2008 May 07 Gambling News, Events and Happenings - Page 3

Golden Band Resources Inc. is pleased to provide an update on its development-related activities for its ongoing gold projects in the La Ronge gold belt of northern Saskatchewan. With these continuing positive advances in the Bingo gold deposit’s underground exploration and ongoing engineering activities, Golden Band continues to make significant progress towards its goal of restarting gold …

BOSTON - Gov Deval Patrick says a bill to bring legalized gambling to Massachusetts “may yet come back in the Legislature, ” he told a Brookline Chamber of Commerce audience today.

Wild Jack Casino, a member of the Jackpot Factory Group and one of the world’s largest video poker and table game-focused casinos on the web, has launched a stylish and sophisticated casino poker game titled Multi-Hand Hold’Em High Gold.

Scottsdale City Council members gave a thumbs-up Tuesday to continued off-track betting at the Upper Deck Sports Grill.

The Ruston Town Council postponed voting on a proposed gambling tax increase Monday, Mayor Michael Transue said. Council members plan to discuss the issue at a study session later this month, Transue said.

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

May 7 (Bloomberg) — Rank Group Plc , owner of the U.K.’s second-largest bingo-hall chain and Grosvenor Casinos, said a sales decline eased after managers took steps to counter a decline in customer numbers caused by a ban on indoor smoking.

The question of whether Okinawa should introduce casino gambling has brought a three-way split among the 72 candidates looking for seats in the Prefecture Assembly.

Gaming machine maker Aristocrat Leisure says it has not reached a settlement in a multimillion dollar class action it is fighting in the Federal Court against a shareholder representative. via The Age