· Arkansas Baptists have adopted a set of resolutions against gambling, gays and beer. This, of course, is about five years too late to erase what happened to you sophomore year in college. [Arkansas Democrat-Gazette]
· Charges were dropped by Baltimore police on the 80 people cited in last week’s poker raid. Still […]

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· Nine employees of Australia’s Crown Casino (home of unlucky toilet ghosts) were taken to the hospital after a small fire started in a television in the back of the building. These wallabies will do anything to stay in the news. [ABC Online]
· Barry Shipherd thought he won almost $400K on a slot, […]

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· There’s still a movement to put a casino on part of the hallowed Gettysburg battleground. When we heard it was going to be slots-only, we registered our strong opposition. [Bloomberg]
· There’s a Bingo freebie giveaway at the Station Casinos in Vegas this week, but you’re not that hard up for Kwanza gifts […]

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· “You can do things legally, but I’m not going to tell you that you can’t go in there and get sex for money,” said a Las Vegas Police Captain. Nothing beats a Vegas stripper. [Las Vegas Sun]
· Is there anything to do in Buffalo besides eat wings and wait for the next […]

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· Illinois Senator Mike Jacobs likens his attempt to preserve riverboat gambling in the state to Rosa Parks’ achievements. Yeah, that’ll get us to take your cause seriously. [Quad-Cities Online]
· Maine’s first slots began spinning today, and in related news the 3PM Matlock rerun on the local Fox station has been cancelled. […]

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· Kewadin Casinos in remote Sault Ste. Marie, MI are the first casinos in the Midwest to get the heavily hyped new “eMillions” slot machines. We’ve been to Northern Michigan and the only new machines they need up there are for melting ice and pulling your truck out of a snowbank. No thanks. […]

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· Temple University is proud to welcome former mob boss Michael Franzese tonight to discuss gambling with their student-athletes. Over/Under on number of times he’s asked to say, “Fuhgeddaboudit” before he offs someone? NINE. [Owl Sports]
· Wait, it’s illegal and wrong for an elected official to use a government-issued credit card to […]

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· Even dirty hippies love to gamble after they’re all jam-banded out. Book early next year for Vegas’ Vegoose festival. [Denver Post]
· Two words for you fantasy football deep sleeper chasers: Sam Gado. [Wisconsin State Journal]
· If Vegas is Sin City, and AOL is the devil’s ISP, is the new Vegas.com […]

Read More » Remainders: Vegoose, Get Him? Gado, and Bet Me, I’m Irish

· The latest problem to face the Phillipines? Gambling lords have set up shop in graveyards. Cutting out the middleman for non-paying debtors said to be behind this latest consolidation. [Sun Star]
· Australians were said to have spent $17.4 billion on gambling in the past year, outpacing Iran by nearly $17.4 billion. […]

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· There’s no more room for prisoners in the Las Vegas Valley, but we think the jail owners are just too reluctant to give up the space where the slot machines are. [Las Vegas Sun]
· The owner of Penn National race track has pushed back the opening of the all-slots casino at the track […]

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