2008 October 06 Gambling News, Events and Happenings

Dozens of people were arrested during an illegal gambling bust in Fayetteville over the weekend.

A man was asked to leave a Responsible Gambling conference yesterday as his protest spooked some people. The man walked in wearing part of a grim reaper costume. He was with Game Over VLTs, an organization that just launched their Silent Scream campaign to eliminate video lottery terminals, devices similar to slot machines. The Nova Scotia Gaming Corporation is holding the two-day …

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The Gambling Helpline, which was under threat of closure, has been saved.

The Ministry of Health is pleased to be able to continue its relationship with the Gambling Helpline, following the agreement of a new contract for service provision running until 30 June 2010.

THAT BORGATA has it all, doesn’t it? Ultraluxe accommodations. Fabulous restaurants.

Allegany County’s gaming administrator is predicting up to a 30 percent drop in local gambling revenue due to Maryland’s new ban on slot machine look-alikes.

It was a coordinated takedown: three independently operating illegal gambling operations raided at the same time, so that there would be no tipping off the others.

T.O. Whenham frequently writes for Doc’s Sports . The NHL season is here. Finally. I’m a Canadian living in Canada. It seems like sports fans in my country go into hibernation every June when the Stanley Cup is hoisted, and only crawl out of the…