2009 July 02 Gambling News, Events and Happenings

Maybe it was because my expectations were too high, or perhaps I didn’t know what to expect, but I came away from last weeks’s re-opening of Empress Casino in Joliet with mixed feelings.

At noncommute times, slot machine aficionados in San Francisco are only about 20 minutes away from a variety of new machines. The San Pablo Lytton Casino, earlier known as Casino San Pablo, is a short drive east on Interstate 80 from San Francisco to San Pablo.

By BOB NORBERG THE PRESS DEMOCRAT The federal government has delayed taking into trust the land in Rohnert Park proposed for a $1 billion tribal casino while legal issues are working their way through court. The U.S. Department of Interior agreed to withhold action pending the appeal by opponents of the proposed casino by the Federated Indians of the Graton Rancheria.

With a shower of confetti, champagne toasts and tumbling dice, a new era of gambling began at 12:01 this morning in Cripple Creek. At Bronco Billy’s Casino, Ray Williams couldn’t wait - he placed a lone chip on the craps table an hour ahead of time to save his place.

NIAGARA FALLS Fallsview Casino Resort and Casino Niagara have committed to more than $400,000 in local charitable donations and community event sponsorships in the first three months of their current fiscal year ending June 30.[…]

INDIANAPOLIS - Indiana lawmakers worried about distractions during the special budget session kept gambling issues from creeping into negotiations. But the push to give racetracks a break and help struggling casinos could surface again this summer and in

Burton police believe they know the identity of a man shot and killed during an attempted robbery at the Palace Poke Room on Wednesday morning.

SIXTY-FIVE computers and monitors from two illegal gambling dens in Jalan 8, Taman Bersatu, Rawang, were seized during a raid by the Selayang Municipal Council (MPS) Enforcement Department yesterday.

GAMBLING GUIDE LAKEWOOD - Dr. Nancy Lantz is one of only four certified professional compulsive gambling counselors in the state of Colorado and she’s seen the addiction in its most severe form.