2008 February 12 Gambling News, Events and Happenings

“We are delighted with our results released today, our first full year of trading without any business in the U.S.”

Casino operator Columbia Sussex Corp. is considering a switch of its two Louisiana gambling riverboats in a move that would bring Baton Rouge a larger facility and send a smaller boat to the Morgan City area, a parish official said Tuesday.

The Delaware lottery office is soliciting bids from companies to provide multi-player automated roulette games at the state’s three casinos. via WMDT-TV Salisbury

Nevada casinos posted a 1.8 percent gain in winnings during 2007 despite a soft economy, hanging onto $12.85 billion of the nearly $170 billion bet by gamblers during the year, according to a state report released Tuesday.

It turns out the bingo heist we told you about 2 months ago was planned out a little more than first thought. You might remember back in December a beach bingo hall in Morehead City was robbed by 3 masked gun man.

Pennsylvania’s seventh slot-machine casino is open, this one near Harrisburg.

Feb. 12 (Bloomberg) — Cashcade Ltd., the owner of the U.K.’s second-largest bingo Web site, may seek a buyer or sell shares in an initial public offering within the next year to raise about 100 million pounds ($195 million).

Ohio Attorney General Marc Dann said the organizers of the Springfield bingo hall embezzled hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Playtech , the world’s biggest online casino and poker software firm, said on Monday it was highly confident about 2008 trading as fourth-quarter revenues jumped. via Winner Online