2007 July 23 Gambling News, Events and Happenings

Through last fall and into the winter, Scott Scherer and Melanie Hardrath fell into a familiar routine for each Packers game day: wake up, shower and head for Potawatomi Bingo Casino to hang out for six hours or more.

Electronic filing ready for gambling reports, taxes… Electronic filing ready for gambling reports, taxes HELENA, Mont. via KXMA-TV Dickinson

ROCK ISLAND, Ill. (AP) - Illinois gambling regulators approved plans today to move the Casino Rock Island to a new $$150 million complex with a hotel and more gaming tables.

“We believe those should be run by permanent rules and regulations.”

Allison Anderson of Montrose participates in the ring toss as her brothers, Patrick Anderson and Nolan Anderson, watch during the 25th annual Country Festival held at St. Mary of Czestochowa in Delano on Sunday, July 15. The event featured a number of adult and childrens games, music, roast beef and pork chop meals, bingo, a raffle and other fun activities.

St. Adalbert Church, located in Rosholt, will hold its church picnic on Sunday, August 5. An outdoor polka mass begins at 10 a.m., followed by a family style dinner with chicken soup, chicken and ham and all the trimmings and desserts. $1,000 bingo will begin at 1 p.m., with hot beef available at 4 p.m. Other events are a mini raffle, cherry tree, food stand, country store, childrens games, horse …

Four people across Gaston County have been charged with operating video poker or gambling machines after the state-mandated July 1 deadline for the removal of the machines from businesses. via The Gaston Gazette

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Volunteer activity: “I work with the elderly disabled who cannot do much for themselves. I talk with them, especially residents who have computers, hold their hands, rub lotion on them and help them with bingo.