2008 July 01 Gambling News, Events and Happenings

Gilchrist County Sheriff’s Deputies are investigating one of the biggest illegal gambling operations they’ve ever seen. And it was inside a building some thought was a church.

SOUTH BEND Dozens of new laws went into effect Tuesday, including a hotly debated measure that allows low stakes paper based gambling at bars across Indiana.

LAS VEGAS, Nevada (AP) — “Girls Gone Wild” founder Joe Francis is being sued by a Las Vegas Strip casino for $2 million in gambling debts from February of last year.

Lee Newspapers The Ho-Chunk tribe missed an initial budget deadline Monday to pay an estimated $72 million in gambling money that state officials are counting on to help balance an already stressed state budget.

TAMPA - In a business that has long been considered impervious to recessions, casino operators in Las Vegas say that money is tight and profits are down.

An investigation into illegal gambling and the sale of drug paraphernalia at a Kwik Stop convenience store in Winter Park concludes Tuesday with an arrest.

Another member of what federal prosecutors have dubbed the “Tran Organization” pleaded guilty Tuesday to a conspiracy charge related to a long-running gambling scam.

The Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians, owners of the new Red Hawk casino scheduled to open later this year in El Dorado County, have agreed to pay the state the largest share of slot machine winnings of any tribe in California.

LAS VEGAS - “Girls Gone Wild” founder Joe Francis is being sued by a Las Vegas Strip casino for $2 million in gambling debts from February of last year.