2008 September 21 Gambling News, Events and Happenings

Former world snooker champion Peter Ebdon’s unexpected 5-0 defeat by Chinese prospect Liang Wenbo in Belfast has triggered an investigation by the Gambling Commission.

Thai tourists are being reminded that the Cambodian border province of Koh Kong offers much more than just the casinos for which it is famous.

MANILA, PhilippinesThe unprecedented, seemingly irremediable inflationary trends that everybody experiences today may have so robbed Trade Secretary Peter Favila of his sense of Christian discipline and values that he now wants to make this country a gambling capital like Malaysia, Singapore and Las Vegas.

Playing online poker for real money is an illegal activity in Germany. Gamers who ignore the ban could theoretically even face time behind prison bars.

WORCESTER - A Brimfield man was sentenced last week in federal court for possessing firearms while he was addicted to drugs.

Pointing out that no single entity has the monopoly of good ideas, Internet pioneer Yahoo is betting that its recently introduced open strategy would pave the road for developers to build applications on its soon-to-be-launched overhauled platform.

A sports official with links to Chinatown in Binondo, yesterday said he expects betting in this series to be as heavy as in previous Ateneo-La Salle ballgames.

MAYOR Celso Lobregat has tasked the Zamboanga City Police Office (ZCPO) and other concerned government agencies to do everything to put to an end the operations of all forms of illegal gambling, especially “wahoy” and illegal “swertres” in Zamboanga City.

With the citys fifth casino set to open late next month, Vicksburg is the third largest revenue-producing gambling market in Mississippi, the nations third-largest gambling state.