2008 October 21 Gambling News, Events and Happenings

Statewide referendum that would bring five slot parlors will be ‘Question 2′ on November 4 ballot

A career poker player who pushed for smoking bans in poker rooms and tournaments is now leading a fight to prohibit smoking on casino floors across Nevada.

Gambling firms will be forced to pay a £19million levy towards tackling soaring levels of gambling addiction, it has emerged.

The founder of a competitive cheerleading and dance group in Hagerstown is accused of holding an illegal gambling event.

The New Hanover County Sheriff’s Office destroyed 20 video poker machines Tuesday morning.

DOWAGIAC The Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians now has the right to build two new casinos in Southwest Michigan. The state and tribe settled a multi-million dollar dispute over slot machine revenue.

Brian: I noticed something over the weekend. One would have thought that because of all the horror stories we’ve been hearing about money, punters would hold back or reduce their bets and keep their money for that rainy day which everyone is predicting could happen soon.

Rudolph Johnson listens during a recent meeting at New Hope Baptist Church in Bel Air on the upcoming slots vote. Gambling opponents are hoping an alliance with black churches produces an upset defeat of the slots referendum when an expected record number of African-Americans vote next month in Maryland.

There’s a new marketing strategy–and manager–at the prestigious race. But no Big Brown.