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News Brief: An American Indian tribe awaiting federal recognition is set to submit a plan to the state today to build a casino at the Aqueduct Racetrack in Queens, tribal leaders said yesterday.

gCommerce Solutions reports that it has signed contracts with four properties, including the Prescott casino resort.

Already a smash hit with audiences and critics across the country, Hats! comedic musical production has been designed with a Las Vegas flair and will hit The Strip on Jan. 12, 2008.

Our Top-10 list of Gambling Destinations begins in New England, travels the high seas to China and lands in Las Vegas.

Treasure Island Resort & Casino is excited to welcome the Emmy Award winning comedian Wanda Sykes at 8 pm on Friday, November 9 and Saturday, November 10.

News Brief: MGM Mirage is waiting for New Jersey gaming regulators to wrap up a lengthy investigation of the company's casino partnership in Macau.

News Brief: Atlantic City casino revenues fell 10.6 percent in September compared to the same month last year, according to figures released Wednesday by the New Jersey Casino Control Commission.

News Brief: Proposed construction of Jethro Bodine's "Beverly Hillbillies" Mansion & Casino passed another hurdle Thursday as the second reading of a key measure again passed the Douglas County Commission on a 3-2 vote.

News Brief: Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has vetoed legislation that would have allowed small card rooms to add more gambling tables.

News Brief: The Metro Council decided Wednesday to let parish voters determine Feb. 9 whether Pinnacle Entertainment Inc. can build a casino in south Baton Rouge.

News Brief: A second developer submitted a possible proposal for a destination casino in Edwardsville,Kansas.

News Brief: As dealers at Foxwoods were gathering signatures this summer to force a vote on unionizing, the casino's owners were quietly taking action, too.

News Brief: With a Seminole Tribe gambling expansion hanging over the Legislature, other casinos, pari-mutuel race tracks and gambling interests have poured $844,000 during the past three months into the party coffers of Republican legislators.

In response to negative public perception, Clark County Manager Virginia Valentine has removed building inspector Rick Maddox from the investigation of the Rio hotel's remodeling without permits or safety inspections.

Last year owners of the Golden Nugget spent $100 million on the hotel's biggest upgrade since 1984 when Steve Wynn owned the property.

Beat the Minnesota chill with a visit to The Island this December to win hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash and prizes or to partake in fun holiday festivities such as a glorious feast and a stunning performance of Charles Dickens' beloved holiday classic, "A Christmas Carol."

In less than two weeks, San Manuel Indian Bingo and Casino managed to secure a full house of participants for their Annie Duke $100,000 Hold 'Em Poker Tournament.

Youbet.com has been served with a federal search warrant following an investigation being conducted by the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Las Vegas.

News Brief: The Ohio House voted overwhelmingly today to put an immediate end to the proliferation of slot machine-like games in the state.

News Brief: The Teamsters union has asked the National Labor Relations Board to conduct a union election at the Soaring Eagle Casino & Resort.