2009 August 07 Gambling News, Events and Happenings

Marianne Graham used to take hour-long bus tour rides a couple times a year to West Virginia casinos.

The 12 years and five months John “Duffy” Conley has spent in prison for gambling are probably a record for Western Pennsylvania, so sending him back would be “unduly punitive” a federal judge said Friday.

DevilfishPoker moves into live poker tonight, sponsoring a weekly live tournament at Dublina s new Voodoo Card Club on Arran Quay.

A Huntsville woman, who has been playing bingo for years, says she was banned from a bingo hall in Conroe after she said she noticed something fishy. She said bingo hall employees get to play and then mysteriously win a lot of money.

LAS VEGAS (AP) A Las Vegas Strip casino has sued Denver Broncos running back LaMont Jordan over $20,000 in gambling debts plus interest.

DOVER Attorneys for professional sports leagues and the NCAA are appealing a federal judge’s refusal to halt Delaware’s planned sports betting lottery until a legal challenge is resolved.

Lawyers for the four major pro leagues and the NCAA filed notice Friday that they intend to appeal a U.S. District Court judge’s ruling that would allow the state of Delaware to begin taking sports bets while the leagues’ lawsuit against the state proceeds.

DOVER, Del. (AP) Attorneys for professional sports leagues and the NCAA are appealing a federal judge’s refusal to halt Delaware’s planned sports betting lottery until a legal challenge is resolved.

The New Mexico Compulsive Gambling Council recommends the creation of a single, statewide fund for prevention and treatment of compulsive gambling.