Macomb Daily – Tougher regulations are stifling the charitable bingo and gambling events that civic organizations use to raise money, says a Michigan lawmaker. State Rep. Jeff Farrington, a Utica Republican, wants to update the 40-year-old law governing charitable gaming in Michigan, called the Bingo Act, and to head off arbitrary orders from the Michigan Gaming Control Board he says have begun to strangle a popular fund-raising method for organizations like the Lions, Elks, Kiwanis, and others. “Let’s figure out how to put better controls on it, both for the charitable groups’ sake and the players’ sake, but closing it…