2007 April 30 Gambling News, Events and Happenings - Page 6

Online gaming group 888 has seen its profits rise 34% and is planning to launch its UK bingo site overseas.

RICHMOND The effort to federally recognize six Virginia Indian tribes has inched forward in Washington after lawmakers approved a bill spelling out that the tribes would forgo their sovereign right to run casinos on tribal lands.

Jefferson City — The Missouri Republican Party platform is clear: Republicans oppose the expansion of gambling. And they support Missouri’s one-of-a-kind law that limits how much gamblers can lose.

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JEFFERSON CITY When Missouri voters legalized riverboat gambling in 1992, supporters talked of picturesque paddle-wheel boats plying the Missouri and Mississippi rivers.

Online gaming group 888 said on Monday it had boosted year profit by 34 percent, first quarter revenues by 16 percent, and it was planning to launch its new bingo site overseas.

The interactive exercise equipment appeals to kids. Will arcades be the gyms of the future? Electronic beep-boops echo inside XRtainment Zone, a gym noticeably absent of the usual treadmills, stair climbers and weight stacks.

Online gaming group 888 Holdings is looking at a number of possible acquisitions in Europe, and it plans to expand its online bingo overseas, Chief Executive Gigi Levy said on Monday.

Votes Sunday as the House, on a 55-40 vote, approved a proposal to beef up enforcement against illegal video gambling machines in Indiana. Voting yes were 28 Republicans and 27 Democrats. Voting no were 21 Republicans and 19 Democrats. Not voting were Reps. Patrick Bauer, D-South Bend, Charlie Brown, D-Gary, Mae Dickinson, D-Indianapolis, Linda Lawson, D-Hammond, Paul Robertson, D-DePauw.