2008 March 01 Gambling News, Events and Happenings

SACRAMENTO — The U.S. Department of the Interior is adopting new rules after it was forced to approve four multibillion dollar Indian gambling agreements because it lost the paperwork last year.

CHICAGO — The Rev. Phil Blackwell fears Gov. Rod Blagojevich and Illinois legislators will do something he considers immoral: expand gambling.

LITTLE ROCK - Lawmakers have talked at length but so far can’t find a quick way to modify a fee on charitable gambling that is on track to bring in more money than the state says it needs to oversee the operations.

The U.S. Department of the Interior adopts new rules after being forced to approve four multibillion-dollar Indian gambling agreements because it lost the paperwork.

Herbst Gaming Inc. of Las Vegas is considering selling several, if not all, of its businesses, including Terrible’s Lakeside Casino in Iowa.

Kent Ostrander, executive director of The Family Foundation, was a featured speaker in a town meeting on the issue of casino gambling Thursday night. The meeting, held at Princetons First Baptist Church, drew a large crowd. Family Foundation policy analyst Richard Nelson also spoke.

The U.S. Department of the Interior is adopting new rules after it was forced to approve four multibillion dollar Indian gambling agreements because it lost the paperwork last year.

“Whenever there’s been anything that looks like it might reduce funding to education, we are concerned and want to take a closer look at it”

The day has been good to us so far, going 4-1 in the early games, although Texas Tech made us sweat out the possibility of overtime towards the end….