2007 May 30 Gambling News, Events and Happenings

The question should not be if , but how. Plus, Cape Wind now. The debate about casino gambling in Massachusetts has arrived.

“We need an officer on the bow gun and an officer on the stern gun.”

Talk of a casino has come and gone over the years in Rockford. Now it’s back and picking up some steam at city hall. But, the odds aren’t in the city’s favor right now with pending deadlines in Springfield.

B-15…. I-28…. It was that kind of night at the ballpark in Augusta, mixing what may very well be America’s two greatest pastimes, Bingo and baseball.

Gov. Jennifer Granholm’s decision to renegotiate a profit-sharing deal with an American Indian tribe and allow another tribal casino to open was legal, the Michigan Supreme Court ruled Wednesday.

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BUT one bingo fanatic from Southport said she did not think the proposed shelters would be necessary. Val Bacon, 61, works in the Visiters advertising department and lives across the road from the Mecca club on Lord Street, where she is a regular player.

“We here in New England have always been slightly embarrassed by our per-capita spending on gaming.”

Cis Hughes can play more than 200 paper bingo cards at once, using two electronic bingo machines that check her cards with the touch of a button.