2008 October 18 Gambling News, Events and Happenings

U.S. officials may exempt hotel casino from local taxes One of the most important decisions for Coconut Creek, northwest Broward and the Seminole Tribe’s casino empire will be made not by local officials, but by a group of bureaucrats in Washington, D.C.

Dan Sims was a gamer. Be it horses, poker or golf, he loved to find himself in the middle of the action.

Dozens of Internet gambling sites have 30 days to block Kentucky users or their domain names will be transferred to the state, a judge ruled in a case with potential international ramifications.

Mr. Rosenthal was a professional gambler and gangster-when-necessary who brought sports betting to casinos in Las Vegas and illicitly ran an empire of four hotel casinos.

Any indoor smoking ban enacted in Kansas City, Kan., likely will include an exemption for the casino floor at the planned Hard Rock Hotel and Casino at Kansas Speedway, a Unified Government spokesman says.

In about a month a local man has a one-in-nine chance to win $9 million, but he also hopes to collect thousands of dollars to fight multiple sclerosis.

Michael Perry is an oddsmaker with Logans.com. Each week he answers questions of the week regarding the sports-betting world. Bill (Akron) - The Lions seem like they will be huge dogs for the rest of the season. What would the pointspread be if D…

Once the Etowah County Commission decides on which firm it will allow to develop an electronic bingo facility, Sheriff Todd Entrekin said he will began background checks and investigations of the developer before a permit is issued.

He’s heard the complaints. The prototype of the Chevrolet Volt was a cool-looking sports car, wanted as much for its good looks as its ability to go 40 miles without using gasoline. The car’s final version lost some of that cool.