2008 June 13 Gambling News, Events and Happenings

Soaring gas prices didn’t put the brakes on Missouri riverboat casinos in May. Kansas City boats posted one of their best months ever while statewide gambling revenues jumped an impressive 13.4 percent to a record $153.5 million.

The Missouri Gaming Commission is to meet in a special session Monday to consider a moratorium on future casino licenses.

China’s $200bn sovereign wealth fund intends to be a socially responsible global investor by shunning industries such as gambling, tobacco and arms manufacturing, the fund’s president said yesterday.

Welcome to the Lido Deck buffet of cruise news. Our specialty today is overreaching refund-hunters, with a bowl of record-setting toll-taking, a side of ship-naming contests and a heaping helping of music cruises. And don’t forget bingo in the Spinnaker…

Calling it a “black hole” that will be a drain on the city’s economy, a group of Grove citizens is working to prevent the Seneca-Cayuga Tribe from building its proposed $60 million casino at Grand Lake. The group, called “No Casino In Grove,” planned a luncheon Saturday to encourage citizens to contact lawmakers and write letters opposing the Miami-based tribe’s plans for a lakeside complex …

PORTLAND Opponents of a tribal casino in Florence have won court approval to challenge Gov. Ted Kulongoski over whether the governor’s office can authorize casinos.

All 19 Democratic state House members from Allegheny County have rallied behind Don Barden is his bid to complete $780 million in financing for his North Shore casino

PORTLAND Opponents of a tribal casino in Florence have won court approval to challenge Gov. Ted Kulongoski over whether the governors office can authorize casinos.

Chinas $200bn sovereign wealth fund intends to be a socially responsible global investor by shunning industries such as gambling, tobacco and arms manufacturing, the funds president said on Friday.