2009 February 25 Gambling News, Events and Happenings

Call it the new March Madness: trying to determining Oregon’s reward for hosting the NCAA men’s basketball tournament in three weeks. The arrival of college sports’ biggest show may not be quite the economic bonanza some imagine. It also seems unlikely to be a dud, as some economists envision, because…

Cambosix, the sole football-gambling agency of Cambodia, had closed all its outlets on Wednesday in accordance with an order issued by Prime Minister Hun Sen on Tuesday, national media said on Thursday. “The police are forcing us to close,” Nancy Chau, manager of the Cambosix’s head office in Phnom Penh, was quoted by English-language newspaper the Phnom Penh Post as saying. Minister of Economy …

Caption: Celine Dion plays at the American Airline arena as part of her ‘Taking Chances’ tour Miami, Florida …. CELINE DION’s husband RENE ANGELIL is teaching the couple’s eight-year-old son how to play …

Bingo halls will not have their VAT rates cut despite claims the tax was forcing hundreds of clubs to close, the government rules.

CLEVELAND (AP) - Two rival casino groups are working together on a proposal that would bring four resort-style casinos to Ohio.

GOODYEAR, Ariz. — Shaun Rogers wants out? If married couples put the same amount of work into relationships that Rogers and Eric Mangini have invested in theirs, every town in America would be lit up like Vegas. At least as…

The United States could raise nearly $52 billion in revenue over the next decade by lifting a three-year-old ban on Internet gambling and taxing the activity instead, according to a study.

A NORTHERN Territory-based bookmaker is close to formalising a deal with NRL clubs Newcastle and Cronulla to set up team-specific websites aimed at encouraging fans to open online betting accounts to gamble on league and other sports.

CELINE DION’s husband RENE ANGELIL is teaching the couple’s eight-year-old son how to play poker, in the hope it’ll teach him a healthy attitude towards gambling. Record …