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News Brief: Two weeks after being briefed on the benefits and pitfalls of casinos in Massachusetts, Governor Deval Patrick and his administration are fighting to keep secret the completed studies that the governor is reviewing.

News Brief: Leaders of 23 Is Enough and the Michigan Gambling Opposition hope to have enough votes to stop a compact with the Gun Lake Band of Pottawatomi Indians.

News Brief: The Pala Tribe and the United Auburn Tribe will contribute $1 million to the first stage of a ballot campaign to overturn expanding multi-billion dollar gambling agreements for four other tribes.

Casino memorablia is piled high at the Riviera this week for the 15th International Show and Convention of the Casino Chip and Gaming Token Collectors Club.

Foxwoods Resort Casino today announced an exclusive 5-year agreement to simulcast horse racing events from the world renowned international horse racing organization, the Hong Kong Jockey Club.

News Brief: Plans are now set for a permanent slots casino at the Meadows Race Track in Washington County.

Cynthia Fields discovered what many in the casino business have learned after they've been fired from their jobs: It can be tough to get back into the game.

News Brief: Kansas voters soundly defeated a proposal by the Foxwoods Development Corp., the Iowa tribe of Kansas and Nebraska and other partners to build a casino in Sedgwick County in a referendum Tuesday.

News Brief: California gaming expansion that will increase the local economy by hundreds of millions of dollars is at risk of being overturned in a proposed February ballot measure sponsored by a labor group and horse tracks.

Horse racing bettors in Las Vegas may soon be allowed to participate in high-paying pari-mutuel pools with overseas gamblers while wagering on races originating from Hong Kong.

The Hard Rock Hotel is out-performing expectations of its new owners and industry analysts.

Big resorts on the Strip have caused big headaches for local small businesses.

When Wynn Resorts gets set to redevelop the Wynn Golf Club, the first project to take shape is slated for the corner of Desert Inn Road and Paradise Road.

News Brief: The Disabled American Veterans of Massachusetts is asking City Manager Michael V. O’Brien to establish an exploratory committee to look into a proposal that has been broached by the group for a casino on city-owned land off Route 146.

News Brief: Director of Racing at Fair Meadows, Ron Shotts, said Monday that the track drew 26,387 people during its 2007 live meet, down 18 percent from last year.

News Brief: The Cocopah Tribe plans to open its resort and conference center on Nov. 1, located next to the tribe's casino.

News Brief: In closed-door negotiations with the Seminole Tribe, Gov. Charlie Crist has offered the tribe permission to run Las Vegas-style slot machines at its casinos as well as the exclusive right to run Las Vegas-style card games.

News Brief: Cayuga County lawmakers plan to meet with Gov. Eliot Spitzer's legal adviser on Indian affairs next week before deciding on the proposed casino deal with the Cayuga Indian Nation.

News Brief: A new study calling for two Massachusetts Indian tribes to give up their gaming rights under federal law if they want to operate commercial casinos in the state drew vastly different responses from the tribes Monday.

Age-verification technologies are effective according to many experts, who believe that regulation can establish a framework to block minors from gambling online in the United States.