2012 March 28 Gambling News, Events and Happenings

PALM BEACH, Fla. — NFL boss Roger Goodell gave the strongest hints yet that football fans will soon be seeing casino advertising inside stadiums.On the day The Post reported that NFL owners were weighing a move to accept boatloads of marketing money from casinos, the football commish confirmed, “That is…

ATLANTIC CITY — The first night of actual gambling is under way at Atlantic City's newest casino. The $2.4 billion Revel resort had its first test night Wednesday to see how its systems and people fared.

Sheldon Adelson is adding a fourth casino in Macau, the world’s largest gambling hub, drawing almost six times the revenue of the Las Vegas Strip. The billionaire’s rivals are cheering him on.

PALM BEACH, Fla. — NFL boss Roger Goodell gave the strongest hints yet that football fans will soon be seeing casino advertising inside stadiums. On the day The Post reported that NFL owners were weighing a move to accept boatloads of marketing money from casinos, the football commish confirmed, “That is…

The government’s plan to avoid a trial in its prosecution of defendants in a crackdown on Internet poker companies hit a snag Wednesday when a judge refused to immediately accept a guilty plea from a Utah banker, saying he needed to know why the government was walking away from the case.

Abbotsford council listened as 37 people spoke on the expansion of slot machines at Chances Community Gaming Centre.

American Wagering Inc.'s iPad application that lets state residents and visitors to Las Vegas place sports wagers from their tablet computer, has been approved by Nevada gaming regulators and Apple Inc. , a company executive said Wednesday. The approval

? By Ralph Jennings Macau has grabbed most of the casino industry's attention over the past decade, but after 30 years of quiet casino development, the Philippines is suddenly upping the ante. Four huge casinos are under construction as part of a megaproject due to start opening next year in Manila that will draw gamblers …

CONCORD – The House of Representatives killed a bill to legalize casino gambling Wednesday, despite an unprecedented lobbying effort that had gotten the support of bipartisan legislative leaders. The House rank-and-file embraced criticism that the bill, HB 593, would give an exclusive monopoly to four private businesses without any required investment or time line for when the casinos would be …