2008 July 22 Gambling News, Events and Happenings
State Attorney General Henry McMaster in Charleston today said a Midlands proposal to bring back video poker is dead in the water.
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The poker community is abuzz over what some believe was special treatment Harrah’s Entertainment officials gave superstar Phil Hellmuth during the World Series of Poker’s main event.
A new interactive show at the Venetian Resort Hotel-Casino in Las Vegas will let spectators test their poker skills against some of the game’s most famous players.
The New York-based Cantor Fitzgerald group, already in a strong proprietary technology position in the new market of mobile gambling on licensed land casino premises, acquired a second string to its bow this week with the acquisition of Michael Mickey Wichinskys family of businesses by subsidiary Cantor Gaming.
Online bingo provider, Platinum Play Bingo has launched a new offering, Bingo Ball for Life, which it claims is a world-first for bingo players, allowing them to own an individual lucky bingo number and customise their own bingo ball with the opportunity to win up to GBP 50 000.
The Accounting Chamber of the Ukraine has fired a broadside at apparently procrastinating civil servants in the country, submitting a report to the top echelons of government criticising the lack of progress on tightening up gambling regulation in the Eastern European country, which was formerly part of the Soviet Union.
Turkish media are reporting that good progress has been made on the privatisation of the country’s state-owned National Lottery (Milli Piyango) which is expected to begin next (August) month.
Toronto police swooped on four business premises they claimed were being used for illegal gambling last week, arresting 47 people and seizing gamblikng equipment and Cdn$ 12 000 in cash.
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