2007 May 02 Gambling News, Events and Happenings - Page 4

Connecticut’s attorney general threatened Wednesday to sue the New York Racing Association over plans to allow online betting on New York horse races. The New York State Racing and Wagering Board last week approved plans for the gambling Web site, which Blumenthal said would initially take bets over the Internet from gamblers in Connecticut and New York.

Rep. Barney Frank’s (D-Mass.) proposal to regulate Internet gambling in the U.S. has received a mixed reviews from the online gambling industry. Frank’s plan calls for regulated companies to ensure gamblers are at least 18 years of age and in a jurisdiction that allows betting.

CHIPPEWA FALLS Eight gambling locations are within a 1½-hour drive of Eau Claire, a dangerous fact for problem gamblers, said Edward Ramsey. The susceptibility has always been there, and now the availability is there, Ramsey said. I think we are going to see more and more problems.

A Clarksville, Tenn., woman was sentenced to 15 years in prison after a judge rejected a plea agreement that would have kept her out of prison.

A Clarksville, Tennessee woman has been sentenced to 15 years in prison after her guilty plea to embezzling nearly $280,000 from the Guthrie Senior Citizen Centers bingo operation. Todd Circuit Judge Tyler Gill rejected a plea agreement that would have kept Paula Terrones out of jail.

The California Gambling Control Commission plans to unveil a draft of its proposed minimum internal control standards for Indian casinos here today in a closed door meeting with tribal officials.

FRANKFORT, Ky. A Kentucky judge has sentenced a Clarksville woman to 15 years in prison in a senior citizen center embezzlement case. Paula Terrones pleaded guilty in…

“The men were treated and released from the hospital”

The city’s first slot-machine casino is a step closer to reality, though city planners decided to wait two weeks before voting on whether to approve a master plan for the project.