2008 January 06 Gambling News, Events and Happenings

The Jefferson City Council may decide to debate two casino-related bills on Monday. And then again, it may not.

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UPDATED: 11 :48 a.m. EDT, January 06, 2008 Bob Specht, 70, plays bingo inside St. Felicitas in Euclid Thursday, Jan. 4, 2008. Nearly two dozen area charitable organizations took in more than $2 million each at Bingo games last year, and eight of those groups took in more than $3 million, according to recently released records.

An application to develop an off-reservation casino in southwestern Wisconsins Lafayette County was rejected Friday by the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs.

UPDATED: 08 :48 a.m. EDT, January 06, 2008 Bob Specht, 70, plays bingo inside St. Felicitas in Euclid Thursday, Jan. 4, 2008. Nearly two dozen area charitable organizations took in more than $2 million each at Bingo games last year, and eight of those groups took in more than $3 million, according to recently released records.

Day two of the NFL playoffs takes place, and either of today’s games will have a tough time topping Jacksonville’s victory over Pittsburgh, as the Jaguars pulled out the…

Janet’s World We were at a Gilbert family reunion a few years ago, and someone evidently married someone who is Scottish, or has some Scottish in his family, or who likes Scotch, and bingo. Bagpipes appeared.

UPDATED: 09 :03 a.m. EDT, January 06, 2008 Bob Specht, 70, plays bingo inside St. Felicitas in Euclid Thursday, Jan. 4, 2008. Nearly two dozen area charitable organizations took in more than $2 million each at Bingo games last year, and eight of those groups took in more than $3 million, according to recently released records.

MILWAUKEE — For six years, the Lac du Flambeau tribe, headquartered out of northern Wisconsin, has been trying to establish a new casino in the southwestern Wisconsin community of Shullsburg.