2012 April 12 Gambling News, Events and Happenings

Actress Jennifer Tilly supplements her income by playing high-stakes poker games, revealing she often walks away with massive earnings.

According to state law, gambling machines are illegal. For some reason, however, a long-standing ordinance on the books in Mount Pleasant allows businesses to keep them — if they pay a licensing fee.

Two Lake Oswego businessmen who failed in 2010 said they will go back to voters this fall with a new plan that calls for an unlimited number of casinos. However, the 2010 vote to bring a casino to town wasn't even close.

Spotlight Players presents the Steven Sondheim musical ‘Into the Woods’ April 20-22 and April 27-29 at the Village Theater at Cherry Hill in Canton.

Waywayseecappo First Nation Chief Murray Clearsky is calling for the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs to abandon plans to build a casino near Carberry, and instead build one near Brandon.

Last call for bingo: Arkansas seniors upset over ban of game in town northeast of Little Rock

BALD KNOB, Ark. - The routine for Joyce Landers is the same every Tuesday: The 71-year-old packs up snacks and her lucky markers, heads to an old fire station that now houses a senior center and gets ready to try her chances at bingo.

The routine for Joyce Landers is the same every Tuesday: The 71-year-old packs up snacks and her lucky markers, heads to an old fire station that now houses a senior center and gets ready to try her chances at bingo.

While Toronto city councillors gear up for a divisive debate about whether to build a new casino downtown, those in nearby Niagara Falls say casinos have been a boon and a burden to their city, depending on who you ask.