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Las Vegas-based Ameristar Casinos officially entered its seventh gaming market, completing a $675 million acquisition of the Resorts East Chicago riverboat casino that is in Indiana, but caters to customers from lucrative Chicago.

GameTech International, Inc. reports that the Minnesota Gambling Control Board has granted a manufacturer license to the Company effective October 1st, 2007.

Harrah's Entertainment, MGM Mirage and Las Vegas Sands Corp. expressed interest Tuesday in entering the underserved Massachusetts gaming market but want more information before proceeding.

Owners of the shuttered and gutted Lady Luck in downtown Las Vegas want to leverage the Fremont Street Experience as part of a plan to revive Third Street.

News Brief: Coast casinos celebrated the 15th anniversary of gambling in Mississippi by posting their best August on record with $108.9 million in gross gaming revenue.

News Brief: The Mashpee Wampanoag tribe presented a $250,000 check to Middleboro's selectmen as the first payment in the casino host agreement the tribe signed with the town.

Cash Systems, Inc. reports a new multi-year contract with Suquamish Clearwater Casino Resort, a Port Madison Enterprise and an agency of the Suquamish Tribe

Harrah’s Atlantic City will unveil the final phase of the property’s $550 million upgrade and expansion project in early 2008, when the property opens a new 961- room, 44-story hotel tower.

The 2007 Mohegan Sun National Karate Championships will kick into high gear on Sunday, September 23rd in the Uncas Ballroom at Mohegan Sun.

Feel the heat at Trump Taj Mahal on Friday September 28 and Saturday, September 29 with a complete line-up of Latin Music.

Mohegan Sun has added some more excitement to the gaming floor with the addition of some thrilling new slot machines.

Expanded gambling in other standardbred racing states has escalated purses outside the Pacing Triple Crown to more than double what the Little Brown Jug can offer.

Ameristar Casinos, Inc. reports that Timothy D. Wright has been appointed Senior Vice President and General Manager of the East Chicago, Indiana, property.

Ameristar Casinos, Inc. has completed its acquisition of Resorts East Chicago from Resorts International Holdings, LLC for $675 million, plus approximately $10 million of transaction costs.

Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc. reports that the Louisiana Gaming Control Board has approved its plans for a hotel and gaming entertainment project on more than 550 acres of land in Baton Rouge.

The Atlantic City Hilton and Resorts Atlantic City announced that they will present a $1,000,000 winner-takes-all Wheel of Fortune® slot tournament.

News Brief: The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board has posted filings of the four applicants for the final two resort slots licenses on its Web site.

News Brief: Rhode Island House Speaker William J. Murphy says that the General Assembly would study in January whether the state should allow table games at its two slot parlors or even add a full-fledged casino elsewhere in Rhode Island.

News Brief: The Muckleshoot Tribe announced its willingness Monday to donate a 26.5-acre parcel of land to any group that wants to build an NBA arena in Auburn, next to Emerald Downs.

News Brief: Wyoming's Eastern Shoshone Tribe Monday opened its first casino, the first of two Vegas-style gaming halls the tribe plans to build on the Wind River Indian Reservation.