2007 May 01 Gambling News, Events and Happenings - Page 4

The final vote on the casino boat ban originally scheduled for Tuesday nights Horry County council meeting will be delayed. Lisa Bourcier, Horry County’s public information officer says Liz Gilland decided not to put this on the agenda. It could be on the agenda for the May 15-th meeting.

Indian tribes are successfully opening casinos around the country, but don’t look for any in Atlantic City anytime soon. The heads of three major tribal gaming companies all said today they have no plans to expand into New Jersey, citing high real estate prices and their own already busy expansion efforts. Speaking during a break in the East Coast Gaming Congress, the heads of companies owned by …

Indian tribes are successfully opening casinos around the country, but don’t look for any in Atlantic City anytime soon.

On the eve of another House debate on gambling, leaders of the Alabama-Coushatta tribe of East Texas on Tuesday urged the legalization of limited casinos on American Indian land to spur economic growth. A chairperson for the Alabama-Coushatta tribal council says money generated by gambling would help provide better health and education services for tribal members. More Local & State Headlines

A House environmental council Monday passed a bill that would allow video gambling machines to be installed in some dog and horse tracks to pay for reducing school property taxes.

You too can now own items once graced by “Ol’ Blue Eyes” while he crooned at the former Sands casino-hotel in Atlantic City, NJ. The gambling hall is having a giant liquidation sale on Thursday, and many items once touched by New Jersey’s own Frank Sinatra are up for sale.

Ironically, Dallas star Dirk Nowitzki feels his team still has heart despite coming into this series as a heavy favorite and playing against a team attempting to become the first…

TALLAHASSEE — Gov. Charlie Crist Tuesday frowned on an idea floated by House Republicans this week to expand video gambling as a way to pay for property tax relief.

“This was not just a friendly game of poker, this was a high stakes game for profit”