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The teachers union’s petition for a ballot initiative to raise the tax on big casinos would remove some of the Legislature’s powers in deciding school funding.

News Brief: A former lawyer who gambled away nearly £500,000 has lodged a £10 million lawsuit against seven casinos, claiming that they had 'a duty of care'.

Forbes magazine's list of the world's billionaires shows 2007 wasn't a vintage year for Southern Nevada's richest residents and visitors.

News Brief: The Las Vegas Sands Corp. was within its legal rights to seek a casino license in Kansas City, Kansas, without city approval, Attorney General Stephen N. Six said Thursday.

News Brief: A plan to cut the tax rate on slot machines to encourage more gambling in South Florida turned tense at a legislative committee.

News Brief: Arizona's gaming tribes may add a total of 2,908 slot machines to their casinos this year under a formula that allows tribes to increase slots and blackjack tables every five years at the same rate that the state population grows.

News Brief: Two Braintree legislators support Gov. Deval Patrick’s proposal for three casinos in Massachusetts.

News Brief: The splash park on John B. Daly Boulevard will be cleared to make way for the Seneca Niagara Casino expansion.

News Brief: Discussion, not dictate, should govern the future of smoking in the state’s tribal casinos, according to 17 building and construction trade unions in Eastern Connecticut.

The Washington, D.C. chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People has honored Lorenzo Creighton, President & COO of MGM Grand Detroit.

Eric Clapton has announced plans for an upcoming tour of North America and is scheduled to stop in Uncasville on Monday, June 2nd for a performance at Mohegan Sun Arena.

More than three decades after he lost his gaming license for taking part in a scam to cheat Caesars Palace, Jerry's Nugget Assistant General Manager Angelo Stamis moved one step closer to restoring his place in the casino industry.

As bills trying to roll back an Internet gambling ban languish in Congress, another measure was introduced this week claiming that a tax on online gambling could produce up to $43 billion over 10 years.

Spend your Mother's Day at Mohegan Sun when the one and only Petula Clark performs in The Cabaret Theatre on Sunday, May 11th at 7:30pm.

Marketing Results Inc. reports that Lucky Eagle Casino has implemented the Advanced Intelligence Marketing system, as its complete database marketing solution.

Indiana Live! Casino will host a sneak preview event at 11 a.m. Friday, March 14, 2008, at the Indiana Downs Race Track Clubhouse.

News Brief: Applications are available for $1 million in tribal casino grant money for local agencies, schools and nonprofit organizations from the Madera County Community Grant Program.

News Brief: Massachusetts will not withdraw its negative comments on the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe's land trust application, but the tribe will forge ahead with the federal casino process.

The former teen idols known as The Golden Boys; Frankie Avalon, Fabian, and Bobby Rydell are coming to Mohegan Sun Arena for a performance on Sunday, May 18th at 3:00pm.

Congressman Jim McDermott introduced yesterday the Internet Gambling Regulation and Tax Enforcement Act of 2008 that would ensure that taxes are collected on regulated Internet gambling activities.