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Somewhere there is a ticket worth an estimated $112 million. That ticket, which was purchased in Hawthorne, California, matched all six numbers in the May 11, 2007 Mega Millions drawing.

With the historic Bethlehem Steel plant as a backdrop, local elected officials and Las Vegas Sands Corp. executives celebrated the beginning of construction at Sands Bethworks.

News Brief: Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's plan to turn the state lottery over to a private firm could yield about $15 billion but some are skeptical.

News Brief: Harness racers, electrical workers, fair organizers and others came to the Maine State House to protest legislative proposals that would result in more money for the state and less money for their interests.

News Brief: The Gila River Indian tribe is divided plan to build a new casino beginning this summer.

News Brief: The Mashpee Wampanoag tribe has talked with more than 20 landowners in southeastern Massachusetts and the Cape.

News Brief: Facing a midnight drop-dead deadline for House bills, El Paso Rep. Norma Chavez's bingo bill faced almost certain elimination without debate.

News Brief: Mississippi's Gulf Coast casinos are embracing restaurants branded by well-known chefs, golf courses designed by professional golfers and top-notch entertainment to develop a destination resort market independent of slots and table games.

News Brief: Governor Haley Barbour says he doesn't support expanding gambling beyond the seven counties that now have casinos.

News Brief: The California Supreme Court yesterday declined to review or depublish a ruling that non-Indian gambling interests waited too long to challenge compacts granting the tribes a monopoly over casino-type gaming.

News Brief: The Lytton Band of Pomo Indians have agreed to a deal with Sen. Dianne Feinstein to abandon future plans to offer slot machines and build a Las Vegas-size facility at Casino San Pablo.

National Indian Gaming Commission Chairman, Phil Hogen, is scheduled to appear before the California Assembly, Committee on Governmental Organization.

News Brief: From multimillion-dollar TV ad buys to concert tickets and campaign cash, wealthy gaming tribes, labor unions and others are pressing their case as Sacramento gears up for a fight over the tribes' bids for more slot machines.

New Brief: The clamp down on 'reservation shopping' could be good news for the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde.

Navegante Group, the company that manages the largest group of downtown Las Vegas casinos, is leaving, a move that adds even more uncertainty to an already struggling gambling market.

Ca$hola, the first ever multi- state progressive video lottery game to be offered among U.S. states, continues its record-breaking pace with a jackpot of over $2.72 million that will keep growing until won.

News Brief: In minutes, millions of dollars of Sands gaming chips disappeared Wednesday. Poof. Gone forever.

News Brief: The Kansas Unified Government Commission has named June 26 as election day for Wyandotte County residents to cast their votes on the question of expanded gaming.

News Brief: Pinnacle Entertainment’s bid to schedule a July 21 election for its proposed south Baton Rouge riverboat casino turned out to be a bust due to denied request to get the deadline waived.