Results tagged “gambling”

• Attention, bookies: "The Delaware Supreme Court has ruled that a law allowing sports betting does not conflict with the state constitution..." This would make Delaware the only eastern state to allow betting on team sporting events.
• This kidnapping hoax just keeps getting better. It now appears that Bonnie Sweeten, who lied about her and her daughter's kidnapping in order to take a trip to Disney World, may have stolen upwards of $300,000 from her ex-husband's relative.
• A number of SEPTA Regional Rail stations will be undergoing a $240 million upgrade. Some stations will be demolished and rebuilt; others will be drastically renovated. In related news, SEPTA approved its new budget yesterday with almost no drama.
• The Philadelphia Orchestra agreed yesterday to salary cuts of 4.8 percent in the coming years. These cuts come on the heels of other major budget cuts taken by the Orchestra to stay afloat.

What's new and/or interesting on TV this week.

The opinions on the Phillyist staff vary widely and change frequently when it comes to the plan(s) to put casinos in Philadelphia. But this Phillyist thinks, perhaps, that the Casino Free Philadelphia folks might want to come up with a better slogan. Sure, it's catchy and all... but in Spanish, it translates literally to "almost no"—not exactly the right message to convey. (Anyone ever hear the one about the Chevy Nova?) That being said, we think this was a pretty clever PR move.

The Inquirer this morning ran an interesting piece about the latest controversy swirling around the proposed SugarHouse casino site on the Delaware River, on the border of Northern Liberties and Fishtown. It seems that the foundations of Batchelor's Hall, a building of some historical import (see Chapter 69 here), have been excavated beneath the casino's billboard on Delaware Avenue near Frankford. Needless to say, historians and SugarHouse are at-odds about what this discovery means. More on this story as it develops.

We consider ourselves to be fairly intelligent people. We've got the college wall hangings diplomas, the professional(ish) jobs. But sometimes, we do and enjoy things that would lead you to think we're not the brightest crayons in the box. These are our guilty pleasures, and we've come to accept the fact that, in spite of ourselves, we're going to enjoy them. Immensely. One of this Phillyist's biggest guilty pleasures is . How seriously can he really take himself? And for the record, we will admit that Poison's "music" is another guilty pleasure of ours. How can you not love songs like "Talk Dirty to Me" and "Unskinny Bop?"

Dear Atlantic City:

A tall, icy glass of our favorite internet junk, just for you.