2007 May 25 Gambling News, Events and Happenings

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Federal prosecutors say the cheating ring worked for four years, hitting 18 U.S. casinos, including several on the Mississippi Gulf Coast and in Tunica, Miss.

Two dozen people cheated casinos in Mississippi, several states and Canada out of at least $3.3 million over five years by using technology and bribes to rig card games, federal prosecutors alleged in indictments unsealed Thursday.

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SPRINGFIELD, Illinois — As reported by the Rockford Register Star: “A gambling-expansion package under consideration at the Capitol may include a casino for Rockford. Sen. Rickey Hendon, a Chicago Democrat spearheading the plan, said a Rockford delegation recently asked him to include Rockford.

ABC boasts that more than 20 million play-along Bingo grids were printed out for last Friday’s premiére, and that 6.49 million people watched.

Operators fear that popular pastime may be hit hard (25/05/2007 15:56:56)

Indictments unsealed in San Diego and Seattle Thursday charged 24 people with rigging card games using bribes and surveillance technology at casinos in several states and Canada.

The man in charge of state run gambling says it is time for at least one casino in Massachusetts. Treasurer Tim Cahill says the state should move quickly to recapture the gambling dollars spent in neighboring states, and not wait to negotiate with either of the state’s Indian tribes. His plan to accept bids on casino licenses is drawing mixed reactions, and is ramping up an unavoidable debate.