2010 February 07 Gambling News, Events and Happenings

Thousands of Jackson County residents share a common bond today as they all willfully and deliberately break the law.Super Bowl Sunday is our biggest day for illegal gambling, a smorgasbord of office pools, friendly wagers, and plain old betting against…

SINGAPORE, Feb 8 The Singapore Police Force (SPF) will start serving some 3,500 Exclusion Orders to those with serious criminal backgrounds from Saturday to keep them out of the two casinos due to open at the two integrated resorts (IRs) Resorts World Sentosa (RWS) and Marina Bay Sands (MBS). In a statement on Friday night, the police said the exclusion orders are broadly targeted at …

Backed by the online poker industry, U.S. legislators are gearing up for a big push to legalize Internet gambling before the end of a six-month reprieve, according to a report in the Washington Post. After Sen. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) successfully f…

Posted by: Melissa Johnson - bio | email Dothan, AL (WSFA) - The bingo battle heats up in Houston County again this week. Monday, the Houston County Commission will be asked to slightly amend the Rules

State lawmakers will hold separate hearings today focusing on the future of Atlantic City.

PITTSBURGH - There was plenty of room to play inside Rivers Casino on a recent weeknight.The $780 million casino, which debuted six months ago on the North Shore waterfront as Pennsylvania’s costliest slots parlor and its first in an urban setting, has struggled against nearby competition from the Meadows Racetrack & Casino and two established West Virginia gambling halls.

While the shabby state of the building at 1701 Jefferson St. in Gary, Ind., suggests the club’s members are long gone, there’s a shiny padlock on the door, a satellite dish on the roof and steam has been seen pouring out of a vent. Gary police say the building, off the tax rolls for more than 25 years, has long been used for illegal gambling.

While the shabby state of the building at 1701 Jefferson St. suggests the clubs members are long gone, there’s a shiny padlock on the door, a satellite dish on the roof and steam has been seen pouring out of a vent. Gary police say the building, off the tax rolls for more than 25 years, has long been used for illegal gambling.

A former Ohio congressman convicted of corruption is acknowledging business groups appear uninterested in his plan to pitch an Indian gambling casino in Youngstown. James Traficant said Friday that he hasn’t heard from any area business about his proposal. Traficant wouldn’t address one of the plan’s most significant problems: there are no federally recognized American Indian tribes in Ohio …