2008 March 11 Gambling News, Events and Happenings

Kansas City’s four riverboat casinos bounced back from an ice-cold January with a red-hot February.

Only one gaming firm wants to build a casino in Sugar Creek. Wild Rose Entertainment LLC operates two small casinos in Iowa and last year became the Kansas City suburb’s preferred developer for a gambling complex on nearly 300 city-owned acres next to La Benite Park.

MEMBERS of the Buhangin Police Precinct arrested three tricycle drivers for playing hantak, an illegal gambling activity using coins, last Monday afternoon.

Legislation that would keep Atlantic City’s casinos open in the event of a state shutdown carries some steep penalties.

There are literally hundreds of online sportsbooks which are all competing for your money. Choosing the right sportsbook before you send them any cash can save hours of aggravation…

In case you missed it, San Diego upset Gonzaga Monday night to win the West Coast Conference men’s basketball tournament. But let’s not miss the bigger picture.

ANNAPOLIS Republican lawmakers on Tuesday urged the Court of Appeals to scrap the tax increases approved during last falls special legislative session and cancel a slot-machine referendum slated for this November, saying the Democrat-led General Assembly failed to follow state constitutional procedures.

Monday a Bessemer judge ruled machines identical to these walker county devices are illegal.

The fate of electronic bingo in Houston County may lie with a bill in the Alabama legislature, a bill where the words Dothan or Houston County aren’t even mentioned.