2008 May 01 Gambling News, Events and Happenings

BEACHWOOD — The CEO of the company that would operate what might be Ohio’s first casino predicts Ohioans will approve the gambling proposal on the November ballot.

St. Mary’s County officials raided a Mechanicsville bingo parlor and seized video bingo terminals the county calls illegal slot machines.

WASHINGTON - The Gun Lake Tribe has won a key victory in its long-drawn-out battle to build a casino.

MECHANICSVILLE St. Marys County officials raided a Mechanicsville bingo parlor and seized video bingo terminals the county calls illegal slot machines.

Southland Park in West Memphis will soon expand the hours it offers video blackjack, video poker and other electronic games of skill. via KTHV-TV

Video bingo terminals were seized Thursday at a St. Mary’s bingo parlor.

Shares in Rank, which owns the UK’s second-largest bingo chain, jumped 6.5 per cent yesterday after hints that the Government may be about to throw the floundering industry a lifeline.

The state Education Department has released more detailed estimates of how much property-tax relief Pennsylvania homeowners will receive from slot-machine gambling this year. Homeowners who live in poorer districts with higher tax rates will receive the biggest tax breaks.

The raid follows the launch of an investigation in March to determine whether video bingo terminals are illegal.