Gambling News by House of Odds

Attorney General Patrick Lynch has given approval to "virtual blackjack" machines at Twin River. Lynch's office determined that the machines do not constitute a new type of gambling and do not require legislative or voter approval.AG Lynch approves virtual blackjack machines (Boston Globe)

They were an unlikely pair, a college-educated white evangelical from Richmond and a semiliterate 65-year-old African-American great-grandmother born into poverty in rural Alabama. But they were joined together by the civic heartbreak of that summer of 2002: the death of 10-year-old Trina Persad.A call to serve, and to lead (Boston Globe)

The $1.25 billion MGM Grand Macau has opened in China's gambling center. At 600 rooms, the luxury property hopes to attract wealthy gamers who are looking for the best in accommodations, entertainment, dining, and shopping as well.MGM Grand Macau Debuts (Hospitality Design)

University of Arizona adjunct instructor Chris Johnson conducts a class on a platform floating 250 meters in the air. If he wanted to, he could meet his students in an igloo, a rain forest or under an ocean - all without ever leaving his desk chairVirtual world allows UA to expand reach (Tucson Citizen)

With his deal to merge with Vivendis gaming unit, Activision C.E.O. Bobby Kotick will sit atop the worlds largest videogame company.The Gamesman (Portfolio.com via Yahoo! Finance)

The noose appears to be tightening on an 18-year-old Whitianga computer whiz after Dutch regulators this week imposed a record 1 million fine on companies allegedly using his malicious software.Noose closes on Whitianga computer whizkid (The New Zealand Herald)