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News Brief: A tribal spokesperson says that the Mississippi Band of Choctaws looks forward to a November referendum on a proposed Choctaw casino in Jackson County.

Some gaming analysts are wondering if Ameristar is paying too much for the property owned by Resorts International and located in East Chicago, Indiana, on the shores of Lake Michigan.

After a year of digging down, construction on the Cosmopolitan began its ascent skyward Monday with the placement of its first 50-foot high steel beam.

Workers foundd 675 pounds of loose change worth nearly $10,000 at closed Nevada Landing casino.

Armed with an accounting degree, Gregg Gale found intrigue and glamour when he joined the Gaming Control Board as an auditor in 1979.

Binion's showing a negative cash flow of more than $3 million was bad enough. But the news got worse for the Fremont Street hotel.

Gaming companies would rather not discuss the prospect of Nevada casinos being forced to go nonsmoking in the near future.

Cheetah Wireless Technologies is making sure that Las Vegas tourists maintain some connection to the outside world, at least as much of it as they can download by laptop computer.

News Brief: A major goof has temporarily stalled the approval process for one Richmond-area casino, while signs of movement have been detected for the second.

ews Brief: The PhiladelphiaPark casino got hit with almost $30,000 in penalties to close the book on a Jan. 22 incident in which a slots player was initially denied a $102,000 jackpot.

News Brief: Governor Kathleen Sebelius will travel across Kansas on Wednesday in ceremonial bill signings of the new casino gambling legislation.

The National League of Poker reports that the new Vegas or Bust Series had begun on its free online poker portal.

Mega Millions players are checking their tickets after Friday's drawing, because somewhere there is a ticket worth an estimated $105 million.

The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board is challenging an ordinance passed by Philadelphia City Council which would restrict the location of legally approved slots casinos.

MGM Mirage and Herbst Gaming, Inc. have completed their previously announced transaction involving the sale of Buffalo Bill's, Primm Valley and Whiskey Pete's hotel-casinos for $400 million.

Table Trac, Inc. has contracted for the installation of its second casino system utilizing S2S communications for Class II games into the Fort Sill Apache Casino in Lawton Oklahoma.

Hollywood Casino Bay St. Louis reports the hiring the casino resort’s new senior director of finance, chief financial officer and director of player development.

News Brief: The City of Coconut Creek has formally opposed the Seminole Tribe's push to gain sovereignty over 44 acres surrounding its casino there -- land being eyed for the state's largest gambling-hotel complex.

News Brief: Lake County officials may go on record in support of the potential siting of a casino in Fountain Square of Waukegan due to the anticipated financial and economic benefits to the region.

News Brief: A measure that would authorize a casino in Oxford County is part of growing list of bills which would expand gambling in Maine, and it’s a trend Gov. John Baldacci vows to stop.