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Full House Resorts reports that the Michigan Supreme Court has once again upheld the validity of the Tribal-State Gaming Compact entered into with the Nottawaseppi Huron Band of Potawatomi and three other tribes.

International News Brief: Publishing and Broadcasting Ltd says it has entered into an agreement to form a joint venture to develop, construct and operate a new casino in Las Vegas.

News Brief: Pinnacle Entertainment Inc. has selected Legacy Building Group LLC as the general contractor for the renovation of Lumière Place, its $430 million St. Louis casino resort.

News Brief: Jefferson County, West Virginia, voters hoping to get a bigger share of table games revenue by holding out for a different bill from the state Legislature could be disappointed.

News Brief: The first machine submitted for approval under an Ohio state deal with gaming interests has been declared a legal skill game, the attorney general’s office said Wednesday.

News Brief: Massachusetts may soon be looking for a community to step up and host a new casino, but that's not in the cards for Salisbury Beach.

News Brief: Hand-held electronic bingo devices have given the game a face-lift and might help Pittsburgh bingo halls compete with other gambling venues.

News Brief: The Saginaw Chippewa Tribal Nation Wednesday sent $3.6 million to local governments and schools Wednesday in its twice-a-year distribution of a share of electronic gaming revenues.

News Brief: The United Auto Workers and other unions have begun organizing at Foxwoods Resort Casino, an effort that Foxwoods is fighting with strong appeals to its 10,000 employees.

News Brief: California Assembly Republicans want Assembly Speaker to schedule a vote on legislation allowing five tribes, including the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians, to expand their casinos.

News Brief: Fespite the expiration of a federal deadline for the offreservation casino project in Barstow, an agreement reached between the Big Lagoon Rancheria and Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger will prolong the life of the compact for more than three months.

Because no one correctly matched all six numbers the Powerball jackpot will grow to an estimated $25 million for Saturday night's drawing.

Meadows Racetrack & Casino officials have delayed testing nights of its new casino and have put its grand opening temporarily on hold.

International News Brief: The US effort to withdraw from its World Trade Organisation (WTO) obligation to grant market access to online gambling countries may drag on for years, Antigua & Barbuda’s Attorney Mark Mendel said.

The latest annual report for MGM Mirage forgoes descriptions of casino floors in favor of haute cuisine, stage performances and museum pieces.

Hollywood Casino Bay St. Louis President and General Manager John Jagunich, announced his retirement effective July 31st in order to focus on a series of personal chronic health problems.

Contracts covering some 50,000 Strip and downtown hotel-casino workers expire at midnight Thursday, but both union representatives and management leaders admit new agreements won't be in place by then.

This Memorial Day weekend was one to remember for a Rancho Mirage man who took home a huge Paradise Jackpot at Agua Caliente Casino.

News Brief: Country Club Hills, which has angled since 2002 for a casino, would be frozen out of a new license under an increasingly popular proposal to expand gambling in Illinois.

News Brief: A Northern California tribe's troubled bid to build a casino in Barstow will die this week unless Gov. Schwarzenegger and the tribe reach an agreement to extend the bid.