2008 April 08 Gambling News, Events and Happenings

By Heiko Haupt, Hamburg, April 9 : Despite rising prices at the pump and car manufacturers actively working on clean-drive technology and more economical vehicles, sports cars remain popular with several new models coming onto the market soon.

ANNAPOLIS With a tough year behind him, Gov. Martin OMalley officially wiped out an unpopular computer services tax on Tuesday and looked ahead at the significance of Novembers referendum on slot machine gambling to Marylands future budget needs.

“We want all of our players to be apart of this race, because without their loyal game play we wouldn’t be reaching this landmark event”

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PHILADELPHIA - All the doom and gloom over the economy has Tony Marty seeking sanctuary in a familiar place. Behind a slot machine. Marty, 41, has intensified his gambling habit during this economic downturn. He used to frequent the casinos in Atlantic City, N.J., once a month; now, hes at a gambling hall in the Philadelphia suburbs at least once a week. Im thinking anything can …

A WOMAN who stole from her bingo partners bank account after she died escaped a jail sentence yesterday after a judge told her that she would be a fish out of water in prison.

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The cost of voluntarily withdrawing from the US market in the wake of the UIGEA was again illustrated this week when Gibraltar-based Internet gambling group 888.com released its financials for the full year 2007.

Interactive Systems Worldwide, Inc. has announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Global Interactive Gaming Limited (GIG), has reached an agreement in principle with Sportingbet plc, to extend its fixed monthly fee arrangement for in-game sport betting services rendered.