2010 March 19 Gambling News, Events and Happenings

March Madness is one of the biggest events of the year watched by sports fans and by betters. The NCAA discourages gambling on any of its sporting events, but that doesn’t mean it’s not happening.

Labor unions vowed March 16 to apply the same political muscle toward persuading Ohioans to approve relocating a planned Columbus casino that they used to convince voters to support casinos in November.

There’s been a significant shakeup in the local bingo community. The Hebron Bingo Hall on East Cumberland Street closed March 1. Not to let a prime location and a much lower rent, go to waste, Walk-In Bingo of Quentin Circle shopping center in North Cornwall Township will move its operation to Hebron next month.

A man who admits to taking part in a brazen daylight raid on a poker tournament in Berlin surrendered to authorities and identified three accomplices who remain on the run.

The head of the committee denied the claims.

Casino revenue fell sharply in February for Cripple Creeks 16 casinos, according to the state Division of Gaming. Revenue dropped 10 percent from a year before to $9.9 million. Elsewhere in the state, gaming did better, with revenue rising 6…

The Lee County Sheriff’s Office is searching for two men who are suspected of stealing money from a South 41 Bingo, 12011 Cleveland Avenue, in Fort…

On a recent weekend afternoon, my wife walked into the room where I just happened to be sitting in the recliner and a basketball game just happened to be on the television.Youre watching another game? she exclaimed.

The Kentucky Supreme Court Thursday ruled against the owners of 141 seized online gambling domain names, overturning an earlier decision by the Court of Appeals that said the domain names aren’t gambling devices under Kentucky law.