2007 November 18 Gambling News, Events and Happenings

“I never dreamed I would win this tournament especially since I was up against so many of the world’s best”

INDIANAPOLIS - Kentucky’s newly elected governor has left some Indiana officials bracing for the possibility that its southern neighbor may legalize gambling.

Tain and iPoker, the largest European based poker network, announced it has removed the Maestro Poker skin from its poker network. via RGT Online

ATLANTIC CITY — An illegal sports gambling ring run out of a high-stakes poker room in an Atlantic City casino was busted Wednesday and 23 people were charged, including four with mob ties.

Chiang Rai _ Soldiers along the northern border here are keeping a close watch on the movement of cash from casinos in Burma coming into Thailand after reports that influential figures are using gambling dens as venues to strike vote-buying deals.

ATLANTIC CITY — Five years from now, you might not even recognize this place. A burst of new, luxurious mega-casino projects to be built by 2012 will transform the face of Atlantic City into a more futuristic — and crowded — gambling resort.

The House of Delegates approves a bill that contains the details of implementing slot machine gambling in Maryland, if voters approve legalizing them in a referendum in November 2008.

Poker bots, software programs that autonomously play in online poker games, are getting a lot better. via Science Fiction in the News

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