2008 April 11 Gambling News, Events and Happenings

Barney Frank, the powerful Democratic congressman, is pressing the Federal Reserve and the US Treasury to drop controversial regulations that would force the banking industry to identify and block internet gambling transactions.

Victorians pushed to the edge of suicide by poker machine debts are being treated at Australia’s first crisis service for depressed gambling addicts.

This week was meant to be all about how Retief Goosen is a shoo-in for the rest of the world market at the Masters but one of the pitfalls of writing a weekly betting column is that certain events have already started before we have gone to press.

February turned out to be a devastating month for Nevada’s sports books, according to figures released Wednesday by the Gaming Control Board.

“For instance, app.gotgame.com resolves to a Network Solutions page with text links, including ‘Poker Tournaments’ and ‘Texas Holdem Games,’”

Associated Press - April 11, 2008 5:55 PM ET CHICKASHA, Okla. (AP) - A judge today finds a Grady County sheriff’s deputy guilty of willful neglect of duty in connection with an alleged gambling…

WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- House Financial Services Chairman Barney Frank introduced legislation on Friday to prevent Internet gambling regulations from taking effect.

CHICAGO Betting that the key to the success of a Spanish-language paper is targeted home delivery, the Fort Worth (Texas) Star-Telegram is merging its two Spanish-language newspapers into one publication dropped on doorsteps.

Fri, Apr 11, 2008 (1:47 p.m.) 1978-2007: No restrictions on smoking. Several casinos experiment with non-smoking areas, but most of the floor is fair game for smokers.