2007 October 06 Gambling News, Events and Happenings

Marie Galyean writes about the annual Senior Faire, Kiwanian of the Year David E. Palumbo, upcoming performances of “The Chronicles of Narnia,” and auditions of “Amahl and the Night Visitors.”

When playing online poker there are a lot of questions you have to ask yourself: is this guy on a draw? Is he bluffing? Should I go all in? Do I need a break? But one question which may have escaped you deals … via What’s new on Launchpoker.com

Opponents of California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s deals with four Indian casino tribes — which would substantially increase the number of slot machines in the state — began the process of turning in signatures Oct. 5. They hope to challenge the compacts in the upcoming February primary election.

South Florida’s gaming scene has taken some big strides since the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino kick-started things with its opulent digs in 2004. Las Vegas-style slots arrived in Broward County last November and cued a glitzy transformation for its fading pari-mutuels. This summer, Florida law expanded gambling even further: Casinos can stay open 18 hours a day during the week and 24 …

The only true way to get better at poker is to dedicate lots of hours to practice. via The Times Herald

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Illinois House Republicans are supposed to be ready to embrace gambling expansion as a way of paying for state construction projects.

“We want to make hotels in Sydney and Newcastle as cashless as possible”

Cordish Co., a Baltimore developer in a legal fight with Donald Trump over a casino development in Florida, is in talks to buy Trump’s Atlantic City casinos, according to a Cordish executive who asked not to be named because of the sensitivity of the talks.

This year 400 students are involved in choir at Napa High, and one of the activities that makes this popular program possible is the weekly bingo game at the Napa Valley Expo.