2007 May 26 Gambling News, Events and Happenings - Page 2

“But I’m prepared to accept it if it means every citizen in our state can get access to affordable, quality, comprehensive health care.”

Gov. Blagojevich and Senate President Emil Jones embraced a new $5 billion plan Friday that would bring four casinos to the Chicago area and impose additional business taxes to fund health care, schools and mass transit.

Operators of gambling ships that siphoned off more than $40 million of funds embezzled from the former Oakwood Deposit Bank Co. in Paulding County have been convicted of tax fraud in federal court in Florence, S.C.

The online poker boom is in full swing. Keep yourself safe and be very selective about where you’ll play online. via What’s new on Launchpoker.com

The Poughkeepsie Journal is expanding coverage of events sponsored by houses of worship (no services, please). This is in direct response to readers’ interest in deeper coverage of local events.

Hard on the heels of Thursday’s guilty plea from the Betonsports online gambling group, its founder appeared in a St. Louis, Missouri district court Friday on a bond hearing.

Three quality new games debut from the Microgaming stable this month - a traditional British pub fruity offer, an unusual deep-sea video slot and the latest in the company’s series of video poker variants.

Canadian online gambling-industry payment service provider ESI Entertainment Systems Inc. is looking at a $5 million annual loss after a $6.2-million asset writedown caused by U.S. legislation against online gambling transactions, which has adversely impacted subsidiary Citadel.

Readers will recall the woes of British lottery firm Betex, which started with the arrest of three employees at the Chinese operations of the company some weeks back, apparently on allegations that they were involved in illegal gambling. The employees remain in custody and have yet to face formal and specific charges in court, adding to the lack of clarity on their situation.