2008 February 07 Gambling News, Events and Happenings

On the eve of Super Tuesday, area residents participated in a forum to learn about a potential candidate of a different kind: Casinos.

The New Jersey Assembly has approved a bill asking voters to legalize professional sports betting in Atlantic City casinos.

THE Department of Labor ordered an employer to pay over $2,000 to a former security guard whose contract was not renewed when he was caught sleeping on duty more than three years ago. via Marianas Variety

Feb. 7 (Bloomberg) — Rank Group Plc, the second-largest U.K. bingo-club and casino owner, said Malaysian gaming investor Genting Bhd. raised its stake to 11 percent, boosting the stock.

BARANGAY officials of Pico, La Trinidad asked the Municipal Council to reconsider its denial on their proposal to hold a mini-carnival in the village.

Log in to remember this page. Email this A new report by market analyst Mintel has identified the smoking ban as the biggest cause of the decline in business at UK bingo halls.

CONCERNS are held for bingo centres around the state after Crown casino’s offer of free games and prizes to Crown Club members and their guests.

Americans do have a site that offers them games for money, though it is not called gambling and is entirely legal. It is taken for granted that ever since the United States passed the ban on online gambling, there is no legal way for Americans to play casino games for money online. Think again.

Calling slot machines a potential plague upon Kentuckians, a group of black ministers gathered Wednesday at the Capitol to express opposition to Gov. Steve Beshear’s plan to allow casino gambling. The Rev. Willis Polk, pastor of Imani Baptist Church in Lexington, said that the community sympathizes with Beshear’s budget dilemma, but that expanded gambling is not the answer. “If you want a more …