2008 March 03 Gambling News, Events and Happenings - Page 2

Roger Clemens is the latest athlete to be brought before Congress to discuss the use of steroids and performance enhancing drugs in baseball. NBA referee Tim Donaghy bet on basketball games for a span of two seasons. But Former Cincinnati Reds manager and all-time hits leader Pete Rose is the name that pops to mind when thinking of other recent gamblers in sports, now banned from the game for …

Some bingo operators say the tax on charitable bingo is too excessive and the money would be better spent on community causes rather than state administrative costs to oversee bingo. Charitable bingo became legal in Arkansas last summer.

Staged in December 2007, the first ECOOP was a resounding success and awarded winners with more than $2,500,000 — exceeding its guaranteed prize pools. via Winner Online

Associated Press - March 3, 2008 3:34 PM ET POCAHONTAS, Ark. (AP) - Some bingo operators say the tax on charitable bingo is too excessive and the money would be better spent on community causes…

House Speaker Salvatore DiMasi said today that Governor Deval Patricks plan to license three resort casinos in Massachusetts is “clearly losing credibility” after a Globe analysis found that the administration was ” excessively optimistic ” in its estimate that the proposal would create 30,000 construction jobs.

“When the Governor embraced casino gambling in September, I raised a number of critical questions I felt needed to be answered before we allowed a casino culture into our Commonwealth. To date, most of those questions remain unanswered and, as…

The Kansas Lottery Commission needs more time to negotiate contracts with casino developers. Executive Director Ed Van Petten said Monday that the commission will ask the governor for a 60-day extension, which he expects to get. The commission is negotiating 13 contracts for the four gambling zones. The deadline to finish negotiations is this month. A review board will select four proposals …

The Kansas Lottery Commission will vote Tuesday about requesting a 60-day extension to negotiate contracts with casino proposers.

Paddy Power PLC, Ireland’s dominant betting company, reported a 52 percent surge in full-year profits Monday on the strength of growing online business and a string of losses by locally favored sports stars.