2008 October 16 Gambling News, Events and Happenings

Oct. 17 (Bloomberg) — AMZ Holdings Plc , the developer planning to operate Taiwan’s first casino, may raise as much as $100 million in the next year to fund Asian expansion amid a global economic slowdown.

A children’s bingo event will be held Oct. 24 at Memorial School, 115 Summerhill Road, to benefit Spotswood High School class of 2009 Project Graduation. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and calling starts at 7 p.m.

Google is allowing gambling advertisements in its search results in Britain for the first time anywhere in the world since a self-imposed moratorium in 2004.

As rival gambling interests blast the airwaves to persuade Ohioans to vote for or against a casino in southwestern Ohio, a cash-poor anti-gambling group is about to join the fight with a simple message: “Gambling ruins lives.”

FLOWERY BRANCH â Two Flowery Branch men were arrested Thursday during the course of a gambling investigation.

A former State Law Enforcement Division agent has been sentenced to 18 months in prison without parole for taking bribes.

Queensland Racing has launched an investigation into whether a licensed jockey should be banned from racing because of alleged gambling debts.

CHIANG RAI : As Thai and Cambodian villagers living near the border conflict zone have fled the area, Thai gamblers too have escaped to safer casinos _ in Burma.In the aftermath of Wednesday’s clash between Thai and Cambodian soldiers in the border area of Si Sa Ket province, gamblers are switching from casinos in Cambodia to those in Burma.

The shaky economy is taking a toll on casino revenues in Las Vegas and Atlantic City. And the same is happening to Arizona Indian casinos. This week marks the 20th anniversary since the federal government passed the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, allowing tribes to have gaming.