2008 June 08 Gambling News, Events and Happenings

Six days a week, Don Sells heads to work from his home in Clarksville to Meskwaki Bingo Casino Hotel in Tama, where he works as a parking valet for $7.68 an hour.

LEDYARD, Connecticut - Most of the past 400 years have been miserable for the Mashantucket Pequot.

Most of the past 400 years have been miserable for the Mashantucket Pequot. Almost annihilated by English settlers and the smallpox, the survivors were enslaved and scattered.

Under the watchful eye of her coach, 12-year-old Marija Mastilovic is going through her repertoire in a dilapidated sports-hall in a quiet suburb of Belgrade. She cracks her forehands and backhands, pounding the ball with every ounce of her slender frame, throws herself into her serves and charges into the net to punch her volleys.

Sports Betting Africa (SBA) is to send to lucky punters to watch the Euro 2008 finals. Herbalist Dennis Kakande and Makerere University IT student Hassan Mukomba were lucky winners from a grand draw held at the company headquarters at Mukwano Arcade. 372 punters were involved in the draw.

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) A nearly yearlong state crackdown on illegal gambling devices has yielded only a handful of the thousands of illicit poker and slot machines that some lawmakers predicted the campaign would uncover.

DENVER - Revenue at Colorado casinos fell 10.7 percent during the beginning of 2008, the worst drop in the industry’s history. The industry and gamblers are blaming the state’s new smoking ban as well as high gas prices. Others blame the overall soft economy.

Antagonistic investor Carl Icahn became a billionaire by bullying already distressed companies, but his harassment of Yahoo Inc.

DENVER (AP) - Revenue is down at Colorado casinos and the industry and gamblers are blaming the state’s new smoking ban as well as the soft economy.