2011 June 03 Gambling News, Events and Happenings

WESTMINSTER Two people pleaded guilty to illegally having slot machines in connection to a police crackdown that resulted in hundreds of seized machines and thousands of dollars in cash.

Metro East cities reliant on gambling revenue also are wary of bill increasing competition.

Shin Jung Hwan arrives at the courthouse on June 3 (Photo from www.newsen.com) MANILA, Philippines – A Korean court convicted entertainer Shin Jung Hwan on Friday for gambling in Cebu, Philippines last year and sentenced him to eight months in prison. The Seoul Central District Court handed down the decision in the morning of June 3, with Shin present in the courtroom.

Fired Latino workers from Station Casinos led members of the Culinary and Bartenders unions in the city’s largest civil disobedience in over a decade to protest the company’s treatment and firing of Latino workers yesterday evening.

The way Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel sees it, thousands of craps players and slot machine pullers would flock to his cash-strapped city if it gets into the gambling business.

Strip navigation, gambling basics, resort-specific info, art tours — all are available for download. We test them out. To help make your next trip to Las Vegas a winner, I tested iPhone apps (they also work on iPod Touch and iPad) that you can use to book a room, sharpen your card skills or even say, “I do.” Many have an Android version that works on multiple platforms, including phones and …

Online betting exchange, Betfair announced the appointment of Alasdair Wright as Global Head of Customer Marketing and Loyalty, this week. Wright will be responsible for […]

The UK Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has released the results of a survey it undertook to establish the compliance rate of advertisements in the gambling […]

Detective Roland Benavides, an Oklahoma City police officer was indicted and charged with illegal gambling by a Multi-County Grand Jury this week. Benavides had been […]