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News Brief: Dealers at Tropicana Casino and Resort voted in the United Auto Workers as their collective bargaining representative by a sweeping majority Saturday.

News Brief: Casino employees say that they are being forced to work smoking sections even though casino executives said the smoking sections would be staffed by volunteers.

News Brief: Armies of carpenters, electricians and other hard-hat workers have seemingly joined the gaming work force, signaling a big transformation in the Reno-Tahoe resort industry.

News Brief: The Tulalip Tribes gave away more than $2.5 million to local organizations and charities during a ceremony at the Tulalip Amphitheatre.

News Brief: Opponents of casino gambling in Massachusetts plan to march outside the State House this morning in hopes of influencing the governor to reject a proposal for a casino in Middleborough.

News Brief: A new poll paid for the parimutuel betting industry shows Floridians are divided on whether it's a good idea to allow casino gambling on Seminole Indian Tribe reservations.

News Brief: Two wealthy California Indian tribes took the unusual step of joining the fight to overturn lucrative new gambling deals for a group of rivals, arguing that the compacts encourage big gaming tribes to flood their markets with slot machines.

This week on The Big Spin show four contestants won a total of $1,190,000.

Legendary guitarist and 1970’s heart-throb, Peter Frampton is set to perform live, October 30th, beneath the stars at the Spa Resort Casino concert pavilion in the heart of Downtown Palm Springs.

The re-branded and upgraded IP Resort Casino Spa in Biloxi, Mississippi earned a AAA 4-Diamond rating 20 months after it is was severely battered by Hurricane Katrina in summer 2005.

News Brief: Michigan racetracks are reviving a quest to have slot machines, in a move that could provide Michigan with new revenue to help solve its budget problems.

News Brief: As Sumner County, Kansas, prepares for casino construction on the heels of the recent anti-casino vote in Sedgwick County, the decision still needs to be made about where to build it.

News Brief: Ameristar Casino has donated $25,000 to pay for the care for expectant mothers who qualify for prenatal and delivery health coverage.

News Brief: For about 36 hours leading up to the opening of the new MGM Grand Detroit on Oct. 2, the gaming company's temporary casino will go dark.

News Brief: More than 40 Kane County charitable organizations, community groups and government agencies will split nearly $1 million in county riverboat grants under a proposal unveiled this week.

News Brief In the campaign commercial, Kentucky Governor Ernie Fletcher highlights Aurora's Hollywood Casino, although not by name, as a poster child of sorts for what happens to good communities when casinos come in.

News Brief: With news spreading that Starwood Hotels has its four Caesars Pocono resorts up for sale, keeping them as resorts when new owners surface is important to local tourism officials.

News Brief: Earlier this summer the expanded casino floor and buffet opened, and now Treasure Bay Casino is welcoming its first overnight guests since Hurricane Katrina.

News Brief: Slot technicians at Caesars Atlantic City voted 20-11 for representation by the United Auto Workers on Thursday, granting the union its second victory there in five months.

Innovation Capital reports its role as Exclusive Financial Advisor in connection with the closing of a $58.0 million sale of equity interests in Indiana Downs held by LHT Capital, LLC on Thursday, August 23, 2007.