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International News Brief: Gaming revenues in Macau shot up 50 percent year-on-year in the second quarter of this year, as the southern Chinese gambling haven gets ever closer to overtaking the greater Las Vegas region.

Foxwoods Resort Casino and the soon-to-be-opened MGM Grand at Foxwoods have inked a deal to become official authorized re-sellers for Apple products.

News Brief: It will cost more than $120,000 to find out if Middleboro residents want a casino in town, according to the Town Meeting Committee.

News Brief: Turning Stone Casino has posted signs throughout the resort asking people not to bring in alcohol while the nation negotiates a liquor license with the state.

Casino City's Aaron Todd wasn't able to get that excited for ESPN's Main Event final table coverage ever since he saw Chris Moneymaker win in 2003. That all changed last night, when he watched Jerry Yang win the title in real-time on ESPN's pay-per-view broadcast.

News Brief: A former floorman at the Tropicana Casino and Resort has filed suit against the casino for wrongful termination, saying he was 'unceremoniously fired' because he publicly advocated a smoke-free workplace.

News Brief: Former Pretty Prairie state legislator Robert Krehbiel has been selected by the Kansas Racing and Gaming Commission to be the chief gaming officer.

News Brief: A Catawba Indian bingo hall has been proposed on U.S. 501 in eastern Marion County, a popular route for travelers headed to Myrtle Beach.

News Brief: Bennie Westphal said he still supports the idea of a proposed riverfront casino in Fort Smith despite it being opposed by the regional office of the Bureau of Indian Affairs.

2006 WSOP Ladies Champion Mary Jones won the The Small Town Poker Tour Pro Am Championship held in Las Vegas.

Bally Technologies, Inc. has signed a contract with Mount Airy Casino Resort to provide a complete slot and casino management system.

The Bank of America Racing Challenge and the American Quarter Horse Association have selected Evangeline Downs Racetrack & Casino in Opelousas, Louisiana as the host site of the 2008 Bank of America Racing Challenge Championships and AQHA Racing Conference.

GameTech International, Inc. has received approval to install the MegaPlex series of video poker machines from the Louisiana Gaming Commission.

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court today affirmed the licensing decision of the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board to award a Category 2 slot machine license to HSP Gaming and Philadelphia Entertainment and Development Partners.

Magnus Karlsson, the general manager of GPWA sponsor PokerHost, was one of the 6,358 players who bought a seat in the WSOP Main Event this month to vie for the second largest prize in poker history. Yang wins 2007 WSOP Main Event

18 July 2007

Amateur Jerry Yang, a 39-year old former Laos refugee who came to America, graduated college and sired six children, prayed every time his chips went into pot. And his words were answered.

I am in withdrawal. Maybe you think it's sad, maybe you think it's pathetic, perhaps I need to reevaluate my personal life, but it's the truth. Here I am in Boston, my "home", stuck in between trips...Vegas has come and gone, and now Costa Rica is seven days away. Do you ever feel the same way? Wondering how to mangage this type of withdrawal? Here are some suggestions off the top of my head.

News Brief: Indiana business owners whose livelihood depends in part on video gambling machines say they may sue the state over a crackdown on the devices that they say is unconstitutional.

News Brief: Hearings on 24-hour gambling at the two Rhode Island slot parlors will have to wait for the 2008 session.

News Brief: Hundreds of job seekers turned out for the Cherokee Casino Career Fair.