2008 March 27 Gambling News, Events and Happenings

The Bingo Bash fundraiser is scheduled from 1 to 3:30 p.m. Sat., April 5 at the Moorpark Civic Center, 799 Moorpark Ave. The cost is $15 in advance or $20 at the door, which includes 10 games, dessert bar, coffee, tea and lemonade. Two specials are available for an additional fee.

“It was (an) error for the (appeals) court to consider the record in the way that it did, and further error to utilize that record as a justification for striking down the Lottery’s rule”

The governor’s casino proposal as a “jobs plan” is something we cannot afford. Yes, it is approximately 20,000 jobs over three casinos, but the economic stimulus to the state and local economy is dubious at best. Looking at the income the jobs will bring…

Nonprofit groups that run bingo games want the city council to limit eight-liners.

Neil Channing, a poker professional from London, England, won the 3 Million paddypowerpoker.com Irish Open in Citywest Hotel, Dublin, 24th March, earning himself an enormous 801,400 payday, the biggest win of … via RGT Online

ORGANISERS of a charity bingo night in Driffield have already starting planning for next year after hundreds of pounds were raised for two prominent local organisations. (26/03/2008 09:41:54)

Bingo afternoon from 1-4 p.m. at the Carson City Senior Citizens Center, 911 Beverly Drive.

“You have to personalize the gamblers. They had double lives, studying at MIT, then jetting off to Vegas and Monte Carlo. They could turn it on instantly. They were walking computers.”

St. Mary’s County deputies hand-delivered letters earlier this week that notified owners of more than 20 establishments that their instant bingo machines were in violation of at least one law.