2007 May 02 Gambling News, Events and Happenings - Page 3

by T.O. Whenham of Doc’s Sports When it comes to handicapping baseball, nothing is more important than the pitching. If you don’t know that then you have some work to do. It’s not just who is pitching that day and how they have been playing, though…

WASHINGTON — The four major professional sports leagues and the National Collegiate Athletic Association are asking members of the House Financial Services Committee to oppose legislation by their chairman, U.S. Rep. Barney Frank, that would repeal an Internet gambling ban.

Dog fighting and gambling. Police believe it’s been going on in the Brownsville community of Pensacola. Three dogs that were seized from a vacant lot near the corner of Bobe…

Philadelphia Park Casino has asked state regulators to be let out of a commitment to build a permanent $300 million slot-machine gambling facility, a request that the park’s horsemen’s association called a bait-and-switch.

GALENA, Kansas As reported by the Joplin Globe: “The Galena City Council on Tuesday approved a resolution supporting an election question seeking voter authorization for development of a state-owned casino and hotel complex in Cherokee County.

“The European player, by and large, is more than likely over time going to yield less money than Americans did”

Profits soared nearly 22 percent for the Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority in the most recent quarter, powered by slot gambling in Pennsylvania’s Pocono Mountains and its growing eastern Connecticut complex.

VERONA, New York As reported by the Utica Observer Democrat: “The federal gaming commission responsible for overseeing and monitoring casinos said it does not plan to shut down Turning Stone Resort and Casino at this time.

Jalandhar, May 2: In a special operation against betting racket (dara-satta) and gambling in the garb of lottery, the Punjab Police today arrested nearly 149 accused in four disticts of Jalandhar range.