2008 June 14 Gambling News, Events and Happenings

Advocates of casino’s often mention the slots will boost the economy and increase tourism. But some community members say, “they aren’t falling for it.” Residents in grove, Oklahoma says a casino doesn’t belong in their town. The Seneca Cayuga Tribe has applied for the 33 acres of land they own to go to trust. If approved the plan would be to build a 60-million dollar casino inside grove’s city …

Mike Matusow, 2008 WSOP $5,000 Buy-in No-Limit 2-7 Draw w/ Rebuys Champion Any way you slice it this was the all-star final table of the 2008 World Series of Poker and the longest final table to date.

LAS CRUCES The Fort Sill Apache Tribe of Oklahoma plans to remove its electronic bingo machines this week from a yet-unopened casino in Akela. Jeff Houser, chairman of the Fort Sill Apache Tribe, said the tribe had leased the devices from a second Oklahoma tribe, the Citizen Potawatomi Nation.

IT never rains. It pours. Ask any punter. Then again, maybe you shouldn’t - unless you fancy a string of expletives being flung back in your face. YOU see, for most of them who had sauntered into the betting shop hours earlier, the bets were on the two favourites - Germany and Poland.

ADRIAN Mutu. Oh, man. Depending on the betting slip you were holding, Mutu was either your man of the morning. Or your regular Saturday villain. How can a guy ignite and extinguish himself all at once?

negotiations. Moving on general news and sports services.

WMBD/WYZZ - PEORIA — A long-standing tradition in Peoria is coming to a close down on the river front. Tonight is the last night of scheduled activities for the annual Steamboat Sports Festival. It was a huge year for the event.

SAN DIEGO - With a 45-foot putt on the par-5 18th, Stuart Appleby rolled into the lead of the U.S. Open and knocked out 11 players, including 2007 Masters winner Zach Johnson. “Bingo,”…

Authorities say the owner of one of North Carolina’s largest video poker vendors has been sentenced to prison for money laundering.