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News Brief: The police weren’t bluffing when they busted in on a high-stakes poker scam at Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa.

News Brief: About 100 under-21 employees at West Virginia's two Northern Panhandle racetracks faced prospects of losing their jobs later this year, through an unintended consequence of the new law allowing casino-style table games.

News Brief: It will be take four to six months before the West Virginia Lottery Commission will be ready to regulate table games at the state’s two Northern Panhandle racetracks, Lottery Director John Musgrave said Wednesday.

Backers of a proposed sports arena in downtown Las Vegas overcame a potential deal-killer Wednesday when a state review panel upheld a plan to allow casinos as part of the project.

Inn of the Mountain Gods Resort and Casino reports that Mrs. Karen Braswell has been appointed as Chief Financial Officer of IMGRC effective as of August 1, 2007.

News Brief: The Kansas Lottery Commission has extended the casino proposal process by 90 days, moving the deadline to December 31.

News Brief: The Wichita Metro Chamber of Commerce says that it will oppose next month's vote on casino gambling in Sedgwick County, despite a survey of its members that showed more support for remaining neutral or supporting the issue.

News Brief: Foxwoods and SugarHouse are both protesting Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board's one-time, $50 million slot machine license fee.

News Brief: Middleboro casino opponents are asking Massachusetts officials to intervene as the town finalizes plans for Saturday's historic vote on a multi-million casino pact.

News Brief: Although the first Navajo Nation casino will be built in New Mexico, President Joe Shirley Jr. has not given up on the idea of building a casino in Northeastern Arizona.

The Flamingo Las Vegas 'GO' Rooms were recently honored by the prestigious Hospitality Design Awards for Creative Achievement.

News Brief: Commissioner David Stern blamed a 'rogue, isolated criminal' for the betting scandal that has devastated the NBA and threatened the credibility of every referee.

A selection of news and views from Las Vegas this week.

English was not the first language at many WSOP-tournament tables this year as more International players than ever made the trip to Las Vegas. Casino City examines this trend and discovers that poker has truly become the world's game.

News Brief: The Illinois Gaming Board gave its unanimous approval Monday to a new $151 million gaming complex, Jumer’s Casino Rock Island.

News Brief: Developers of a $125 million GoldTown hotel-casino in north Douglas County, Nevada, might be able to use a special-use permit for a casino and hotel that had been granted for the site more than a decade ago.

News Brief: The Seminole and Miccosukee tribes are bending gaming rules to their limits with the bingo slots and making a fortune — $1.6 billion last year alone.

News Brief: Additional charges were filed against a businessman who was charged in a March 22 federal indictment for allegedly wiring $35,000 to the gaming director of the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe in an attempt to participate in the development of a new lakefront casino.

News Brief: The Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians hosted a 'Topping Off' party where VIPs, tribal leaders and construction workers gathered to sign the last steel beam that was lifted into place for the tribe's $215 million, 16-story hotel.

New Brief: A gaming compact Governor Jennifer Granholm negotiated with an Allegan County Native American tribe could receive House approval as early as today.