2007 March 13 Gambling News, Events and Happenings - Page 4

IOWA As reported by the Nonpareil News: “Gross gaming receipts rebounded at Council Bluffs casinos during February, topping January’s market totals by $1.3 million despite snowy weekends and three fewer days in the month, according to figures released by the Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission.

The governor, speaking at a gambling industry conference Tuesday, touted the performance of slot machines in Pennsylvania and put pressure on legislators to shift more public school funding to a higher state …
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TOPEKA (AP) - Even before its bill is out of committee, a coalition of gambling supporters is pushing to change the legislation to focus more on casinos than slot machines at pari-mutuel racetracks.

WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) - Former Student Finance Corp. chief executive Andrew Yao lost $33,000 in 15 minutes at a Las Vegas blackjack table, a witness in Yao’s bankruptcy fraud trial testified Tuesday.

HARRISBURG — A judge acquitted an investigator for the state’s gambling regulatory agency who was arrested after state police said they learned that his college degree came from a reputed online diploma mill.

The Senate has approved a bill that sets up the rules for established charities in Arkansas to conduct charity bingo and raffle games. Senators voted 24-0 Monday to approve the measure that would place a penny tax on bingo cards and a ten percent tax on the sale of other bingo equipment.

Casino operator Century Casinos Inc. said Tuesday its Austrian unit completed the $8.7 million acquisition of Polish firm G5 Sp.z.o.o., which holds a 33.3 percent stake in Casinos Poland Ltd.

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado (PRESS RELEASE) — Century Casinos, Inc. (Nasdaq: CNTY; Vienna Stock Exchange) announced today that the Company’s Austrian subsidiary, Century Casinos Europe GmbH, has completed the previously announced acquisition of 100% of G5 Sp.z.o.o., a Polish company, which holds 33.3% of all issued and outstanding shares of Casinos Poland Ltd.

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