2008 May 08 Gambling News, Events and Happenings

Casinos are feeling the burn of record fuel prices, as many gamblers stay home.

The New York Racing Association’s plan to emerge from bankruptcy is in jeopardy. A proposed plan in Albany to help bail out the failing NYC Off-Track Betting Corp. would keep NYRA in the red. The Albany plan would let NYCOTB pay the NYRA 20% less than currently required.

The Penghu county government is planning to have plots of public land ready for the construction of gambling casinos on the offshore island, Penghu Magistrate Wang Chien-fa said Thursday.

SPRINGFIELD Illinois casino officials continue to blame the states indoor smoking ban as riverboat gambling revenues have fallen for the fourth straight month, a report shows.

At least two Sacramento County bingo parlors have been ordered by the state Attorney General’s Office to stop using electronic bingo machines.

“He was basically giving me a heads up.”

SPRINGFIELD — The amount of money Illinois casinos took in dropped again in April, a monthly Illinois Gaming Board report shows.

MARION — For many people, a fun night means going out to dinner– or watching a movie… but for others, you can’t match the thrill of Bingo. Some spend every night of the week at one of dozens of Bingo Halls in the area. Against all odds– Bingo is alive and well in southern Illinois.

A quick gambling trip led to the arrest of a Siloam Springs woman who left her two young children at home while she went to gamble at a local casino.