2008 May 29 Gambling News, Events and Happenings

Tim Green Today, 5:51pm Hands-On Mobile has launched World Poker Tour Texas Hold ‘Em 2 multiplayer with T-Mobile in Austria.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - Arkansas’ highest court ordered an inmate off of death row on Thursday, citing a 1940 court decision that gave an escape clause from an aggravated-robbery conviction to people trying to recover gambling losses.

Two London-based employees of Sportingbet have been detained by Turkish police as part of the country’s crackdown on internet gambling in the latest blow to the online betting group.

Antoin “Tony” Rezko, a former supporter and political fundraiser for Barack Obama, is accused of failing to repay more than $800,000 in gambling debts to three Las Vegas casinos.

A prominent political fundraiser on trial in a corruption case in Chicago is wanted in Las Vegas on allegations that he rang up hundreds of thousands of dollars in casino debts.

NEW YORK, May 29 (UPI) — Pete Rose has admitted in a broadcast interview to betting about $2,000 a game on the Cincinnati Reds while managing them, Sports Illustrated says.

CLEARWATER — After an eight-month investigation that included state agents, Pinellas County deputies arrested three men and closed three businesses Wednesday that investigators say were running illegal Internet gambling operations. Detectives also seized 139 computers and $14,000 after serving search warrants on the businesses located in Seminole, Dunedin and Palm Harbor.

Pinellas County Sheriff investigators closed down three Internet cafes for serving-up alleged gambling activities.

RENO, Nev. — An NCAA investigation of a former Nevada mens golf coach centers on the possibility of sports betting, the Reno Gazette-Journal reported Saturday.