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News Brief: Mississippi Supervisor John McKay wants to put the proposed Choctaw casino in Jackson County away as an issue.

News Brief: Foxwoods Resort Casino table game dealers had voted by a wide margin to become the casino's first unionized employees.

News Brief: Both sides of the California Indian gaming compacts referenda are planning an expensive campaign that's likely to result in massive advertising.

The 12th annual East Coast Gaming Congress returns to the Atlantic City Convention Center on May 19-20, 2008.

Televised tournaments and pop culture references have made poker a player favorite, but the games, in which players bet against one another, don't make much money for the house.

Handheld gambling devices were the big buzz at last year's Global Gaming Expo trade show but are still undergoing testing in the Gaming Control Board's slot lab.

News Brief: Former investors in Vernon Downs are getting impatient with delays in receiving their shares of the company that now runs the track.

News Brief: In time for the holidays, Treasure Bay Casino Resort presents its new CQ fine-dining restaurant and Blu Lounge.

News Brief: While most Hoosiers spend the holiday at home with family and friends, Thanksgiving weekend happens to be one of the busiest times of the year for Indiana's casinos.

News Brief: The Shawnee Tribe faces legal obstacles in its aim to develop land along Interstate 35 as a hotel-casino attraction and tribal headquarters.

News Brief: Sonoma County voters would weigh in on a proposed casino near Rohnert Park under a proposal by a former Petaluma city councilman who hopes a vote against it could derail the tribal gambling hall.

News Brief: California's chief election official has cleared the way for voters to decide on several casino expansions, though two of the four Indian tribes involved plan to renew legal efforts to keep the referenda off the Feb. 5 ballot.

Harrah's Entertainment, which is about to be taken private in a $17.1 billion buyout, has broken promises to the local black community and is not doing enough economically for the struggling inner city, a group of activists from west Las Vegas told gaming regulators Wednesday.

Unlike its Rat Pack-era contemporaries, the Sahara has been spared a date with a demolition team.

News Brief: The Kentucky Horse Racing Authority could decide before the end of the year whether to grant the state’s last racetrack license to Sprint Racing Partners’ proposed quarter-horse facility near London, Kentucky.

News Brief: New Jersey gaming regulators approved a motion this morning to suspend the casino employee licenses of six people charged last week for participating in a $22 million illegal sports-betting ring at Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa.

News Brief: Admitting mistakes were made, the owner of Tropicana Casino and Resort said changes are under way to woo back customers after a rocky 11 months of operation.

News Brief: The Canadian-based Nova Group has backed out of plans to submit a proposal for a destination-based casino in Sumner County.

News Brief: Local government officials could block the legalization of slot machine gambling in their communities even if voters in 2008 approve a ballot initiative passed this week in the General Assembly.

News Brief: The Nottawaseppi Huron Band of Potawatomi Indians probably won't cut the ribbon on the Firekeepers Casino east of Battle Creek until the first quarter of 2009.