2008 March 15 Gambling News, Events and Happenings

A simple diversion, like an N.C.A.A. office pool, can build camaraderie, but be wary of indulging to excess.

Abbott said the Tigua Indian Tribe is operating illegal gambling machines in El Paso. Abbot said the tribe runs eight-liner machines at the Speaking Rock Entertainment Center.

The Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs and many Cascade Locks residents see building an Indian casino on the banks of the Columbia as their salvation. But environmentalists, the Grand Ronde and others oppose it.

Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear will turn his attention back to casino gambling.

Maryland’s largest teachers union is supporting passage of a November referendum to allow slot machine gambling in the state. The board of the Maryland State Teacher’s Association, which voted Friday night to support the referendum, has not taken a position on the issue in the past, but the state’s worsening financial problems prompted members to vote in favor, spokesman Dan Kauffman said.

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ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) Maryland’s largest teachers union is supporting passage of a November referendum to allow slot machine gambling in the state.

Place your bets. Is this the year, finally, that the Legislature will do away with the $500 loss limit at Missouri’s 13 casinos?

Bolstering the campaign to expand legal gambling in Maryland, the state’s powerful teachers union announced this morning its endorsement of the November referendum to legalize slot machine gambling.