2008 June 02 Gambling News, Events and Happenings

A FEDERAL Opposition MP has introduced a private member’s bill to stop interactive gambling through pay-TV.

Like most other small-town firefighters, volunteers with Hollsopple Volunteer Fire Company have staged a variety of fundraisers to make ends meet.Weve done the bingo. Weve done the barbecues, sub sales, basket parties, said Christine Eash, a member of the fire company in northern Somerset County.Now, with oil prices skyrocketing, Hollsopples firefighters are trying something different.

Kansas City gamblers get their own soapbox today with the debut of Lucky Numbers, the gambling blog of The Kansas City Star.

The NSW Crime Commissioner says that a top investigator, who has been charged over an alleged international drug syndicate, has a gambling problem. Commissioner Phillip Bradley said he became aware of it only recently.

Karl Ikerman II doesn’t spend his days thwarting robbery attempts or bouncing cheaters out of the Hollywood Casino at Penn National Race Course in East Hanover Twp.

Top police officer accused of $120m drug plot has a gambling problem, says commissioner.

New South Wales Crime Commissioner Phillip Bradley says he knew one of his top investigators charged with drug offences had a gambling problem.

The NSW Crime Commissioner has confirmed a top investigator who has been charged over an alleged international drug syndicate has a gambling problem.

Two local charities - backed by an electronic bingo machine manufacturer - is asking the federal courts to block state action banning e-bingo from charity halls.