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News Brief: Off to a strong start in its interim casino, Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs is poised to break ground on a second phase of construction that will quadruple the facility in size and add several amenities beyond additional slot machines.

News Brief: Wild Rose Casino/Mississippi Belle II General Manager Tim Bollman unveiled the final plans for the new Wild Rose casino at the City Council’s committee of the whole meeting on Tuesday.

News Brief: More than 300 new jobs will be headed to Arenac County when a new casino is built this year by the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe, the tribe announced.

Since no one correctly matched all six numbers the jackpot will grow to an estimated $68 million for Saturday night's drawing.

MGM Mirage will invest in The M Resort, an 80-acre mixed-use development, currently being developed by Anthony A. Marnell III.

GSN deals in another season of the top blackjack tournament in the world as the WORLD SERIES OF BLACKJACK IV (WSOBJ IV) debuts Monday, June 4 at 11 p.m. EST/10 p.m. CST. The tournament returns to the Las Vegas Hilton and the winner will walk away with $500,000.

On Tuesday, the provisions in the bill to stop Wynn Las Vegas from requiring dealers to share their tips with supervisors were revived and placed in Assembly Bill 248, which passed 32-10.

Although the Zero-G jet flies only about as high as a commercial airliner, company founders view it as a steppingstone to commercially available space tourism.

News Brief: House Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank on Wednesday said he will introduce a bill this week to lift a ban on online gambling.

News Brief: Mohegan Sun debuted a Mandarin Chinese-language Web site Tuesday, complete with photos of an Asian couple enjoying poolside drinks, an Asian woman shopping and Asian players gathered around a table game.

News Brief: Three local Washington governments submitted comments this week on a preliminary version of the final environmental impact statement for the Cowlitz casino.

News Brief: As the clock runs out this legislative session on the possibility of expanding gambling in Texas, two American Indian tribes are asking the House today to allow them to reopen their casinos that the state shuttered five years ago.

Revel Entertainment Group, has named Tishman Construction Corporation as Construction Manager of the Company’s resort development project on twenty acres of beachfront land along the famous Boardwalk in Atlantic City.

News Brief: The Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe will build a new casino on land it owns in Arenac County, Michigan, a tribal official confirmed.

Sergio Mendes fills the air at Spotlight 29 Casino with Latin sounds on Cinco de Mayo.

News Brief: Although the Wisconsin Assembly passed the bill approving off-reservation casinos, no vote is likely to be scheduled in the Senate and Governor Jim Doyle would likely veto it.

News Brief: The Missouri Senate narrowly gave initial approval late Tuesday to the casino industry's long-sought goal: eliminating the $500 loss limit.

Now the jackpot for the Friday, April 27, 2007 Mega Millions drawing grows to an estimated annuity value of $58 million.

Business leaders and organizations in the communities that neighbor the Morongo Band of Mission Indians are announcing their endorsement of the tribe's amended compact ratified last week.

Full House Resorts reports that IGT has extended up to $5 million in interim financing to the Nottawaseppi Huron Band of Potawatomi for the design and development costs of the Tribe's Firekeepers Casino project in Emmett Township, Michigan.