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News Brief: Massachusetts State Treasurer Tim Cahill said earlier today that someday, somehow, casinos will open for business in the Bay State.

News Brief: The Casino Arizona northeast of Loop 101 and McKellips Road has opened a new and expanded high-limit game room.

News Brief: New rules for siting tribal casinos published by the Bush administration this week could create additional hurdles for the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs' plans 90,000-square-foot casino in the heart of the Columbia River Gorge.

News Brief: A top federal official is having second thoughts about plans for a large casino along Highway 99 near Madera, California, and now wants to study an alternate site in North Fork.

A hero's welcome awaited for the 40 wounded warriors who temporarily left behind Walter Reed Army Medical Center or National Naval Medical Center for an all-expenses-paid Memorial Day weekend at Sheldon Adelson's resort, The Venetian.

Forgive the grand pooh-bahs of America's foremost party town if they don't seem too festive this holiday weekend.

Texas Hold 'Em players can win a $10,000 seat in the 2008 World Series of Poker at a special Team Cleveland poker tournament to be held Saturday and Sunday, June 14th-15th at a Nautica Charity Poker Festival.

Convenient covered parking ushering guests directly to the casino floor, more than 500 gaming positions and the market's largest live poker room will open to guests at Ameristar Casino Vicksburg on Friday, May 23 at 6 p.m.

News Brief: Upper Merion residents raised hardly a peep of protest yesterday as the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board held a hearing on a proposal to place 500 slot machines at the Valley Forge Convention Center.

News Brief: Plans appear to be moving ahead for the opening of a new casino in Greenville, Mississippi.

News Brief: Resorts Atlantic City will celebrate 30 years of gaming with a four-day extravaganza beginning Friday.

News Brief: Dealers from at least four Atlantic City casinos will take to the streets next month for a demonstration calling for fair contract negotiations, the United Auto Workers union announced Tuesday.

News Brief: Massachusetts House Speaker Sal DiMasi, after orchestrating a lopsided defeat in March of a proposal to bring resort casinos to the Bay State, now says he supports putting gambling on the fall ballot.

News Brief: A draft environmental report on a 7,000-square-foot expansion of Valley View Casino in Valley Center is available for the public, county officials announced.

News Brief: The tiny town of Plymouth, California, is bitterly divided over an Indian tribe's plans to build a casino with 2,000 slot machines.

News Brief: Former Petaluma City Councilman Mike Healy and other opponents of the proposed Rohnert Park casino are crafting a proposed ballot measure that would ask Gov. Schwarzenegger and the state Legislature to pay close attention to how negative impacts would be mitigated.

New Brief: MichGO, A Grand Rapids based anti-casino group, has petitioned the D.C. Circuit Court for re-hearing of their rejected appeal.

Travelers who want to bring golf clubs or an extra set of clothes to Las Vegas, or anywhere else in the country, will soon get hit with a $15 fee if they are flying American Airlines.

The Safe and Secure Internet Gambling Initiative reports its support for attempts to legalize sports betting in Delaware and New Jersey.

News Brief: Churchill Downs has been named the top 'wonder' in Louisville in a contest co-sponsored by Louisville Metro Mayor Jerry Abramson, the Louisville Historical League and LouisvilleMojo.com.