2008 March 06 Gambling News, Events and Happenings - Page 3

JOHNSTON, Iowa (AP) - The Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission will not authorize new casino licenses and will seek a study on the impact of new casinos.

A plan to cut the tax rate on slot machines to encourage more gambling in South Florida turned tense at a legislative committee Thursday morning. Gambling lobbyists started to turn on each other and a Republican senator accused Senate Democratic leader Steve Geller of drafting a proposal that was ‘’inappropriate'’ and “not believable.'’

A House committee approved a proposed constitutional amendment Wednesday to allow electronic bingo games at greyhound dog tracks in Birmingham and Mobile.

The long arm of the law reached from Arizona into Central America as the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office busted an internet gambling ring. “Our deputies started this case here locally,” said Sheriff Joe Arpaio.

Two Miami men identified by the St. Lucie County Sheriffs Office as career criminals will spend the rest of their life in prison following a 2004 bingo hall robbery, the agency stated Thursday.

A plan to cut the tax rate on slot machines to encourage more gambling in South Florida turned tense at a legislative committee Thursday as gambling lobbyists turned on each other and a Republican senator accused a Democrat of drafting a proposal that was ‘’inappropriate'’ and “not believable.'’

Two men charged with robbing a bingo hall in St. Lucie County nearly four years ago have been sentenced to life prison terms according to St. Lucie sheriff Ken Mascara.

The front page of this morning’s USA TODAY Companies cash in on checking your DNA for disease Several new companies are betting consumers will be curious enough to shell out $1,000 or more to learn what diseases might lurk…

US Congressman Jim McDermott has introduced web gambling legislation that would collect billions of dollars in new revenues. A recent analysis by PricewaterhouseCoopers estimates the revenues at between $8.7bn and $42.8bn over 10 years.