2009 March 10 Gambling News, Events and Happenings

In the senate state agencies committee Tuesday, members passed a bill that would lower the taxes on bingo.

Just four months after Ohio voters soundly defeated a casino proposal for Wilmington, gambling supporters already are pushing ahead with new plans.

For all of you who love your Longaberger baskets, the Visitation Parish will sponsor its annual Longaberger basket bingo bash from 2 to 4 p.m. March 29 in St. Pius Social Hall.

AUGUSTA, Maine Members of Maines gambling industry said Tuesday that a bill proposing they collect child support from gambling winners goes too far, but Hollywood Slots suggested what it believes is a more practical way to improve collections.

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Four popular singers, including country music legend George Jones, have urged Alabama legislators to pass bills that would legalize and tax electronic bingo at some locations across

A woman vanished on her way to a bingo hall on Sunday, and Palm Beach County sheriff’s officials are asking for the public’s help to find her.

PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) — Casinos in Atlantic City reported a 19.2 percent drop in revenues in February, the sharpest annual decline in the 30-year history of gaming in New Jersey’s gambling capital, state authorities said on Tuesday.

March 10 (Bloomberg) — Casino gambling revenue dropped 15 percent on the Las Vegas Strip in January and tumbled 19 percent in Atlantic City last month as the U.S. recession curbed spending on travel and betting.

A South Carolina magistrate has refused to drop a second case against five men convicted of gambling last month in Mount Pleasant.