2008 September 25 Gambling News, Events and Happenings

Brian McMullan is literally gambling on GO Transit. The St. Catharines mayor bet $1,000 Thursday night the province will make a major announcement to extend […]

The developer of a massive project in downtown Miami is quietly considering a campaign to amend Florida’s Constitution to allow Las Vegas-style casinos in the city and open the door for a similar casino at Miami Beach’s famed Fontainebleau Hotel.

LEWISBURG Board members for the Greenbrier County Convention and Visitors Bureau Thursday declined to act on a resolution supporting casino gambling the world-famous Greenbrier hotel.

A bingo fundraiser will be held Oct. 4 to benefit a Monroe native who is battling cancer. The event will raise money to help offset the medical costs of Rosemarie Shahinian David, 59, now of Wall, who does not have health insurance.

David Kidwell, Pocono Record/APThe floor of Mount Airy Casino Resort in Swiftwater, Pa, Ohio Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner certified the Issue 6 gambling referendum to go on the November ballot. A casino gambling referendum remains on the Nov. 4…

Weep no more, my puritan ladies The state of Kentucky has seized control of some of the world’s most popular gambling domain names courtesy of a state judge who issued a secret ruling last week ordering registrars to transfer 141 internet addresses to the state’s top law enforcement official.

I USED the F-word at my neighbourhood betting shop and no one batted an eyelid. Indeed, all I got were blank stares. I was there yesterday not because I wanted to have a flutter on the Carling Cup football matches or whatever else was happening on football pitches around the world.

Two masked men armed with hammers threaten staff at a bingo hall and escape with cash.

MARYLAND — As reported by the Baltimore Business Journal: “The Professional Fire Fighters of Maryland is the latest organization backing a proposal to legalize slot machine gambling in the state.