2007 May 26 Gambling News, Events and Happenings

“I want this amazing amount of money to benefit me in the next couple of years and in the future as well”

Ben Smith of Politico.com reports that the first attack on a new book on Hillary Clinton came from Media Matters for America, a Democratic-leaning group whose founders are close to the New York Democrat senators presidential campaign . . . Bingo.

Temasek Associating with son of Stanley Ho, whom it rejected for Singapore project. FindSingapore forum. May 27, 2007 Lai CF Melco PBL Entertainment Ltd., the gambling joint venture between Hong Kong-based Melco International Development Ltd. and Australias Publishing & Broadcasting Ltd, was set to open its first casino Saturday in the Chinese gambling enclave of Macau.

“It would’ve made it hard for everyone without a queen to continue with the hand.”

Much as May brings bad tomatoes and looooonng graduation ceremonies, it also foments a messy outbreak of drooling among Illinois legislators. With dreams of new spending and no way to fund it, they set to salivating about an expansion of legalized gambling as the easiest pickin’s they can find.

The potential of a statewide smoking ban has at least one area organization concerned that its bingo games would suffer financially because smokers might cross the river to light up while they play.

“We had some intel of some illegal gambling going on involving machines and did some undercover work in a joint effort with (Tennessee) Alcoholic Beverage Control”

Former Philadelphia Flyers right-wing Rick Tocchet pleaded guilty on Friday to third-degree charges of conspiracy and promoting gambling in connection with his role in a multimillion-dollar sports betting ring.

Doesn’t everyone have a bingo memory, maybe lodged way back in the kid part of the brain?