2008 May 16 Gambling News, Events and Happenings - Page 3

Two rival unions are going head to head in a bid to win the right to represent Niagara’s 5,000 casino workers. The Canadian Auto Workers and the Labourers International Union of North America both say recent wage freezes and buyout packages are proof casino workers need union […]

Debt to casino might be sign of problem Charles Barkley is a Las Vegas kind of guy - something he’s not shy about.

Charles Barkley acknowledged he owes a $400,000 gambling debt to a Las Vegas Strip casino and promised Thursday to repay it after a prosecutor said the retired NBA star faced criminal charges. “My mistake,” Barkley said in an interview at a pro-am golf tournament in Hoover, Ala. “I’m not broke, and I’m going to take care of it.”

Southwest Casino Corporation (OTCBB:SWCC) announced today its results for the quarter ended March 31, 2008.

The New Hampshire Senate has rejected allowing video lottery machines at the state’s four race tracks, but voted to tax Texas Hold ‘Em poker games. via WLBZ

Fri, May 16, 2008 (2 a.m.) It has been an unwritten rule in Nevada sports betting for decades: A sports book will virtually always cash a winning ticket even if the bettor redeems it after its expiration date.

A lawsuit over the legality of electronic bingo in Walker County has all three branches of government involved in the case, which has more twists and turns than a mountain road in a hilly county.

Sports betting, legal in Delaware but not offered here since the 1970s, is on the table again as state officials look for new ways to make money in a difficult economy.

A federal jury convicted the former Buncombe County sheriff and a former volunteer aide Thursday of taking payments to protect illegal gambling operations in Western North Carolina.