2007 May 23 Gambling News, Events and Happenings

Bob Borosage says this in not a poker game: President Bush forced Democrats to “fold,” the press reports. via Seeing the Forest

“I had a conversation with one of the top guys in the Libertarian party who wanted to get a famous poker player involved”

Bingo Barnes, the former editor of the Boise Weekly , is headed to the wild north. Barnes, 39, was just named publisher of the Anchorage Press in Alaska’s largest city. “It’s a good paper, and there is room for improvement,” Barnes said…. By Shea Andersen.

“A 21-day delay does not change anything”

A Cape Cod tribe that shared the nation’s first Thanksgiving with the Pilgrims now has its formal federal recognition. The Wampanoags are now actively working to bring casino gambling to Massachusetts. More Massachusetts News

MARION - The Marion County Athletic Booster Club will be giving away a refrigerator, donated by the Whirlpool Corporation, in addition to regular prizes during Monday’s bingo night at 1701 Marion-Bucyrus Road.

Down $500 at the blackjack table at Caesars casino, Xidi Zheng tried to get $500 more at an ATM — and that’s when his luck really ran out. A cashier checking Zheng’s ID during his November visit discovered he was 19 — under the minimum age of 21 to legally come aboard a riverboat and gamble.

“Anyone in possession of a licensed or unlicensed firearm on these premises faces up to 10 years imprisonment and a $10,000 fine.”

Every Tuesday at 2 p.m., 20 to 30 Older American Klub members gather to play bingo at the Parkade Center. Many members come each Tuesday, and jokes are rarely held back. The Columbia Department of Parks and Recreation sponsors this weekly event.