2007 May 14 Gambling News, Events and Happenings - Page 6

Five Denver entrepreneurs are betting big that the coveted 21-to-34-year-old market will lap up its TV programming, once it’s placed at popular nightspots around the country.

Police said late Sunday night they were trying to identify the owner of a bingo hall where early-morning gunfire caused a crowd of about 300 inside the building to flee.

Hollywood · Hundreds of Seminole Tribe members are expected to cast ballots on three Florida reservations today in an election that could be pivotal in shaping the financial future of a tribe that has become immensely wealthy through its operation of seven gaming casinos.

How Can a Progressive Be Guaranteed to Hit by a Certain Amount? Who regulates the slots on cruise ships? The casinos on cruise ships operate in international waters only, so technically no one has jurisdiction over them.

Are there many gamblers in this area? You bet there are. Just look at the occasional lines at lottery counters when the jackpots are rising. Notice the number of people who play those rip-off tickets in private clubs.

Over the weekend an article on Internet poker authored by a familiar name appeared in the Boston press, where Poker Players’ Alliance chairman and former Senator Alfonse D’Amato described the campaign by Congressman Barney Frank to legalise online gambling in the United States as “heroic.”

The Czech Business Weekly carried an intriguing interview with corporate lawyer Jindøich Rajchl, who does work for the giant Austrian-listed betting group Bwin Interactive among others.

The provincial government of British Columbia is commissioning a new study on problem gambling, a week after news reports that casino employees often encounter distressed gamblers, and some who are aggressive or threatening at casinos in the region.