2008 January 01 Gambling News, Events and Happenings

Many new laws went on the books January 1, 2008 in the state of New York, affecting everything from air travel to bingo and the mortgage industry.

A basket bingo to benefit the Bloomfield Junior-Senior High School Class of 2009 will be conducted on Friday, Jan. 11 at the National Guard Armory in Linton. Doors open at 6 p.m. and bingo will begin at 7 p.m. Food and refreshments will be served.

The legality of online sports betting article has been updated to reflect the most recent ruling by the World Trade Organization and what that likely means to Internet sports…

Sarasota County sheriff’s deputies are looking for two men who entered the back door of the Palm Plaza Bingo Hall and confronted three employees.

Poker, a game of “constant pricing and repricing of risk”, is fast becoming a younger and more lucrative game . via Kottke.org

Associated Press - January 1, 2008 9:14 AM ET HENDERSON, Ky. (AP) - The owner of a western Kentucky racetrack plans to try for a casino license if voters approve gambling in Kentucky.

College football certainly takes center stage today, with six bowl games on the schedule. The NBA is taking the day off, which doesn’t make a lot of sense considering…

The owner of a western Kentucky racetrack plans to try for a casino license if voters approve gambling in Kentucky. Ellis Park owner Ron Geary said he would put a casino in Owensboro - not Henderson, where the track is located - to move it away from competition in Indiana. “Whether at Ellis Park or in Owensboro, under an Ellis Park license some percentage of the money bet (at a casino) would go …

They say lightning never strikes the same place twice, but Joe Coffey of Rockland knows differently. About 25 years ago, lightning hit the house he lives in on Spruce Lane. In September, bingo: Strike two.