2007 May 14 Gambling News, Events and Happenings

Pots would reach $800. He operated tables in his garage, basement and the main floor of his house, court records state. via Crime Scene KC

Bandar Seri Begawan - Eleven locals including two women were arrested by the police in connection with three gambling cases involving the illegal four-digit lottery and ‘Ketam-Ketam’, recently.

AUGUSTA (NEWS CENTER) - The State Appropriations Committee says it has withdrawn it’s proposals to increase the tax on Penn National to help close the state budget.

A casino may be on its way to the Coastal Bend. State Senators Rodney Ellis of Houston and John Carona of Dallas are pushing a bill that would let Texans decide whether to legalize casino gambling. The bill would also determine where 12 casinos would be built and the Corpus Christi area could be one of those sites.

The purchase of a large piece of land by the Mashpee Wampanoag Indians has made Middleboro a strong contender for the site of the state’s first casino. NewsCenter 5’s Amalia Barreda reported that negotiations between the town and the tribe will soon be under way.

The founder of international online-gambling company BetOnSports pleaded not guilty Monday to federal racketeering, tax evasion and fraud charges today, his first Missouri court appearance after being arrested in the Dominican Republic March 30.

Attacks by National’s Coromandel MP Sandra Goudie on gambling addiction treatment services have drawn fire from a gambling issues lobby group, who say Ms Goudie’s own Thames-Coromandel area ‘’has one of the worst pokie records in the country.'’

A bipartisan majority of all but one member of the Legislature’s Appropriations Committee voted today to set aside discussions about seeking a bigger state share of racino revenue to help balance the Maine state budget.

BURNABY, BRITISH COLUMBIA– - Gateway Casinos Income Fund , one of the largest casino operators in Western Canada, today reported its financial results for the three months ended March 31, 2007.