2008 May 01 Gambling News, Events and Happenings - Page 6

The Salvation Army has come out against the closure of the Gambling Helpline.

Bartlett softball coach Jim Wolfsmith stresses to his players an offensive philosophy he calls “two-out bingo.”

The bingo game at St. Vladimir Ukrainian Catholic Church social hall was over. But a few elderly men were just about ready to close up Tuesday night when a man wielding a shotgun burst in and stole the bingo proceeds.

John R. Gambling, who left WOR radio in New York in 2000, will return to the station with a morning show beginning at 5:30 on Monday, The Associated Press reported. His grandfather John B. Gambling began morning broadcasts on WOR shortly after the station went on the air in 1922, and his father, John A. Gambling, hosted the morning program until 1985, when John R. succeeded him before moving to …

Bingo! Ive won £33k A MYSTERY woman won nearly £33,000 at Whitehavens Opera Bingo Club last Wednesday. After number 46 was drawn the woman, who has asked to remain anonymous, called house, and scooped a grand total of £32,953.39.

Parishioners at St. Vladimir’s Byzantine Catholic Church say they had dramatic bingo night.

The Isle of Man based e-cash processor Neteller plc has signed a revised agreement for the sale of its Calgary property to Leben Investment Corporation. The revision means that closing will now occur end June 2008, allowing Neteller to receive two further non-refundable stage payments in addition to the non-refundable deposit of CAD$ 1.3 million received to date.

Introduced to the House by Congressmen Barney Frank and Ron Paul only on April 10, a bill seeking to halt the implementation of the notorious Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act has already attracted 10 co-sponsors, with more thought about to sign up.

David Carruthers, the ex-CEO of BetonSports plc still languishing under house arrest in St. Louis, is not the only one awaiting trial on federal charges related to the operations of the now defunct online gambling group - the founder of the company, Gary Kaplan, remains in custody, too following his arrest and extradition from Dominica some ten months ago.