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Myriad Entertainment & Resorts Inc. has been granted a 45-day extension on the closing date for the company's purchase of more than 500 acres of land in Tunica.

News Brief: With the shutdown still a bitter memory, the Atlantic City gaming industry has launched a voter registration drive to unite its employees in a powerful voting bloc for the November election and beyond.

News Brief: Massachusetts Governor Patrick last night issued a stout defense of his plan to bring three resort-style casinos to his state to a Brown University audience.

News Brief: A once controversial plan by the Gila River Indian Community to relocate and enlarge its Lone Butte Casino south of Chandler, Arizona, is bringing compliments from city officials and an open house to neighbors.

News Brief: The Seneca Gaming Corp. will go public with final designs for its permanent Seneca Buffalo Creek Casino complex later today — showing off a blueprint that will include a luxury hotel tower.

News Brief: A study released by a University of Maine economist estimates that the Calais racino proposed by the Passamaquoddy Tribe could generate between $11.9 million and $13 million in slot machine revenue annually.

News Brief: The Board of Supervisors on Tuesday unanimously approved a resolution supporting recently enacted gaming agreements between the California and three Riverside County Indian tribes.

News Brief: Indian gaming may soon push into one of the nation's most populous metropolitan areas if federal officials agree to recognize the Juaneno Band of Orange County.

News Brief: The Seminole Tribe of Florida leaders are offering to phase in the conversion to Las Vegas-style slots, which deliver higher returns to players and casino owners.

The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board today denied motions from HSP Gaming, LP and Philadelphia Entertainment and Development Partners, LP for an extension of time to pay their $50 million license fee.

At Spotlight 29 Casino on November 3, when #1 platinum recording artists Jagged Edge bring their unmistakable R&B sound to the Spotlight Showroom.

Experts from Seminole Gaming, racetracks in Broward and Miami-Dade counties, Wall Street, politics and other fields will converge at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino for the 3rd annual Florida Gaming Summit.

The $800-million MGM Grand Detroit debuted last night raising the city's hospitality offerings to unparalleled heights.

Patti LaBelle is taking her one-of-a-kind performance on the road this winter and will be making a stop at Mohegan Sun on Saturday, November 24th.

Eight years after opening its initial Detroit venture, MGM Mirage pulls the wraps off its $800 million MGM Grand Detroit this morning.

Nearly 4.3 million people flew to and from McCarran International Airport in August, a 6 percent increase from the same month in 2006.

Trump Marina Casino Hotel has been selected as the New Jersey Clean Energy Business Leader of the Year by the State of New Jersey Board of Public Utilities.

Centaur, Inc. has retained LPCiminelli of Buffalo, N.Y. to lead construction of its new facilities at Hoosier Park in Indiana and Valley View Downs in western Pennsylvania.

TLC Casino Enterprises, Inc. has delivered to MTR Gaming Group a notice to proceed with the purchase of Binion's Gambling Hall & Hotel following the expiration of the early termination right in accordance with the June 2007 Stock Purchase Agreement, as amended.

News Brief: Banks, credit card firms and operators of other Internet payment systems would need to establish policies and procedures to identify and block transactions with unlawful Internet gambling sites under new federal regulations proposed on Monday.