2010 January 30 Gambling News, Events and Happenings

BOCA RATON, Fla., Jan. 30 /PRNewswire/ — Richard J. Schilling, Jr., successful restaurant, night club, and casino owner considered the Father of Mississippi Gaming, died Wednesday at the age of 62 at his home in Boca Raton, Florida. Mr. Schilling started in the restaurant and entertainment business when he was 13 years old and since owned some of the most successful and legendary entertainment venues in the country. From redefining entertainment in the Midwest with the legendary Beverl

MIDDLETOWN, Ohio — Officers with the Ohio Investigative Unit have raided 14 bars. They found 23 illegal gambling machines and seized more than $1.2 million.

The annual Sierra Senior Services Meals Program’s benefit spaghetti feed and bingo night Saturday, Jan. 30, at the new Truckee Community Center is sold out. Tickets will not be available at the door. Proceeds from the event benefit North Tahoe and Truckee area seniors and home bound and disabled adults who rely on freshly cooked hot meals seven days a week which are provided by the area’s Meals …

A new type of slot machines are being tested at Akron and Canton gas stations.

AKRON, Ohio (AP) A Flanders company is testing a new type of slot machine in Ohio gas stations that the company says are legal because winning is based totally on skill.

Half a year after Russia closed all of it’s gambling casinos and slot-machine halls, the first new casino opened Saturday under a plan to limit legalized gambling to four comparatively remote areas.

Members of the EU parliament are starting to react to a petition organised by Stanleybet and supported by other online gambling operators and players demanding that the European Commission acts quickly to enforce EU principles of free movement of goods and services in competitive markets.
The European Parliament Petitions Committee has flagged the failure of the […]

The Europa, Titan and Tropez online casinos have announced the availability of the latest licensed Marvel branded games from software provider Playtech plc.
The new Marvel games Blade, Daredevil, Elektra, Fantastic Four, and X-Men, are slot games featuring engaging graphics, animation and feature-rich gambling action.  They join the popular Iron Man and the Incredible Hulk slots […]

Italian market moves this week have seen the announcement of a new venture between the Italian ISP Tiscali and games software distributor Nexway Games.
The agreement will result in a new Games channel on the Italian portal, allowing Tiscali to offer users games for their computers from the wide Nexway Games’ catalogue on giochi.tiscali.it. A new […]