2007 March 13 Gambling News, Events and Happenings

CINCINNATI Like the switch hitter who sprayed baseballs all over the field on his way to a record 4,256 career hits, Pete Rose touched a lot of bases in a news conference on Tuesday.

Gambling on the NCAA Tournament would become legal if legislation proposed by a state representative passes. Rep. Kim Meltzer, R-Clinton Township, is drafting legislation that would legalize gambling in NCAA basketball pools.

Kathy Abbatelli says she has to smoke outside when she’s at home to steer clear of her non-smoking husband. Here at Caesars, where she leisurely slips coins into a slot machine, she can smoke with abandon.

Austin company aims to change the digital music landscape. Steve Jobs and Apple Inc. proved that there were billions to be made from digital music. Now Austin Ventures is betting that it can realize a big payoff from helping to reinvent Internet radio.

NEWARK, N.J. — As college basketball fans immerse themselves in March Madness, scholars at Rutgers University are taking an academic look at the world of gambling.

FERRIDAY The necessary chips arent in place for bingo in Ferriday yet. The town council voted to table any action on allowing a charitable bingo hall to open due largely to a typographical error in the towns newspaper.

Three die-hard bingo players reunite with old friends and discover new love when they travel through a storm to attend a competition. Please note: No 8 p.m. performance on March 28.

A Marlboro ad agency has the tough job of trying to convince females that Hooters Casino Hotel is more than a place where guys ogle well-endowed waitresses while gambling and chowing down on buffalo wings. In…

DENVER - Alice Romero started playing bingo 30 years ago. She says that is also about the time she started smoking.