2010 February 04 Gambling News, Events and Happenings

MIDDLETOWN, Pa., Feb. 4 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Two winning Powerball tickets from the Feb. 3 drawing were sold in Pennsylvania. A ticket worth $1 million was sold at Delcroft Beverage at 1866 Delmar Drive, Folcroft, Delaware County, and one worth $200,000 was sold at Giant Food Store at 830 U.S. Route 15, Dillsburg, York County. The winning tickets correctly matched all five white balls, 17-22-36-37-52, but not the red Powerball 24. The ticket sold in Folcroft also purchased P
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ST. PAUL, Minn., Feb. 4 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Bernard J. Zapor, Special Agent in Charge of the St. Paul Field Division of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), today announced that ATF is offering up to a $5,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for the Dec. 29 armed robbery at the Royal Casino and the Feb. 1 armed robbery at the King of Hearts Casino, both located in Rapid City, S.D. The suspect of the Royal Cas

HAMILTON, N.J., Feb. 4 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Super Bowl is the last desperate effort to break even for the season… it can be a double or nothing event for the problem gambler. The excitement and emotion associated with the Super Bowl is often not limited to the pass that scores a touchdown or an amazing interception. It is often the money riding on the game that proves to be more important than seeing a favorite team earn themselves a victory. When does betting on sports become a

SHIPPENSBURG, Pa., Feb. 4 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Larry Chestnut of Shippensburg, Cumberland County, won $1 million from the Pennsylvania Lottery’s Millionaire Raffle drawing on Jan. 2. Lottery Area Manager Scott Kauffman today presented a ceremonial check to Chestnut at Isha’s Mart in Shippensburg, where the ticket was purchased. The store received a $5,000 bonus for selling the winning ticket. Chestnut, a small-business owner in Newville, said he regularly plays Pennsylvania L
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KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa., Feb. 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Money Centers of America, Inc. (Pink Sheets: MCAM), is pleased to announce the signing of 5 new customer contracts to install and provide cash access services and ONswitch(TM), its proprietary software solution that enables casinos to process their own transactions. The newly signed casino properties are spread across Oklahoma, Minnesota, New Mexico, and North Carolina. The unique flexibility of Money Centers’ solution and its multiple depl

LAS VEGAS, Feb. 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc. (NYSE: PNK) today announced the hiring of Patrick J. Browne as Vice President and General Manager of the Company’s Boomtown New Orleans casino in Harvey, Louisiana. Terri Porcaro has been named Vice President and General Manager of Lumiere Place in downtown St. Louis. Both will assume their new positions this month. Mr. Browne joins Boomtown New Orleans with many years of casino industry experience, ranging
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AURORA, ON, Feb. 3 /PRNewswire/ - Magna Entertainment Corp. (”MEC” or the “Company”) filed this news release as its twentieth bi-weekly default status report under National Policy 12-203 of the Canadian Securities Administrators, pursuant to which MEC announced that it would not be filing its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008, nor would it be filing quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission or the Canadian securities reg
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Federal authorities are getting involved in some local casino robberies. The ATF is offering a $5,000 reward to help catch the women who robbed two Rapid City casinos.

ATLANTA - Passengers on casino cruise ships would be able to start gambling while in state waters under legislation approved Thursday by a House committee.