2008 May 07 Gambling News, Events and Happenings - Page 4

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

WALES faces losing part of its seaside heritage, with family-run amusement arcades heading for ruin due to tough new gambling laws, owners claim.

The Weekly Edition, an OCR Live! production in which Kate brings you the headlines for the past week, including Denmark adopting a liberal gambling law, US Sen. Jon Kyl wishing regulations be in place and enforced, and the winner of the Kentucky Derby horse race.

Q. When and where did the game Bingo come from and who started it?

THE Eastern Cape Gambling and Betting Boards (ECGBB) attempt to conceal how its individual members assessed bidders for the lucrative Mthatha and Queenstown casino licences has been thwarted by the Grahamstown High Court.

ANNAPOLIS (AP) Gov. Martin O’Malley said yesterday 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.”

The state’s gambling industry continues to grow as casinos open, but gambling in other states is stumbling along with the rest of the nation’s economy.

TALLAHASSEE (FBW)With narrow defeats for pro-life and evolution academic freedom legislation during the 60-day Florida legislative session, Florida Baptist Convention legislative consultant Bill Bunkley highlighted the positive by pointing to the failure of gambling expansion bills as a huge win for families.

Tuesdays Sullivan County Grand Jury round-up included aggravated gambling charges against a Hog Wild Saloon co-owner, an ex-military man fired from his job as a Sullivan County jailer amid accusations of thefts and a Kingsport man allegedly found with 26 grams of cocaine.