2007 March 22 Gambling News, Events and Happenings

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — The Washington State Gambling Commission is seeking to revoke the license of a Spokane Valley card room security officer because of his ties with the Hells Angels motorcycle club.

The Sweet Home City Council may vote next week whether to allow Texas Hold ‘Em poker tournaments at businesses in town.
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HARRINGTON Members of the Harrington Lions Club are busy preparing for their annual basket bingo fund-raising event. The event is slated to take place on March 29 at the Harrington Fire Co.

HELENA, Mont. (AP) The owners of a Whitefish antique shop told a House committee the state needs to change a law that allowed the Gambling Control Division to confiscate antique gambling equipment during a January raid.

The treasurer of a Cumberland County fire company has been charged with stealing money from the department.

AT&T is betting $4.6 billion that there is a big future in selling video services over the Internet. The company will offer its own version of cable television and high-speed Internet services under its “U-verse” brand. U-verse OnTheGo is a premium service enabling U-verse subscribers to watch live news, entertainment programming, sports and weather on a PC with a broadband Internet connection.

A gambling company owned by Don Barden, who owns a separate company that won the state license to build a slot machine casino in Pittsburgh, has lost nearly $20 million the last two years.

LAS VEGAS (AP) - Herbst Gaming Inc. won approval Thursday from gambling regulators to acquire three casinos on the Nevada-California state line from MGM Mirage Inc.

PITTSBURGH — A gambling company owned by Don Barden, who owns a separate company that won the state license to build a slot machine casino in Pittsburgh, has lost nearly $20 million…