2008 May 03 Gambling News, Events and Happenings

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New Haven (WTNH, May 3, 2008 7:35 PM) _ Sports Haven is packed for the Kentucky Derby, but after that all bets could be off on Long Wharf.  Scientific Games owns the building that houses the off-track betting facility and they have put it up for sale.  Sports Haven isn’t looking to close down, but rather move.

One of the largest casinos in Oklahoma is evacuated, but authorities are not immediately saying why that was necessary.

A spokeswoman for one of the state’s largest casinos says a bomb threat prompted the evacuation of hundreds of patrons.

Chamber Manager Jamie Yeager is shown with some of the items that will be available for purchase at the silent auction during the Durant Area Chamber of Commerce Bingo Fun Night Monday evening at Choctaw Casino.

Sam DiGiralomo is a well-known gambler who once barred himself temporarily from the casinos.

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Longshot Republican U.S. Senate candidate Murray Sabrin is going to Monmouth Park racetrack to bet some of his campaign cash in the Kentucky Derby today on Cowboy Cal, a 20-to-1 shot in the morning line.

Full-time employees at Niagara’s two casinos have less than two weeks to decide whether to take a buyout package or hold onto their jobs. “We’re offering our permanent full-time employees a financial compensation package,” said Greg Medulun, a spokesman for Niagara Fallsview Casino Resort and Casino Niagara. […]