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News Brief: The proposed expansion of the Seminole Tribe of Florida's casino in Coconut Creek has officials of several cities in the area worried about traffic and emergency services.

ews Brief: The federal Bureau of Indian Affairs Midwest office in Minneapolis has recommended the approval of the Menimonee Tribe of Indians of Wisconsin's proposed $808 million entertainment center and casino at Dairyland Greyhound Park in Kenosha.

News Brief: Philadelphia City Councilman Frank DiCicco introduced a package of legislation yesterday aimed at thwarting construction of two riverfront slot-machine casinos.

News Brief: Two lawmakers at the forefront of efforts to extend the state smoking ban to casino gaming floors were divided Tuesday about whether Atlantic City Council should accept a compromise.

News Brief: The opening-week buzz over the area's latest gambling center drew customers by the hundreds Tuesday to the first full day of operations at Harrah's Chester Casino & Racetrack.

Racinos executives will participate in a special presentation at the 3rd annual Pennsylvania Gaming Congress & Racing Forum, March 12-13 at the Whitaker Center and Harrisburg Hilton.

Since no ticket matched all six numbers in Tuesday's drawing, the Mega Million jackpot grows to an estimated $43 million for the Friday, January 26, 2007 drawing.

Verizon Wireless expands its network by connecting to an in-building distributed antenna system in Bally's Casino.

Emily Flax of Provincetown, Massachusetts, won the Ladies Event at the WPT event hosted by the Borgata Hotel Casino.

Saratoga Gaming and Raceway unveiled celebration plans for its third anniversary, along with expansion progress and construction bid awards.

A dispute over the biggest tips in Las Vegas could prompt card dealers to take a step toward unionizing by the end of the week.

ews Brief: Rhode Island sales of lottery tickets and other forms of gambling are either less than last year or flat.

International News Brief: Shares in online gambling companies PartyGaming, SportingBet, 888 Holdings and Empire Online slipped once more.

ews Brief: Consultants for the Pauma Indian band have released new details about a large-scale gambling resort the North County tribe plans to develop with the Connecticut tribe that owns Foxwoods Resort Casino.

News Brief: Jackson County United for Families, a group of pastors opposed to gambling, met Monday with a representative of Coast Businesses for Fair Play to discuss strategies against a proposed Choctaw casino near Ocean Springs.

News Brief: One of the largest hotels in Florida could one day tower over Coconut Creek as the Seminole Tribe of Florida considers transforming its casino there.

News Brief: Forest City Community Schools' 92 students from Worth County, Iowa, will net the district a little more than $50,000, thanks to revenues generated at the Diamond Jo Casino.

News Brief: A proposed Atlantic City ordinance would allow smoking on 25 percent of a casino's gaming floor, with the smoking sections enclosed and separately ventilated from the rest of the building.

A MIGA study shows that rural Minnesota communities got the lion's share of a statewide $429 million indirect economic benefit from 2005 tribal casino employment in the state.

Leonard Cortellino of Maine survived the tough field at the 2007 Borgata Winter Poker Open and took home $200,860 in first place prize money.