2007 April 29 Gambling News, Events and Happenings - Page 3

BOSTON - New Bedford officials said yesterday they would step up efforts to convince the Mashpee Wampanoag Indians to build a casino in their city, despite an agreement by the tribe’s backers to purchase land in nearby Middleboro as a possible casino site.

UPDATED: 04 :36 a.m. EDT, April 29, 2007 Smoke lingers as flames crawl down a hillside in Wayne National Forest during a prescribed burn on Friday, April 20, 2007, near Logan, Ohio. The surge of red maples across Ohio poses a risk of changing the state’s forest ecosystem, and the burn is aimed at preventing that.

The slot machines have been good to Delaware Park regular Kathleen Cimakasky over the years.

Upgrades come to Gulfstream, but racing is still main attraction The day after the March 31 Florida Derby, a sunny, 82-degree Sunday, Herb Kornspun had his family gathered along the rail for the start of the first race at Gulfstream Park.

Of The HARRISBURG, Pa. — A planned vote in Philadelphia on where slot-machine casinos can build has no business being challenged in the states highest court, lawyers for Philadelphia City Council said Friday.

The quiet, suburban city of Parkland is unhappy about the recent opening of a second cocktail lounge at the Seminole Casino Coconut Creek, which is licensed to sell alcohol almost around the clock.

Savvy sports gamblers are flocking to EasyBaseballBetting.com for their free baseball picks and sports betting systems.

ferriday Ferriday and Concordia Parish residents filled the chairs and the hall, spilling into the parking lot at town hall during Tuesdays alderman meeting.

I f you own a large field near a major highway or some old buildings downtown, your lucky day could be coming. The great casino horse race is on — and some landowners will be visited by guys wearing suits and sunglasses, with hundred-dollar bills for pocket handkerchiefs.