2007 April 04 Gambling News, Events and Happenings

TOLEDO A federal judge has thrown out a lawsuit filed by an American Indian tribe that wants to build the first casinos in Ohio.

The city of Coconut Creek has formally opposed the Seminole Tribe’s push to gain sovereignty over 44 acres surrounding its casino there — land being eyed for the state’s largest gambling-hotel complex.

Last year was a good one for Atlantic City’s casinos: gross operating profits were up and more people stayed in the casino hotels.

“Would it not make sense to open VLTs in the northern part of the state to help in terms of generating additional revenue that might be lost from people going into Pennsylvania”

Bars and bingo halls will remain smoke-free in Anchorage, starting July 1st.

BOSTON The Mashpee Wampanoag will press its rights under federal Indian gaming law to open a bingo slots palace without state approval if its bid for a full-fledged resort casino is turned down by the state Legislature, the tribes spokesman…

NEW ORLEANS (BP)–I am in the gambling business. I don’t like it, and I want to stop. But I am a citizen of Louisiana.

Last year was a good one for Atlantic City’s casinos: gross operating profits were up and more people stayed in the casino hotels. But it also was a good year for gamblers, who raked in more freebies.

UnanimousCoward writes “Yahoo! is running an article reporting that Second Life has invited the FBI to tour their casinos. Under the theory that they may have some objections, Linden wanted to make sure that everything was on the up and up. The FBI has apparently taken them up on the offer, but will not comment on their conclusion. With the recent US crackdown on Internet gambling, visits to …