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News Brief: John Ascuaga's Nugget and the citizens suing Red Hawk Land Co. to stop the proposed Lazy 8 casino on Pyramid Highway will have to wait until Friday to learn if District Judge Jerome Polaha will dismiss the case.

ews Brief: Philadelphia City Council passed another bill yesterday aimed at derailing or at least delaying construction of Foxwoods Casino Philadelphia along the Delaware River.

News Brief: New York lobbying investigators are recommending $325,000 in fines against a firm led by former state AG Dennis C. Vacco for three alleged violations of New York’s lobbying laws during its representation of a businessman trying to win a casino deal.

News Brief: The Shodaki Casino north of Ukiah is back open for business following a bomb threat and search that shut down the casino early Thursday morning, authorities said.

New Brief: United Here, a union that represents hotel, restaurant and needle-trade workers, has distributed 4,000 door-hangers in Contra Costa County targeting Sen. Tom Torlakson, D-Antioch, and his pro-Indian-gaming stance.

New gambling agreements for five of the state's richest tribes sailed through the Senate Thursday.,setting up a showdown in the Assembly, which has refused to approve the deals.

The California State Senate overwhelmingly passed Senate Bill 174, moving the amended Morongo compact one step closer to ratification.

Owners of a shuttered Las Vegas casino raised the stakes on their pitch to revive the property in downtrodden downtown, with help from an internationally known hotel operator and 5.5 acres of city-owned land.

Although there may not be much support in Congress for Internet gambling, Rep. Barney Frank says resistance is growing against a ban passed late last year.

News Brief: Iowa’s casino industry pumped $1.01 billion into the state’s economy last year, according to a report by the Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission.

News Brief: On April 26, demolition will begin on 10 Steel buildings to clear the way for 5,000 slot machines and a 10-story hotel and conference center in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.

News Brief: The Kansas Lottery Commission has unveiled timetables for what happens next in the creation of an unprecedented state-owned casino industry.

News Brief: Leaders Texas tribes showed up at the Capitol on to voice support for proposed constitutional amendments that would allow gambling to resume on Indian reservations.

News Brief: A member of the Maine Gambling Control Board has resigned and is speaking out against proposals to expand the number of slot machines in Maine.

MGM Mirage has assembled the acreage to construct a similar and potentially larger development on the Strip's northern end.

For the grand opening of The Pearl, the Palms Casino Resort will be engulfed in 160 skytracker lights.

Magna Entertainment Corp. reports that the outcome of a referendum in Dixon, California on certain entitlements with respect to its proposed horse racing complex was not favorable.

MGM Mirage has entered into agreements with two landowners to purchase several parcels of land located on the Las Vegas Strip, which, combined with existing holdings, will give the company a new, 78-acre site for future development.

News Brief: The Iowa House debated a gambling measure Monday and agreed to allow up to $10,000 in cash prizes for non-profit organizations who hold annual game nights.

With high-profile celebrities on hand and owners in high spirits, a Strip property dropped a name Tuesday and leapt into the future.