Gambling News by House of Odds

WHEELING Some local law enforcement officers are being trained to regulate future table gambling, and they will be ready by Nov. 1, West Virginia Lottery Commission officials have announced.Lottery regulators will be ready by Nov. 1 (The Steubenville Herald-Star)

http://www.JewishWorldReview.com | As trite and hackneyed as this might sound, when actor Charles Lane died on July 9th at the age of 102 it was most definitely the end of an era.What a Character! What a Life! (Jewish World Review)

Alice L. Baumann, 86, of Watertown, died Thursday afternoon, Sept. 27, 2007, at the Watertown Memorial Hospital, from pneumonia, following a major stroke. She was proud to have survived two courageous bouts with cancer.September 2007 (Watertown Daily Times)

Acxiom buyers cancel go-private deal; stock tumbles, Morgan to resign By Jason Wiest LITTLE ROCK - Acxiom Corp. announced Monday that a proposed $3 billion buyout to take the company private had been called off and said its leader would retire.Arkansas News Bureau (Arkansas News Bureau)

TALLAHASSEE Talks between Gov. Charlie Crist and the Seminole Tribe of Florida resume today over the expansion of casino-style gambling, but lawmakers are about to weigh in.Crist wants tribal gambling (Tallahassee Democrat)

Jake Peavy is money even if he cant be trusted with it. The San Diego Padres ace insists losing his money clip on an ill-fated trip to a Milwaukee casino Saturday night isnt a bad omen going into Mondays one-game playoff at Colorado to determine the NL wild-card winner.Padres turn to ace Peavy for playoff game vs. Rockies (Rocky Mountain News)