2008 May 10 Gambling News, Events and Happenings - Page 2
East Bay charities that operate electronic gaming machines to lift their bingo parlor profits fear a sudden state crackdown this week on some games in Sacramento could spread - and slash a major source of nonprofit revenue.
Casinos’ car giveaways for April and May The Isle Casino and Racing in Pompano Beach: An Infiniti coupe on April 27; a red Mustang at 3 p.m., a white one at 6 p.m. and a blue one at 9 p.m. on May 26, Memorial Day weekend.
A USA Today report says nationally casinos aren’t doing so hot. But here in Billings the gambling industry isn’t slowing across the board.
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. The ads were titled “Help Yourself, Help Atlantic City and Help New Jersey.” They made a series of promises, if only voters would pull the “yes” lever to legalize casino gambling. Having casinos in Atlantic City would “balance taxes, create jobs, boost the economy, and cut down on street crime,” the advertisements assured.
SACRAMENTO Local charities could lose out on millions of dollars after the California Department of Justice issued an order to halt the use of electronic bingo machines. It says they’re a form of slot machine that is illegal except in Indian casinos.
The Malaysian business tycoon Tan Sri Vincent Tan has pulled out of the online gambling business, apparently shutting down the operations of the Isle of Man licensed Ascot Sports.com, according to reports from the Malaysian Insider’s news website.
Playtech-powered Casino Tropez has reported another major progressive jackpot winner, this time by a French player, Yves G. who hit a Euro 587 314 jackpot on the 8-line progressive slot machine, Gold Rally after placing a Euro 16 wager within 30 minutes of logging on.
With a new and more ‘responsible gambling’ oriented approach to business leading to management resignations this week (see previous InfoPowa reports) the Swedish state-owned gambling monopoly Svenske Spel faced new criticism from the Moderate Partys Culture Committee next week.
The Microgaming progressive jackpot slot Mega Moolah - hit recently for $5.5 million by Finnish player KlausE - has already climbed to $2.9 million and counting in a week that has seen a number of large wins by online players on a variety of softwares including that from rivals Cryptologic and Playtech.
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