2007 March 15 Gambling News, Events and Happenings - Page 2

Calls for repealCongressman Barney Frank (D. Mass) is mooting a bill to repeal America’s online gambling ban enacted last year. .

Legislation freeing Prairie Meadows and other Iowa casinos from having automatic public votes on gambling every eight years sailed through the Senate…

Presidential candidate John McCain believes gambling on amateur sports should be illegal, but there’s nothing wrong with a little “prognostication” on the NCAA tournament, his campaign said Thursday. McCain, who once introduced legislation that would have banned betting on college sports in Nevada casinos, is asking visitors to his Web site to pick winners in the basketball tournament and compare …

Casino dealers at Caesars Atlantic City will vote Saturday on whether to join a union — a move that would mark a first among gambling floor employees here.

U.S. Rep. Barney Frank said on Thursday he will give details in the coming weeks on possible legislation to repeal a ban imposed last year on online gambling.

BURNABY, BRITISH COLUMBIA– - Gateway Casinos Income Fund , one of the largest casino operators in Western Canada, today reported its financial results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended December 31, 2006.

The courtship of the Mashpee Wampanoag Indians is on, with at least two municipalities already lined up to make their pitch as a good casino site if the state expands legalized gambling.

The principal change means that software providers of interested operators will no longer be required to be members of eCOGRA.
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LAS VEGAS (AP) - Presidential candidate Sen. John McCain believes gambling on amateur sports should be illegal, but there’s nothing wrong with a little “prognostication” on the NCAA tournament, his campaign said Thursday.