2008 March 16 Gambling News, Events and Happenings

A bus tour of infamous gangster sights illustrates the city’s bloody history. A mob museum is in the works. Las Vegas, a city forged on gambling, booze and flesh, has been strangely reluctant — and perhaps a little nervous — to make money off its mob roots. Until now.

ALTON - January’s decline in admissions and revenues at Argosy Casino in Alton continued in February, with nearly 25 percent lower revenues last month than in February 2007.

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

BOSTON - The public is finally getting its chance this week to weigh in on Beacon Hill’s high stakes casino gambling debate. On Tuesday, the Legislature’s Joint Committee on Economic Development holds a hearing on Gov. Deval Patrick’s plan to build three resort style casinos in Massachusetts.

So many teams, so many games, so little time. We caught up with a bunch of our Covers Experts professional handicappers to get their best Madness betting tips.     Ted Sevransky , Covers Experts : Two key stats   Statistics…

After months of increasingly harsh rhetoric on both sides, the public will finally gets its chance to weigh in on Gov. Deval Patrick’s plan to build three resort style casinos in Massachusetts.

BOSTON (AP) The public is finally getting its chance this week to weigh in on Beacon Hill’s high stakes casino gambling debate.

The public is finally getting its chance to weigh in on Beacon Hill’s casino gambling debate.

What: Montel Williams, Founder of The Montel Williams MS Foundation, will preside over the closing bell to kick off the foundation’s gala and pro-celebrity poker challenge on Thursday March 13. via CSRwire.com