2008 December 08 Gambling News, Events and Happenings

A disgraced former Municipal Court judge in Kansas City who was toppled in a gambling scandal has been named to a state oversight panel for problem-gambling assistance programs.

T.O. Whenham writes for Doc’s Sports. Big bad Bruins Two short seasons ago, Boston was the third-worst team in the Eastern Conference. In the Northeast Division they were both last and irrelevant. Its amazing how quickly things have changed. …

Well, that just about does it for casino gambling in Wyandotte County — and Kansas. The Hard Rock Hotel & Casino proposal is kaput after developers last week buckled under collapsed credit markets and withdrew their state casino application.

DOVER , Del. (AP)- Another new game is coming to Delaware’s gambling venues, a version of roulette similar to the game found in Atlantic City and Las Vegas casinos.

JOLIET — City Manager Thomas Thanas said he does not expect city casino revenues ever to return to the level seen just two years ago.

Among supporters and detractors, the Houston County Commission voted in favor of granting a preliminary bingo license for the Country Crossing project.

In last year’s special session, when lawmakers decided to put the politically troublesome slots issue before voters, lawmakers decided to expand the commission to oversee the operation of up to 15,000 slot machines in five locations in Maryland, if voters approved.

Dominic Santoro, 63, of Marstons Mills is among 20 people indicted in connection with alleged illegal gambling activities by two organized crime groups, according to the Middlesex County District Attorney.

AirTran Airways will discontinue its daily flight between Tampa International Airport and Gulfport-Biloxi (Miss.) International Airport, effective Jan. 5, after a casino discontinued subsidies for flights between Tampa, Fort Lauderdale, Atlanta and the Mississippi gambling destination.