2008 May 12 Gambling News, Events and Happenings - Page 3

A ‘GAMBLING Hangover’ is the catchphrase of the State Government’s anti-gambling campaign that uses shock tactics to warn against problem gambling.

COVINGTON - Four people will be arraigned Tuesday on felony charges of misappropriating funds from a Covington bingo operation.

AFTER MAKING ONLINE GAMBLING illegal in Holland last month, Dutch authorities, on a roll, have now ordered Dutch banks to stop servicing illegal Web casinos.

Carlos Bueno and his wife, Mayra, drove three times last year from their home in Houston to a casino in Lake Charles, La., but they won’t be making the two-hour drive this summer.

The biggest name in Australian Poker is usually Joe Hachem , the winner of the 2006 World Series of Poker , and his brother Tony is fairly well known too. via What’s new on Launchpoker.com

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.

Century Casinos, Inc. today reported financial results for the three months ended March 31, 2008.

CARSON CITY, Nev. - A soft economy continued to cut into winnings of Nevada casinos during March as the clubs won $1.04 billion for a 1.5 percent decline compared with the same month a year earlier, a state report showed Friday.

Spurred by the belief that the market for fuel-efficient vehicles is about to take off, a slew of tiny car companies is springing up in Europe and the U.S. They are racing to produce the next “green” car, betting that soaring demand will allow them to survive alongside the giants of Detroit, Stuttgart and Tokyo.