2008 May 02 Gambling News, Events and Happenings - Page 3

SEVERAL bingo operations permitted in some barangays have been raided and shut down by police, but this did not stop officials of Barangay Rizal Monument to take a gamble by approving a bingo and carnival.

Slot machines numbers are growing as bingo halls convert to community gaming centres. Critics are warning a fresh wave of gambling expansion is underway as area cities agree to put slot machines into revamped bingo halls.

Union leaders say slots measure would secure thousands of jobs A union conglomerate that represents more than 300,000 workers in the area today endorsed a referendum to legalize slot machine gambling in Maryland.

For Janet Hillis, it’s not a question of if the Navajo Nation will have to start treating gambling addicts, but when.

Taipei - Taiwan launched its first sports lottery on Friday with proceeds to be used on promoting sports and improving the lives of the handicapped. Initially, betters can bet on international baseball, basketball and soccer games, and we plan to in…

Presented here are amounts of school property tax relief homeowners may receive this summer from slot machine gambling, as calculated by the state Department of Education. School districts will calculate more precise amounts to be reflected in the tax bills they will send out over the summer for the 2008-09 fiscal year.

Detectives in Decatur unexpectedly found gambling machines during a raid at a Valley business. They originally went to Friendly’s Gas Station on 8th Street Southwest looking for store clerks selling alcohol and cigarettes to minors.

HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania homeowners in most of the state’s 501 school districts now have more detailed estimates of the size of the first property-tax cuts they will receive from slot-machine gambling.

DETROIT — Some Michigan horse racing interests have sued the state over its gambling laws. The lawsuit filed Thursday in U.S. District Court claims casinos and state lotteries…