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News Brief: A new state Senate bill aims to ban smoking in Connecticut's casinos by repealing the current liquor permit exemption, which allows smoking to take place at both Mohegan Sun and Foxwoods Resort Casino.

News Brief: On Thursday night invitation-only guests will get their first look at the new $40 million First Council Casino in Kansas.

News Brief: Expansion and renovation at the Akwesasne Mohawk Casino is under way that will add 1,000 more slot machines and a sports bar to the gaming facility.

News Brief: Agua Caliente Casino Resort Hotel and Spa grand opening for VIP’s is set for April 18 and 340-room resort hotel, spa and expanded casino will open to the public on April 19.

News Brief: Hoping to gain more control over casino negotiations, local governments in California are taking their case to the federal Department of the Interior.

News Brief: In what was a surprise to some, only eight members of the 24-member DeKalb County Board voted against an agreement with the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation Feb. 20.

A hotel company and an investment firm have reached an agreement to save New York developer Bruce Eichner's financially troubled $3 billion Cosmopolitan from default, an official with the Strip project said Wednesday.

Today Governor Bill Richardson deployed 50 New Mexico State Police officers to illegally block access to the Fort Sill Apache land at Akela Flats .

Show Partners returns to Las Vegas for the fourth straight year of production and show operations for the 2008 NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship.

Jackpot Rewards held its first Jackpot drawing on Monday, February 25, where 115 people qualified for a chance at a guaranteed $1 million jackpot.

Due to overwhelming demand Billy Joel has added a 5th show to his Mohegan Sun performance run.

News Brief: The judge in O.J. Simpson's armed robbery case on Wednesday refused defense lawyers' requests to postpone his trial.

News Brief: By overhauling the prize structure for its popular scratch ticket games, the Massachusetts Lottery has reversed its recent revenue declines and is on the road to its most profitable year ever.

News Brief: The credit crisis that has rippled through the mortgage and banking industries has made its way to Atlantic City.

News Brief: The Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians will continue to push for an off-reservation casino resort.

Robert Plant and Alison Krauss take their unlikely partnership on the road this spring, with the duo performing together in Mohegan Sun Arena.

Cleo Design has once again won recognition from the Las Vegas HOSPY Awards for their contemporary yet sophisticated design of the high-limit gaming area in Beau Rivage Resort & Casino.

Further establishing Wynn Las Vegas as the pre-eminent luxury destination in Las Vegas, Encore Suites will premiere in December 2008.

News Brief: Connecticut’s two have not caused the surge in crime and traffic accidents some predicted, new research suggests.

News Brief: Western Massachusetts Regional Casino Task Force.may have plenty of time to weigh the pros and cons, and fully investigate the impact a casino next door might have.