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A plan for an American Indian casino in Michigan managed by Station Casinos is again on hold.

ew Brief: In the casino of the future, slot machines might recognize gamblers by name, take their drink orders and sell them tickets to a show.

News Brief: A proposed casino in Kenosha, Wisconsin, got a second dose of bad news Tuesday with the release of a letter from federal officials warning that the odds against its approval have worsened.

News Brief: A broader range of students would be eligible for the New Mexico lottery scholarship under three measures that cleared the House on Tuesday.

News Brief: A 44-year-old Happauge truck driver and his wife will be renewing their weddings vows at Disney World after he hit a $34.5 million Lotto jackpot.

News Brief: Texas lawmakers drafting gambling legislation have a message for would-be casino operators, the owners of horse and dog tracks and the state's tribes: Greed kills.

Construction of a $130 million hotel and entertainment center began this week at Blue Chip Casino in Michigan City.

News Brief: Middleboro officials might be playing a long-shot asking the Wampanoags to bring a casino there but residents' concerns about traffic and the town's character could trump the whole deal.

News Brief: Several Seacoast lawmakers and business leaders gave emphatic testimony Tuesday against a bill to allow casinos in Berlin and at the Pease International Tradeport in Portsmouth.

News Brief: Assemblyman Jim Whelan, D-Atlantic City, urged state authorities to investigate the recent firing of a veteran Tropicana casino employee and outspoken anti-smoking advocate.

News Brief: An out-of-county judge on Tuesday sided with the SugarHouse Casino by invalidating the signatures gathered by anti-gambling activists that could stop the development of two gambling halls along Philadelphia's waterfront.

The American Stock Exchange will launch trading in options on Wednesday March 7, 2007, on Melco PBL Entertainment.

News Brief: Slot machine gambling proponents are set to make their most urgent plea yet for Maryland to approve expanded gaming Tuesday, saying it's needed to stave off fiscal ruin for the state and to protect the horse industry.

ews Brief: Rutgers University announces the creation of a new Center for Gambling Studies, which will delve into everything from sports betting to Internet poker to gambling's social and legal impacts.

News Brief: The West Virginia Senate today approved table gambling legislation by a vote of 20 to 13.

News Brief: A Daly City couple who allegedly wrote $43,000 in bad checks to casinos in California and Nevada got bailed out Monday by a judge, who said gambling debts are unenforceable in California courts.

News Brief: The crowds and revenues at Presque Isle Downs & Casino over the weekend were even bigger than on opening day.

ews Brief: Pocono Manor Investors, a casino license applicant who lost out to proposals in Bethlehem and Monroe County filed an appeal of the decision Monday.

News Brief: Casinos sprouting across the Midwest are attracting sophisticated cheaters from Las Vegas, Atlantic City and overseas who believe they can scam new, unseasoned staff, gaming officials say.

News Brief: A vocal critic of casino smoking was laid off Sunday from his position as a tables-games supervisor, a move the Somers Point man calls retaliatory.