2007 April 30 Gambling News, Events and Happenings - Page 3

The shows premiere on ESPN on Monday April 23rd. Everest Poker has signed a deal with the premiere sports channel ESPN to present a series of short TV program broadcast on ESPN’s European Network during April … via Poker Source Online

Despite nearly a half-decade of development and millions of dollars invested in research and testing, slot machine manufacturers are still a few years away from bringing server-based gaming — often referred to as downloadable technology — to casino floors.

Twenty-two-year-old Kalyani Kathuria, an exporter based in Delhi, discovered gaming at her university in the UK a few years ago. Sony had organised a betting free gaming session before the launch of PlayStation 2. I couldn t play beyond the first round because I lost, but I loved the adrenalin rush I felt while playing the game. Since then I ve been hooked. Kathuria soon invested in a playstation …

If you have 20 cents, you can recapture your childhood on the Wildwood boardwalk. For that price, you can play a round of Flippers Fascination, a strangely hypnotic, and once widespread, midway game that is a cross between bingo and Skee-Ball.

Shares of most casino operators fell Monday, ahead of upcoming earnings reports from Ameristar Casinos Inc., Las Vegas Sands Corp. and MGM Mirage.

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana As reported by the Louisville Courier Journal: “Bowing to pressure from the state’s casino industry, lawmakers have nixed a plan to charge hefty fees for expansions but let casinos abandon their boats in favor of buildings constructed on permanently moored barges.

WICHITA, Kansas As reported by the Wichita Eagle: “Phil Ruffin wants to build a casino in downtown Wichita and have Donald Trump run it.

Gov. Mitch Daniels said he will sign legislation to bring slot-machine gaming to Indiana’s horse-racing tracks. Daniels, who previously said he would veto any expansion of gambling, said during a press conference in Daleville that he will sign the legislation passed around midnight Sunday.

PENNSYLVANIA As reported by the Pennsylvania Times Leader: “Optimistic gamblers have risked well over $500 million in the slot machines at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs so far this year. Some of that money appears to be coming at the expense of local bingo parlors.