2011 May 12 Gambling News, Events and Happenings

The American Lung Association is touting a new poll which shows most Illinoisans who gamble would rather do it in a smoke-free environment.

It looks as if Miha Staric from Slovenia will have the overnight chip lead as he now has 80,000. 11.25pm: Table talk I joined the action to see the board reading 6 7 7 2 and around 6,700 in the middle.

It’s close to a done deal. Chilliwack Bingo Association’s operations and assets are being sold for $10 million, with potential for additional “trailing” payments, according to details released by Great Canadian Gaming Corp. officials Thursday.

MOSCOW, May 12 (UPI) — The Russian Investigative Committee arrested two former prosecutors and targeted 10 others in connection with a Moscow-area gambling ring, officials said.

Three B.C. casinos that didn’t ID a minor before they served him a drink at their bars inside could face thousands of dollars in fines and a two-week suspension of their liquor licences.

Edwin McCain will be in concert live on The Big Deck at Harbor Docks tonight, followed by Dread Clampitt, and Friday night, followed by The Latest.

A COLCHESTER mum’s love of bingo has seen her star in an advert watched by seven million TV viewers.

The entrance to Caesars Entertainment Corp.’s Harrah’s Tunica, Mississippi’s largest casino, is under seven feet of water. At the Rainbow Casino Hotel in Vicksburg, a dozen workers stacked sandbags to try to protect the building from the swollen Mississippi River.

Business owners in the Pendleton area are expressing their disappointment at the impasse that has stopped construction at Cincinnati’s future casino.