2008 December 17 Gambling News, Events and Happenings

The brand new bingo, slots and scratchcard website BunnyBingo.com has launched its affiliate program by offering players a 200% deposit bonus.

After expanding in continental and southern Europe, the global gambling industry is now going east and focusing on the Balkan states and Eastern Europe for its further expansion.

NEW ORLEANS — Getting a boost from an extra weekend that helped offset a weakening economy, Louisiana’s state-licensed casinos saw their winnings from gamblers in November increase 6 percent from a year ago.

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. - Juan Jimenez’s job at the casino wasn’t the most glamorous one in the place. But picking up cigarette butts, vacuuming dirt from carpets and shampooing stains from spilled drinks (and other, much worse substances) allowed him to bring his family from the Dominican Republic, buy a small house and claim a tiny slice of the American Dream. In October, his luck ran out.

VIRGINIA BEACHIt took more than six years, but Virginia Beach police can finally say it: Bingo! Police arrested 41-year-old Lorie Creekmore on Sunday after a search that involved several officers and detectives, including some who had gone undercover in bingo halls in an effort to catch the avid player. She was arrested in a Norfolk bingo hall, of course.

Mindy McCready of the Queens of Heart poker team participates in the Ladies No-Limit Hold ‘em poker tournament at the World Series of Poker at the Rio Hotel & Casino June 8, 2008 in Las Vegas, Nevada Spencer …

Revenue and taxes generated at all three Detroit casinos dropped 6.74% in November, compared to the same month in 2007, but Greektown Casino had the largest revenue decline, dropping 16.4%.

Cruising the stock market for the cheapest of the cheap.

Published: Wednesday, December 17, 2008 at 5:17 a.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, December 17, 2008 at 12:50 p.m. A co-founder of an Internet gambling company has pleaded guilty to a federal crime and agreed to forfeit $300 million.