2008 May 14 Gambling News, Events and Happenings - Page 3

Content is king and Shemaroo swears by the business cliché. That’s why Hiren Gada , Director, Shemaroo Entertainment, is betting big on 2008 to be the year of reckoning for the company. Back in 1962, Shemaroo was just another book circulating library in Mumbai.

DOVER, Del. (AP) - The state’s budget woes could bolster efforts by the gaming industry to expand gambling in Delaware.

Jordan Campbell is an assistant at Ben Burns’ website. Check out more articles and plays here . Sports handicappers analyze statistical patterns, among other things, in an attempt to predict outcomes. Patterns reveal themselves in different way…

The future of four resort casinos in the state hangs on a Kansas Supreme Court ruling on whether what the Legislature calls state-owned and operated facilities really are that.

Lee Kostroski is a Covers Experts handicapper. Check out more of his articles and plays here . With The Players Championship, the unofficial fifth major on the PGA Tour, behind us, a majority of the big shooters are taking the weekend o…

LAS VEGAS — A gambling industry report says Americans spent more money gambling in 2007 than on movie tickets or candy. But it says the steady growth of commercial casinos in the…

Handling of background report on DeNaples in question. Board spokesman says he’s ‘confident’ it was done legally. Six state lawmakers called Tuesday for the state attorney general to investigate whether state gaming regulators broke the law when they, according to sources, ordered their investigators to change a background report on Mount Airy Casino Resort owner Louis DeNaples.

LAS VEGAS (AP) - A gambling industry report says Americans spent more money gambling in 2007 than on movie tickets or candy. But it says the steady growth of commercial casinos in the last decade could be hurt next year by a slumping economy.

MGM Grand Detroit Casino L.L.C. reported gambling revenue to the Michigan Gaming Control Board of more than $190.7 million for the first four months of 2008, up 15.1 percent over the same period in 2007.