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News brief: Attorney General Richard Blumenthal submitted a bill that would ban smoking Foxwoods Resort Casino and Mohegan Sun by October 2011.

News brief: Yong Sam Kim was convicted of running a gambling operation that grossed more than $3 million from 2003 to 2005.

News brief: The state senate voted 20-15 on to place a constitutional amendment on the 2010 election ballot.

News brief: An anti-casino group in Massachusetts has compared slots to heroin, saying that the industry "systematically destroys lives."

Casino City provides an up-close and personal look at the newest resort on the Las Vegas Strip and finds that Encore Las Vegas is a perfect complement to its sister casino Wynn Las Vegas.

News brief: Sandy Springs police arrested 14 people on Super Bowl Sunday after an investigation determined an eight-bedroom house was a regular site for commercial gambling.

The wideness of his appeal was evident as Danny Gans trotted out 60 impressions in about two hours.

On a recent weekday, Tulay Koseoglu sat in her taxi at the Riviera for more than an hour waiting for a tourist to exit the property.

The troubled casino company is planning to file for bankruptcy in March but will break ground within weeks on a $200 million casino in Michigan.

News brief: Delaware North has still not closed a deal with the State of New York after being selected to run a casino at Aqueduct Racetrack.

News brief: Father John Regan of Roselle reportedly stole almost $300,000 and used the money, among other things, at riverboat casinos.

High-profile attorney Sam Lionel and former Stratosphere owner Lyle Berman are two investors who are linked to Bernard Madoff.

News brief: An Ohio man is accused of being the mastermind of a gambling organization that ran events on behalf of charities and pocketed most of the money raised.

Penn National Chairman and CEO Peter Carlino said the company would "love to get a Strip property" but that current prices are too high.

News brief: Authorities say that three Pennsylvania men profited thousands of dollars by running an illegal gambling, pool selling and bookmaking operation.

Hard Rock's second outpost in Las Vegas is nearly complete and scheduled to open July 9 with more than 500 employees.

Clark County has banned and fined two inspectors who filed more than 60 false reports.

The professional poker player will host a poker tournament at Reno's Grand Sierra Resort and Casino to benefit the National Kidney Foundation.

News brief: A proposed 600-room resort and casino in Glendale would create more than 3,000 jobs.

A bond analyst says investors must decide whether taking Station Casinos' offer beats forcing company into bankruptcy.