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These are the top gambling news stories here at Gambling911.com Tuesday June 25, 2013 (AM EDT). Follow us on Twitter here.
*Kevin Boudreau Making Some Progress – Family members of poker pro Kevin Boudreau revealed he had opened his eyes for a few seconds while they were present.
The 25-year-old native of Colorado was hospitalized two weeks ago with severe bleeding in his brain. He suffered a brain hemorrhage while on a dinner break at this year’s World Series of Poker. Boudreau had already cashed out in two WSOP events prior to his hospitalization.
Family members also noted his medications had become more level with a reduction in pain and seizures, though Boudreau is far from out of the woods.
The fear is that Boudreau has suffered extensive brain damage as a result of extended periods of depleted oxygen. A recovery fund has been set up here. Thus far, more than $14,000 has been raised for the recovery fund, mostly from within the poker community.
Boudreau’s brain hemorrhage is one of two major tragedies that have occurred at this year’s World Series of Poker. Last week, the WSOP’s oldest dealer, 86-year-old Richard Charles Turnbull of Reno, was struck by a car and killed while attempting to cross a Las Vegas intersection.
*Spanish Footballers Robbed of Cash During Wild Strip Poker Game - FIFA have confirmed that cash was stolen from several Spanish footballers while they were playing their first Confederations match against Uruguay.The story gets interesting as there are reports that the stolen cash followed a wild party involving the players after their 2-1 win which included beer, a band and group of women. The reports from the hotel staff claim that no less than five women joined the players for a night game of strip poker. (source: International Casino News)
*Michigan State Wants to Shut Down Tribal Casino - LANSING, MICH. — (Associated Press) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to consider what power, if any, the state has to shut down an American Indian casino in northern Michigan in a case that could have implications for other tribal casino projects in the state.
The Bay Mills Indian Community opened a casino in late 2010 in Vanderbilt in the northern Lower Peninsula about 90 miles south of its Upper Peninsula reservation. It bought the land with interest earnings from a settlement with the federal government over allegations that it had been inadequately compensated for land ceded in 1800s treaties.
- Patrick Flanagan, Gambling911.com
