2008 February 19 Gambling News, Events and Happenings

Guardian Angels Church, Market Street, Edison, announced that bingo is back to two nights a week: Monday Night Bingo, with new games, and Tuesday Night Bingo. Doors open at 6 p.m. and bingo begins at 7:30 p.m. Food, snacks, desserts, coffee, tea and soda will be available. All are invited. For information, call (732) 572-5779.

PORTAGE | Bingo is serious business at Nativity of Our Savior Catholic School. It also happens to be fun. Weekly themes keep the game fresh, with volunteers sporting Mardi Gras crowns and colorful beads on Monday as they worked the crowd, selling pull tabs and other bingo extras.

HARRISBURG State gaming regulators need to pick up the pace in awarding a slot machine license to operators of the planned Valley View Downs harness racing track in Lawrence County, state Rep. Sean Ramaley said Monday.

A new bingo game has hit the bar scene and the pots are about to explode.

government set itself up to play the flawed conscience that tries to have it both ways Imagine a group of people gambling. Now imagine another group of people at a different place also gambling.

CONCORD — The day after Gov. John Lynch took a job promotion tour of the North Country, civic and business leaders disagreed Tuesday over whether slot machine parlors would help this economically distressed region recover or deteriorate. … - By KEVIN LANDRIGAN Telegraph Staff

Gov. Steve Beshear’s proposal to allow up to 12 casinos throughout the state got a major overhaul from Kentucky lawmakers on Tuesday, less than five days after the newly elected governor unveiled it. A plan by Rep. Joni Jenkins, D-Louisville, would cut the number of casinos by three, allowing for no more than five to be set up at race tracks. The move, Jenkins said, was aimed at resolving some …

HUNTINGTON — The Huntington High School Track Boosters will host a Longaberger Basket Bingo fundraiser from noon to 2 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 23, at the Junior League Building, 617 9th Ave.

HUNTINGTON — Little Victories Animal Rescue will have a Longaberger Basket and Boyds Bears Bingo at 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 29, at the YWCA, 633 5th Ave.