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News Brief: An engineering company hired by Tropicana Casino and Resort has concluded that damage to an exterior wall is only cosmetic in nature and there are no concerns about the structural integrity of the building.

News Brief: Members of Culinary Workers Union Local 226 gave the green light Thursday night for negotiators to call for action, including a strike, if a contract settlement is not reached with the Grand Sierra Resort in Reno, Nevada.

News Brief: Kansas Secretary of State Betty Ireland's staff will review the Kanawha County's mistake-riddled table games election.

Document Security Systems, Inc. reports that through its Plastic Printing Professionals, Inc. subsidiary and its premier distributor partner, International Plastic Cards, Inc., the company has won a new agreement to deliver secure plastic credentials to the U.S. Poker Tour.

News Brief: Romulus, Michigan, officials may be able to salvage the seemingly doomed Magna project after all.

News Brief: A Detroit casino manager was targeted for murder, police said today, and investigators are looking into whether his job was connected to the killing.

News Brief: The Tulalip Tribes long have anticipated the new international destination resort being built at Quil Ceda Village.

News Brief: The Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority are looking at spending about $1 billion on a new gambling resort in Palmer, Massachusetts, that could include up to 4,000 slot machines, a 600-room hotel and a giant retail center, according to town and Mohegan tribe officials.

News Brief: Miami-Dade County voters will decide in January whether to allow Vegas-style slot machines there.

News Brief: Strong customer response has prompted the Seneca Buffalo Creek Casino to expand its operating hours, less than two months after the downtown Buffalo gaming venue opened its doors.

News Brief: The New York State Liquor Authority will weigh arguments for and against the Oneida Indian Nation receiving liquor licenses at its Sept. 5 board meeting to be held in Manhattan.

News Brief: The New Mexico Economic Development Committee approved legislation which would authorize the Navajo Nation to commit to a $100 million loan from JP Morgan Chase to establish gaming on the reservation.

News Brief: The city's finance committee Thursday approved approaching the Meskwaki tribe about taking over the casino license used by the Rhythm City Casino in Davenport, Iowa.

News Brief: The U.S. Appeals Court in Washington, D.C., has set an Oct. 19 hearing in a case many expect will be an unsuccessful last-ditch effort to halt a proposed Allegan County casino.

News Brief: Barstow, California, appears unlikely to get state approval this year to build a casino, according to the city’s lobbyist.

With an estimated $330 million jackpot, the Mega Millions game is living up to its name and generating mega-excitement in Virginia.

Ohio contributions to county fair operations through the Ohio Fairs Fund have declined by almost $1 million since 2000, a decline of about 32 percent, as a direct result of less betting activity at Ohio's seven commercial horse race tracks.

Penn National Gaming, Inc. has filed its license application with the Kansas Lottery Commission to be considered as a Lottery Gaming Facility Manager at a proposed $295 million destination casino resort in Cherokee County.

The beach king himself, Jimmy Buffett was inducted into the "Mohegan Sun Walk of Fame" today, Thursday, August 30th, just hours prior to performing for an excited sold-out audience in Mohegan Sun Arena.

Reno casino workers represented by Culinary Local 226 are holding two separate votes today, one to ratify a new contract at Circus Circus in Reno and another to authorize a strike at the Grand Sierra Resort.