2008 March 03 Gambling News, Events and Happenings - Page 5

When Verona was asked to consider training its police to enforce a state law against illegal gambling on poker machines, the borough was less than enthusiastic.

Hard-partying Green Bay Packers receiver Max McGee, who scored the first touchdown in Super Bowl history, had a gambling habit that the FBI tracked after his career ended, newly released records show.

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

MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Hard-partying Green Bay Packers receiver Max McGee, who scored the first touchdown in Super Bowl history, had a gambling habit that the FBI…

Practically everyone knows Henderson was little Las Vegas in the 1940s and early 1950s. The larger truth, however, is that Hendersons pretty much always been a town with a gambling problem.

A proposed casino in Sugar Creek is drawing its share of criticism from those who think the metro area can’t support another gambling venue.

The patents infringement dispute between Dr. Scott Lewis of 1st Technologies and Calvin Ayre, founder and chief of the Bodog online gambling group continued to descend gutter-wards over the weekend with more harsh words on Ayre’s personal blog, and rewards on offer from Lewis for documents relating to Bodog company relationships.

Israeli politician Amnon Cohen’s proposed bill to censor Internet content through ISP restrictions has passed its first reading in the Knesset by 46 votes to 20.

According to a report from the Cape Cod Media group, at least twenty organisations have spent substantially in order to lobby in support of US online gambling issues, and the list has some surprising names on it. Lobby firms in the US are mandated to disclose the amounts and causes for which they are lobbying.