2008 May 09 Gambling News, Events and Happenings - Page 4

Gov. Haley Barbour calls for a moratorium to limit the number of casinos.

When gambling supporters made their second run at getting casinos approved in 1976, New Jersey’s unemployment rate was 12 percent the highest in the nation. In Atlantic City, it was even higher, more than 13 percent. Jobs and residents were fleeing from the once-grand resort, where landmark hotels had stained carpets and peeling paint. By 1976, Atlantic City was collecting less than 80 percent …

The House has approved a revamp of the state’s bingo law - a plan that supporters say is needed to help nonprofits compete with the state’s glitzy new casinos.

One of the aspects that makes baseball handicapping so difficult for a number of people is trying to guess when a pitcher will have a good start…

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. - The ads were titled “Help Yourself, Help Atlantic City, Help New Jersey,” and they made a series of promises, if only voters would pull the “yes” lever to legalize casino gambling.

The Commonwealth Diabetes Coalition is holding a Bingo Night fundraiser on May 30, from 6pm to 12am, at the Garapan Fishing Base (where the Liberation Day Festival is held every year).

TAMA (KWWL) — Gamblers under 21 may soon give the Meskwaki Casino near Tama a new way to compete against the other casinos in the state. The younger gamblers would be limited to poker games like Texas gold-em, in which the casino would not have a stake in the outcome.

After refusing for more than two years, the Narragansett Indian tribe is now ready to accept its share of the states gambling revenue if Chief Sachem Matthew Thomas can get clarification about precisely how the money can be used.

McHENRY Its turning into the Triple Crown of parking problems at an off-track betting venue at 621 Ridgeway Drive.