2008 September 16 Gambling News, Events and Happenings

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — J.B. Holmes stood on the 13th tee at Valhalla, listened to the urging from the crowd and pulled out the driver.

Clairvest Group Inc. today announced a US$16 million investment to acquire 50% ownership in the Plaza Sol de Los Lagos casino being built in Osorno, Chile. Although Clairvest has made joint investments in casinos in Canada and Chile with other investors through Clairvest Equity Partners III Limited Partnership, this purchase is a Clairvest-only investment as this would exceed current geographic …

Gene Weingarten’s humor column, Below the Beltway, appears every Sunday in The Washington Post magazine. It is syndicated nationally by the Washington Post Writers Group.

Greg Wohlford/AP Photo/Erie Times-NewsThe slots casino at Presque Isle Downs & Casino 100 miles east of Cleveland on Interstate 90 Opponents of casinos in Ohio say a loophole in the law could exempt a proposed casino from paying the millions…

Then: Kanter was a 27-year-old former loan officer when he struck it big at the 2005 World Series of Poker.

DES MOINES (AP) — A state lawmaker says a small group of legislators is quietly assembling a compromise to allow gambling devices in adult-only establishments as a way to ease bar owners’ concerns about Iowa’s new smoking ban.

The Etowah County Commission voted today to also work with CBS Supply Inc. in the proposed charity video bingo development in Etowah County.

MY FRIEND, Ronnie, is weird. Well, not him, really. But his betting strategy. We were talking about the Champions League show which kicks off tomorrow when he surprised me with this bombshell.

It didn’t take long for one of the worst Wall Street meltdowns in history to hit the casino industry. Already stalled in its plan for a $2 billion mega-casino in Atlantic City, Las Vegas-based Pinnacle Entertainment said Tuesday it was ending its bid to run a Kansas casino, citing “the current turmoil in the financial markets.”