2008 May 05 Gambling News, Events and Happenings - Page 7

May 5 (Bloomberg) — Tipp24 AG , a German Internet gambling company, said first-quarter net income increased 15 percent, helped by rising revenue.

NORTH SIOUX CITY, S.D. — His first name was Steven, but most Siouxlanders knew him as Beano, the North Sioux City casino owner who sported western regalia when touting Beano and Sherry’s Casino.

HIGHLAND - Poker pro Annie Duke and Academy award-nominated actor Don Cheadle will host a celebrity poker tournament at San Manuel Indian Bingo and Casino on Thursday to raise money for the Darfur crisis in Africa.

Casino speculator Leon Dragone is betting that gaming still has a future in Massachusetts, and specifically in New Bedford.

THE chances of Chris Schubert sticking with the Browns seem remote. Then again, the odds of an Oberlin College player getting a tryout in the NFL is just plain silly, so it’s not wise to start betting against him now.

HARRISBURG — Don Barden has faced many obstacles in his plans to build the Majestic Star casino in Pittsburgh, but at least that project is under construction. …

Complicated formulas regulate the number of slot machines in California’s Indian casinos.

Public support for expanded gambling in Massachusetts remains high and even appears to be on the rise, despite the lopsided defeat on Beacon Hill of Gov. Deval Patrick’s…

Depending on your age, you can relate to certain duos, comprehending how unbalanced one is without the other. Andy and Barney. Simon and Garfunkel. Starsky and Hutch. Swann and Stallworth.