2008 May 06 Gambling News, Events and Happenings - Page 4

At the close of Monmouth Park’s 2007 meet, tens of thousands of fans swarmed the track, betting millions of dollars on Breeders’ Cup races held in New Jersey for the first time. WEB EXTRA: Branchport Creek polluted I

A Madison County circuit court judge has denied and dismissed a complaint filed by the Town of Triana seeking validity of its bingo ordinance and protection from raids by Sheriff Blake Dorning on bingo establishments in the town limits.

Atlantic City, N.J.- The fallout from losing its New Jersey casino license will force the owner of Tropicana casinos in Atlantic City and Las Vegas to seek Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, the company said Monday.

The city may consider changing its noise ordinance after three people complained about quot Drag Queen Bingo, quot a twice monthly event that draws raucous crowds to a restaurant in Towles Court.

Every Tuesday two Enquirer sports writers will talk sports as if you were listening to them around the office. And just like in real life, no one gets to spew opinions for long. The rules of 5 Lines Or Less are anything is open for discussion, but it must be done in five lines or less.

sss ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. The fallout from losing its New Jersey casino license will force the owner of Tropicana casinos in Atlantic City and Las Vegas to seek Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, the company said Monday.

Gambling may be inherent in humans, a behavior that may be impossible to eliminate, says one authority. Don Ross, a professor at UAB and also at the University of Capetown, South Africa, said gambling is found even in primitive people.

Growing scientific evidence shows that gambling hijacks the brain by triggering a chemical reaction almost like cocaine does, say authorities at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.

John Gambling had a few skirmishes with the technical equipment on his return to WOR (710 AM) yesterday morning, but that didn’t diminish the enthusiasm of friends and listeners who welcomed him “back home.”