2007 May 01 Gambling News, Events and Happenings - Page 5

A bingo hall and bar owner draws up a £250,000 repair package for part of Hastings Pier.

EDMONTON - A woman who created an elaborate pyramid scheme to fund a multimillion-dollar gambling habit was sentenced to seven years in a federal penitentiary Monday.

Scientific Games announced that it has formed a joint venture with a leading Chinese technology company, Inspur, to launch instant tickets in the Shandong Province of China. Shandong Province, among the largest and wealthiest in China, has a population of approximately 92 million and is one of the China Sports Lottery’s top performing provinces.

Authorities in Grimes County raided an illegal gambling room on Monday that was hidden inside a deserted convenience store south of Plantersville, officials said.

Here’s one way to look at the giant liquidation sale that will take place later this week at the former Sands Casino Hotel: It’s one last chance to take home a nostalgic piece of the place where Frank Sinatra once held court.

PLEASANT POINT The Passamaquoddy Tribe wants the same gambling rights as Bangor, and thats why it is continuing its battle to build a racetrack-casino operation known as a racino Down East.

GLEN ROCK The Glen Rock Hose & Ladder Company will hold a chicken barbecue 11 a.m. Saturday at Wetzel’s Supermarket on Manchester Street. The meal includes half a chicken, a baked potato, applesauce and a roll.

SOUTH EASTERN Stewartstown Elementary PTA basket bingo will be held Sunday at the Eureka Volunteer Fire Company on North Main Street in Stewartstown.

The news last week that Congress will consider repeal of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act has been greeted with loud cheering by poker players and others who wager online.