2007 September 17 Gambling News, Events and Happenings

RENO, Nev., Sept. 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — GameTech International, ( Nachrichten ) Inc. (”GameTech” or the “Company”), a leading designer, developer and marketer of electronic bingo equipment and bingo systems, today announced that on Friday, September 14, GameTech received a purchase order to develop and place its server-based wireless gaming system and platform in five locations in Europe.

Local legislators are predicting a full-fledged political brawl over Gov. Deval Patrick’s proposal to legalize casino gambling. The governor wants the state to license at least three casinos as a way to create jobs, boost tourism and raise revenue to repair roads and hold down property taxes.

A former poker dealer, Fischman is now a highly regarded live pro who has made a successful immersion into online play. via CardPlayer.com

“It’s possible mama and I will buy a house now”

GREENVILLE - Bingo players, like restaurant patrons and others throughout Greenville who smoke, will have to leave their cigarettes behind them when a new smoking ban takes effect next month, but a local bingo operation is challenging the ban in court.

A 79-year-old Putney pensioner struck the jackpot last Sunday when she won £100,000 playing bingo. The widow, who does not want to be named, has been playing bingo for many years but was still shocked by her big win at Wandsworth’s Mecca Club in Garratt Lane.

“The police could hear everything. That’s how we got there so quick”

AN AUSTRALIAN astronomer is part of an international team that has discovered 14 galaxies halfway across the universe, opening up a new era of galaxy hunting.

Suffolk Downs in East Boston and Revere’s Wonderland Park immediately began jockeying for one of the three Massachusetts casino licenses that Governor Deval Patrick is expected to propose as soon as today, while gambling foes just as quickly began mobilizing and vowed a major fight against casinos, portraying it as a struggle for the state’s soul.