2008 May 06 Gambling News, Events and Happenings - Page 2

Slot parlors in Rhode Island can stay open around-the-clock on weekends and holidays after state lawmakers overturned a veto Tuesday issued by Gov. Don Carcieri.

Churchill Downs Inc.’s plans to operate slot machines at its Miami-area racetrack are on hold while the racing company tries to settle a dispute with horsemen over how to share revenues from slots and online horse race wagering.

Gambling revenues have declined in Clark County, Nev., by 4 percent, the first drop in revenue since Sept. 11, 2001. Robert Goodman, former director of the U.S. Gambling Research Institute, talks with Michelle Noris about how the U.S economic slowdown is affecting many industries in Las Vegas, including gaming.

TopCoder®, Inc., the leader in online programming competition, skills assessment and competitive software development, today announced Betfair, the world’s leading betting exchange, as a sponsor of the 2008 TopCoder Open in Las Vegas, NV.

NEW 12:10 p.m. HELENA — The Montana Lottery is hoping to kick off a statewide fantasy football betting game by September in time for the professional football season, the agencys director said Monday.

Revenue would make up about 25% of money needed to balance Md. budget Gov. Martin O’Malley said today that if a referendum on slot machine gambling fails in November, “it’ll be back to the drawing board with a lot of unpopular choices, and I don’t think any of us wants to go there.”

Filing comes 5 months after NJ stripped Tropicana Casino and Resort of its gambling license The owner of Tropicana casinos in

TRIANA, AL- A lawsuit filed by the town of Triana, trying to get bingo halls back up and running in the city, has been thrown out. Hundreds of bingo machines from the town were seized by Madison County

Governor Martin O’Malley says the state will be forced to make “a lot of unpopular choices” if a referendum on slot machine gambling fails in November.