2008 March 28 Gambling News, Events and Happenings

Titan Poker, the largest poker room on the iPoker Network, will stage its Asian Poker Tour Manila Super Satellite Series this spring, offering players the chance to win seats at the land-based tournament in … via RGT Online

The Niagara Fallsview Casino Resort and Casino Niagara have been recognized as a healthy workplace. Niagara Casinos received the national Innovative Ideas at Work Award from Your Workplace Magazine during the Healthy Workplaces Conference at White Oaks Conference Resort and Spa this week. The award recognizes the Active […]

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GULFPORT (WLOX) — The new motion picture “21″ has shined a spotlight on casinos everywhere. The film depicts a group of college students from MIT learning how to count cards, and beat the house at blackjack tables.

When the House voted to kill Gov. Deval Patrick’s plan to license three casinos in Massachusetts, it did not end the gambling debate in the state. It merely refocused it in other arenas.

The Southmont Lions Club sponsors bingo on the first Friday of every month. The next games will begin at 6 30 p.m. April 4.Free coffee and tea is offered to all players, and snacks are available. The games are now played in a smoke free environment.

LONDON (Reuters) - A Scottish cleaner who won a record bingo jackpot over the Easter weekend said she would return to work as normal on Tuesday. Soraya Lowell, 38, won the national jackpot of 1,167,795 pounds ($2.3 million) at a bingo hall in Coatbridge , north Lanarkshire.

Popular online bingo games provider Bingo.com has launched a new online bingo room, called Ruby Riches. Ruby Riches is open for bingo play between 4 p.m. and Midnight, GMT, and bingo players may purchase a maximum of 12 cards at .25 each. Inside the luxury-themed online bingo room, players have a chance at winning a £20,000.00 jackpot on every game. The progressive bingo room was designed to …

There will be no casinos in Kentucky anytime soon. Gov. Steve Beshear conceded on Thursday that his plan to solve the state’s budget woes with tax revenue from casino gambling has no chance of passage in the legislative session that ends April 15, killing casinos until at least 2010. “We do not have the votes necessary to pass the gaming amendment in the House and we see no prospect of getting …