2007 April 05 Gambling News, Events and Happenings - Page 3

Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services on Thursday lowered its outlook for Ameristar Casinos Inc., a day after it agreed to buy a Resorts International Holdings LLC unit that owns and operates Resorts East Chicago for $675 million in cash.

ATTLEBORO, Mass. — Two men were arrested on gambling charges Wednesday after police conducing three simultaneous raids. Police said 29-year-old Noah Sheridan and 35-year-old Nicholas Vito, are accused of operating a gambling business out of a store front in Attleboro.

An official from the NCAA has contradicted a report that a Las Vegas-based consultant who monitors gambling activity notified the NCAA a year and a half ago about irregularities surrounding University of Toledo football games.

So what does an undercover FBI avatar look like anyway? That’s a question that the virtual residents of Linden Lab’s popular “Second Life” might need to start asking themselves, in the wake of a Reuters report that FBI agents visited both Linden Lab and one of the virtual casinos currently located in Second Life. The visits were made at the invitation of Linden Lab.

Publishing & Broadcasting Ltd. (PBL) of Sydney and Macquarie Bank Ltd. have formed a 50/50 joint venture that will offer U.S.$1.2 billion (C$1.37 billion) for the outstanding units and convertible debentures of the Gateway Casinos Income Fund in Burnaby, British Columbia, according to a report by Bloomberg News this morning.

Ten years after he won his first Masters tournament, Tiger Woods stands out as the player to watch at Augusta - and at the betting windows in Las Vegas, where the Masters generates more wagering dollars than any event on golf’s calendar.

OWOSSO - A Shiawassee County woman on Tuesday became the first statewide winner of the new Big Money Bingo game. Renee Kingsbury, 39, hit for more than $67,804 at ARC Shiawassee, believed to be the largest charitable bingo prize ever awarded in the United States, state officials said.

A Decatur man turns himself in after police raid an illegal gambling operation. Glen Sadler Junior is charged with possession of a gambling device.

If their bid for a full-fledged casino is turned down by the state Legislature, the Mashpee Wampanoag say they will open a gambling destination that offers ‘’bingo slots anyway.