2012 March 23 Gambling News, Events and Happenings

Sky Poker, the UK’s top online poker firm, are offering poker customers a treat this weekend.

Police sources told KTVU th at a San Francisco mass murder involving five victims appears to have been a targeted attack, possibly over a gambling debt, and not a murder-suicide, as previously thought. Investigators are still trying to determine what led to the multiple homicides, which were reported at 7:47 a.m. Friday at 16 Howth St. in the city's Ingleside neighborhood.  Four of the five …

By Dale Kasler, Sacramento Bee One of Reno’s splashiest resorts is fighting to stave off financial disaster as Northern California Indian casinos continue to grab market share. The Silver Legacy Resort was supposed to reinvigorate Reno’s gambling industry when it opened 17 years ago. Its $300,000 laser-light show, illuminating a 120-foot-high silver-mining rig looming over the casino […]

On Day 1b of the PokerStars.net Australia New Zealand Poker Tour Sydney Main Event , 246 players took to the felt.

FLORENCE, Ky. (AP) Away from the picturesque farms dotting bluegrass country, the mega-dollar yearling sales at Keeneland and the twin spires at Churchill Downs, the tradition-laden sport of horse racing is in danger of falling off the pace in its old Kentucky home.

A Senate panel on Friday approved a bill that would allow slots and table gambling in Prince George’s County if voters in the state and county approve a referendum on the new 4,750-machine facility.

From glamorous slot parlors to big wins, further evidence that ours is the Age of Gambling.

A Senate committee is expected to vote on a measure to expand gambling in Maryland.A vote by the Senate Budget and Taxation Committee could come as soon as Friday morning.The measure would allow table …

When the $2.4 billion Revel casino opens April 2 in Atlantic City, visitors will be able to indulge themselves with gambling, gourmet dining, drinking and dancing. But not smoking.