2008 September 05 Gambling News, Events and Happenings

Life’s guilty pleasures usually thrive during tough economic times. Though we may forgo new frocks or fancy dinners out, we have traditionally turned to the three big vice industries — gambling, smoking and drinking — to help ease our pain.

The Nevada Gaming Control Board decided Friday to refer back to its investigative staff an application by a Las Vegas topless club to operate 15 slot machines. The three Control Board members, meeting in Las Vegas, had been prepared to recommend a denial of…

A woman accused of stealing $27,000 from a Putnam County poker game last year came to a tentative plea agreement with county prosecutors.

Mashantucket (AP, Sept. 5, 2008 7:35 PM) — Connecticut state troopers say they have arrested a Tennessee man on charges of conspiring to run a betting scam with casino dealers.

By Andrea Estes, Globe Staff The Patrick administration today rejected a request by the Mashpee Wampanoags to negotiate an agreement for a $1 billion resort casino in Middleborough, saying talks would be “premature” until the federal government places the tribe’s…

A circuit judge has ordered Macon County, Alabama Greyhound Park to pay $10 million to a woman who sued the park in a dispute over an electronic bingo game jackpot.

NEVADA — Last month’s vote by the Nevada Gaming Commission to permanently repeal a long-standing ban on the use of cell phones and other electronic communications devices in sports books couldn’t have come soon enough for Nevada casinos, which began removing those ubiquitous, misunderstood and often overlooked signs in sports books requesting that customers make calls elsewhere.

A lawsuit against ballot wording for a constitutional amendment on slot machine gambling should be thrown out because the language properly reflects legislation approved by the General Assembly, the attorney general’s office argued yesterday.

The University System of Maryland has thrown its support behind a referendum to authorize slot machine gambling in the state.