2007 May 02 Gambling News, Events and Happenings - Page 7

The state Attorney General’s Office has denied Berkeley’s request for a stay on an off-track wagering facility to be constructed in neighboring Toms River.

ATLANTIC CITY — 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.

The NFL draft and first month of MLB baseball are behind us, and soon the opening round of the NBA playoffs will be as well. Yet sports fans are looking forward anxiously to what lies ahead.

Finding quality horse racing and horse handicapping information on the Internet just got a lot easier with the relaunch of Mike Dempsey’s TurfnSport.com. After nearly a decade of providing his targetted analysis to a targetted audience, TurfnSport.com has blossomed into a major horse racing news site with five top race experts and daily exclusive editorial on betting the ponies. So with the …

Gaming panel will give out $10 million in grants to police, other law enforcement agencies. | For private clubs with a long-standing practice of quietly offering illegal gambling, the crackdown might be imminent.

Arizona’s Indian tribes with casinos gave $24.6 million of gaming revenue to the Arizona Department of Gaming for the January-March quarter, a 9.5 percent increase from the same period last year, the state reported Tuesday.

The son-in-law of former Philadelphia Mayor Frank Rizzo was sentenced to house arrest and probation in connection with a multimillion-dollar sports gambling ring.

A group representing downtown Ottawa businesses is lobbying the city to build and operate a casino in its neighbourhood.

AUSTIN — More than two-thirds of Texas voters favor allowing gaming on Texas reservations, according to poll results a tribe announced Tuesday as legislators prepared to debate a bill that would let tribal casinos, including Speaking Rock Casino, reopen.