2008 October 27 Gambling News, Events and Happenings

A Tennessee truck driver who obtained confidential gaming documents and tried to use the information to extort hundreds of thousands of dollars from Las Vegas hotel-casinos is scheduled to be sentenced Jan. 30, according to the U.S. Attorney’s office.

Smoking will be permitted again in the city?s 11 casinos for at least the next year, as the City Council voted to overturn a temporary smoking ban.

ATLANTIC CITY - As expected, the city gave final approval tonight to lifting - for at least a year - a smoking ban in this resort’s 11 casinos that went into effect Oct. 15.

Gov. Martin O’Malley (D) spoke yesterday about the importance of last year’s tax increases and spending cuts and plugged the slot machine gambling measure on the Nov. 4 ballot. In a talk to Maryland Municipal League members in Cambridge, O’Malley said the state’s fiscal challenges would be even…

Cash withdrawals on credit cards in gambling venues will be banned under laws to be introduced in the NSW parliament today.

Cash withdrawals on credit cards in gambling venues will be banned under laws to be introduced in the NSW parliament on Tuesday.

CASINO operator Crown says recent trading at its Australian casinos continues to be solid and is confident a casino industry in Macau is sustainable.

When Atlantic City passed a law in April banning smoking on the gambling floor of all 11 casinos here, Liz String was relieved. The 26-year dealer at Harrah’s Resort Atlantic City was counting the days until Oct. 15, when the law took effect.

Students are the target of a campaign to stop problem gambling before it starts.