2008 October 31 Gambling News, Events and Happenings - Page 3

“If you get a Bingo, jump up and say bluh! Or Boo! Or Bingo!”

Casino operators’ stocks climbed Friday as credit and liquidity concerns eased and investors reacted to Wynn Resorts Ltd.’s upbeat third-quarter earnings results.

DETECTIVES are appealing for witnesses to an armed robbery at a bingo hall in West Yorkshire. (31/10/2008 08:59:32)

On August 19, 2003, Dr. Donald F. Norris, Director of the Maryland Institute for Policy Analysis and Research and Professor of Public Policy at the University of Maryland Baltimore County testified before the Maryland House of Delegates Ways and Means Committee on slot machine gambling in Maryland Read more…

The race to lure punters has been thrown wide open by new betting regulations and debate rages about who will be the winners and the losers.

OnlineBingo.co.uk, the UK’s leading bingo portal and review site, has launched its very own bingo game with a twist. The free to play skill based game brings in elements of bingo but pits the user against the clock. (PRWeb Oct 31, 2008) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/10/prweb1549534.htm

ATLANTIC CITY — Harrah’s Entertainment Inc. is cutting employees at its four Atlantic City casinos. The casinos are Harrah’s Resort, Bally’s Atlantic City, Caesars Atlantic City and Showboat Casino Hotel.

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) _ It may take more than voter approval of the slot machine referendum to bring slots casinos to Maryland.

The criminal trial of five people accused of running an illegal gambling operation across from Waialua Elementary School that included cockfighting, dice and card games began yesterday in federal court.