2008 May 20 Gambling News, Events and Happenings

A dozen people, including former New England mob leader Vincent Ferrara of Boston, have pleaded not guilty to state gambling charges after their indictment last month.

Doris Dowling might have been married for 60yrs but her eyes are still as sharp as ever for both her beloved husband and bingo.

A former Pennsylvania chief justice said Tuesday there is no truth to a lawsuit’s allegations that he negotiated a deal in which the high court upheld the state’s slot-machine gambling law in exchange for legislators’ approval of a judicial pay raise.

The former head of the Israel Sports Betting Board, Shaul Schneider, has already been involved with one extensive police investigation concerning his connections with the board’s suppliers.

A prosecutor and hotel official say Charles Barkley has paid the Las Vegas Strip casino that sued him after the retired NBA star failed to pay a $400,000 gambling debt. But it’s going to cost Barkley another $40,000 to close the case. Clark County District…

Reported by Grant Nelson on Tuesday, May 20, 2008 - 14:11 Categories: Poker The recent state agency ruling that a poker club’s activities were in violation of Oregon state law has lead to the shutdown of the …

Planners want slots to be part of Convention Center renewal.

As part of an investigation into suspected money laundering at casinos in Ontario, CBC News discovered it isn’t difficult to leave a casino with an official cheque, even after behaving in what security officials consider to be a suspicious manner.

CEBU CITY, Philippines - Normally, police seize video carrera machines as part of their anti-illegal gambling drive. But in Talisay City, it”s the other way around.