2008 August 02 Gambling News, Events and Happenings

The Morongo Casino Resort’s shift from a trendy Las Vegas clone to a Las Vegas of yore is written on the walls. Or rather, posted.

Gambling is seen as almost as much of a threat to the Beijing Olympics as drugs and demonstrations by an International Olympic Committee deeply concerned that betting gangs, so active in this part of the world, may try to manipulate certain results in the Games, as they have in sports such as cricket, football and tennis.

Montgomery, Al (WSFA) — Montgomery Police break up what they call an underground gambling ring.

Sat, Aug 2, 2008 (3:27 p.m.) A Reno woman accused of embezzling nearly $500,000 from her employer to support a gambling habit has been sentenced to at least four years in prison.

EAST RUTHERFORD Intermittent lightning, thunder and downpours early in the day didnt scare off thousands of families from attending todays 83rd annual running of the Hambletonian, harness racings biggest day.

Aside from the importation of second-hand luxury right-hand drive vehicles, another business is thriving at Port Irene in Sta. Ana, Cagayan online casinos.

    About two years ago, Butler National Service Corp. President Clark Stewart contacted KKE Architects Chairman Ron Erickson to discuss a proposal for a casino in Ford County.     Erickson said he has worked with Butler for 12 years, and he was extremely excited when Stewart called him about his vision for the casino.

A casino in Wolverhampton set to be demolished to make way for a shopping complex unveiled plans today to create 30 new jobs in an expansion.

It all happened swiftly. Armed with search warrants, some 20 police officers from Cornelia, Baldwin, Alto and Toccoa fanned out to nine locations in Cornelia Thursday afternoon to confiscate more than 40 video gambling machines and the money associated with them.