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News Brief: A proposal to change the way casino-related revenues are distributed in Orange County is drawing favor from the Historic Hotels Preservation Commission.

Boyd Gaming reported that its previously announced acquisition of Dania Jai Alai and approximately 47 acres of related land located in Dania Beach, Florida has closed.

Mohegan Sun announced today that beginning May 1st all slot machines in its Casino of the Earth and Casino of the Sky will be 'coin free.'

Two card dealers have filed lawsuits accusing Steve Wynn of losing his temper and launching into a tirade during a meeting with employees to discuss a new tip-sharing policy at Wynn Las Vegas.

News Brief: Governor Granholm intends to expand legalized gambling by offering the state's popular Club Keno lottery game to local Elks lodges, VFW halls and private yacht clubs as part of her all-out press to scrounge the money needed to balance the budget.

News Brief: Chris Carney, whose family owns the Raynham-Taunton dog track near Brockton, Massachusetts, is extending a very public invitation to the newly recognized Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe.

News Brief: The Wapello County Board of Supervisors signed off on a letter of support for a casino in Wapello County, Iowa.

News Brief: Santa Barbara County supervisors will express their concerns to the governor about possible expansion of gambling at the Chumash Casino, but they balked Tuesday at pleas to oppose any gaming expansion statewide until community impacts are fully studied.

Detailed logo restrictions for players and an explicit ban on third-party registrations from gaming sites conducting business with U.S. residents are among the new 2007 World Series of Poker rules announced by Harrah’s Wednesday morning.

The Tribal Council of the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma voted to approve the terms of an extension and expansion of the gaming management relationship between the Tribes and Southwest Casino Corp.

News Brief: El Paso's Tigua Indians moved one step closer to resuming gaming at their Speaking Rock Casino on Tuesday.

News Brief: Senator John Bonacic is helping to lobby for a smoke-free environment for the proposed St. Regis Mohawk casino at Monticello Raceway.

MTR Gaming Group, Inc. will be opening Presque Isle Downs & Casino's Clubhouse, including 2,000 slot machines, tomorrow, February 28 at 9:00 a.m.

News Brief: Rhode Island residents say, 2 to 1, that Congress should grant the Narragansett Indian Tribe the right to conduct gaming on its reservation in Charlestown, according to a survey released today.

News Brief: Plains Township on Monday received its first cut of gaming revenue from Pennsylvania’s first casino.

News Brief: Dover Downs Hotel & Casino has launched FunPlay, an Internet gaming site on its Web site.

News Brief: New Jersey Casino Control Commissioner Michael C. Epps rejoined the agency Tuesday after a 64-day hiatus caused by delays in getting his nomination approved by the state Senate.

News Brief: Anti-casino groups plan to ask a judge this week to stop the federal government from taking land into trust that would be used for a Wayland Township casino.

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Executives with the leading slot- machine manufacturers and the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board will speak on a panel discussion at the 3rd annual Pennsylvania Gaming Congress & Racing Forum.