2007 March 15 Gambling News, Events and Happenings - Page 6

DENVER (AP) — Expanding the state’s new smoking ban to casinos passed its first test in the Senate Monday despite concerns from some casino workers that they could lose their jobs if gamblers can’t light up while they play.

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Photograph: Danny Lawson/PA This week’s Cheltenham Festival, in particular today’s Gold Cup betting bonanza, will have cheered bookies and betting websites alike.
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House Federal and State Committee Chairman Arlen Siegfreid, R-Olathe, said Wednesday that one way or the other, this year the chamber will debate expanded gambling.

The Meridian Senior Center will host a special “blackout” Bingo game on Friday. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. and games begin at 6 p.m. The game will be worth more than $400. Refreshments will be available, and anyone 18 and older is invited to attend.

National Bingo Night is a high-energy, truly interactive game of luck based on the popular American pastime. Three games of fast-paced, high stakes Bingo are played each night with the viewing public invited to join along. In each game, a…

March Madness is Americas communal betting moment; three consecutive weekends of bracket racket that tips off this morning.

The quest to find this year’s George Mason continues with the East and South regions. For those of you who missed Wednesday’s disclaimer: Where were you! Here it is again: This column is speaking from a position of abject ignorance about college basketball this season, and reminds you never to use the picks found here as a basis for wagering — even the gambit of betting the other way. …