2009 December 24 Gambling News, Events and Happenings

The Goa government has made it mandatory for casino owners to put in place a system to check customer identity and report transactions of over Rs 10 lakhs or any ’suspicious’ transaction to the Financial Intelligence Unit-India (FIU-IND).

“Beautiful loser, Where you gonna fall? When you realize You just can’t have it all” - Bob Seger In casino circles, the name they use to refer to people who gamble big money is “whales.” And they call people who are lousy gamblers “suckers.” This makes Terrance Watanabe the ultimate “sucker whale.” In one year, Watanabe lost $127 million to two Las …

Lucy Layne Payne — Isnt that a bad-ass name? That little blue-eyed bad ass is the reason I started writing for Covers.com 18 months ago. Shes also the reason Ive cut my gambling significantly. Hopefully, I wont lose all of my creditability b…

MIDDLEBORO Elementary school aged children are invited to play Candy Bar Bingo on Wednesday, Dec. 30 at 2 p.m. in the Middleboro Public Library’s Meeting Room.

MARQUETTE - The case against the second of two people accused of mugging an elderly Ishpeming woman is scheduled to go to trial. A jury trial for Jesse Mitchell, 25, of Ishpeming is set to begin at 9 a.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 9. The date was set during a scheduling conference Wednesday afternoon in 25th Circuit Court in Marquette, with Judge Thomas Solka presidin.

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM–(Marketwire - 12/24/09) - Euro Partners , the world’s largest e-gaming affiliate program is heralding in the holiday season with special bonuses on all of its online casinos. Running from December 23, 2009 through January 6, 2010 all Euro Partners casinos, including Europa Casino, Titan Casino and Casino Tropez, will be celebrating both Christmas and the New Year with …

Associated Press - December 24, 2009 8:34 AM ET RENO, Nev. (AP) - The Silver Club Casino in Sparks sold for $2.5 million at a foreclosure auction on the steps of the Washoe County…

Bollywood star Abhishek Bachchan seems to be following his father, megastar Amitabh Bachchan, wherever he can. If the grapevine is to be believed, Abhishek is now set to host a new show titled ‘Bingo’ on entertainment channel Colors.

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