2008 February 22 Gambling News, Events and Happenings

One month after gambling companies told Miami-Dade voters that approving slot machines would contribute about $197 million in new taxes for Florida schools, state economists projected Friday that the number would be far lower: $120 million.

Crime drama No Country for Old Men is the heavy favourite to win this year’s best picture Oscar and only a huge upset can prevent Daniel Day-Lewis from picking up his second best actor statuette, bookmakers and pundits say.

The Houston County Commission is trying to avoid the spread of bingo inside the county.

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Just one more pack! We check out the addictive collectible-card game feature in 2K Sports’ upcoming baseball game.

Mississippi’s casinos took in $225.6 million in January in gross gaming revenues. Revenues in December were $227.7 million. Win, or casino revenue, is the net amount of money won from gamblers. It is not profit.

Mumbai: Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray dubbed the auctioning of cricketers by the Indian Premier League a gambling game of industrialists, asking BCCI chief Sharad Pawar to stop it.

A former mortgage company president was convicted Friday of racking up more than $29 million in fraudulent investments and using a chunk of the money to feed his gambling habit. Anthony G. Christou, who ran Atlas Mortgage Co., was found guilty by a federal jury of wire fraud and money laundering. Some of the victims who invested with Christou included some of his business associates, friends and …

Roger Alford February 22, 2008 - 2:58 p.m. FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - A wealthy casino operator is defending an eye-catching $1 million contribution to a political group that worked to elect a pro-gambling governor in Kentucky.