Cluett Hall in St. Paul’s on March 14th! Get together with some friends between 12-2 PM for an afternoon of bingo fun, pizza, soda and a great chance to win cool prizes, all for just a $15 donation! Additional cards will be $2.