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News Brief: A slow starting West Virginia legislative session may heat up by the end of next week, when proponents of casino-style gambling introduce their legislation.

News Brief: Colorado casinos reported total revenue of $54.5 million for December 2006, according to the state's Division of Gaming.

The poker action was hot inside Borgata Hotel Casino and Spa during the first day of competition at the 2nd annual Borgata Winter Poker Open taking place January 17-30, 2007.

News Brief: New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer's campaign returned $110,000 in excess donations from casino developer Richard Fields, almost all of it for jet flights and other costs tied to a lavish fund-raiser in Wyoming last summer, a new campaign filing shows.

News Brief: A batch of California gaming deals that would let four Inland tribes operate mega-casinos needs legislative sponsors soon if it is to make it through the Legislature this session, lawmakers said Wednesday.

News Brief: Lane Company, the Atlanta-based company planning to put a casino at the Roth Hill riverfront site hopes to begin development of the area by summer and open the casino by early 2008.

News Brief: Prairie Meadows Racetrack and Casino in Altoona, Iowa, could be the next entrant in the Polk County hotel business.

News Brief: A Canadian anthropologist testified in federal court yesterday that the Shinnecock Indians signed 17th-century land deeds that now prevent them from building a casino in modern-day Hampton Bays.

News Brief: An unsympathetic Casino Control Commission refused Wednesday to remove the man from New Jersey's self-exclusion list despite arguments from his lawyer that his civil rights may have been violated.

Since no one correctly matched all six numbers the Powerball jackpot will grow to an estimated $205 million for Saturday night's drawing.

CNIGA Chairman Anthony Miranda gave the annual State of the Tribal Nations Address at the 12th Annual Western Indian Gaming Conference.

A dealer who complained that casino operator Steve Wynn orally abused her says she was fired from her job at Wynn Las Vegas.

News Brief: A few Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, political leaders think the idea of a casino in Old Town is almost far-fetched, but everyone at least seems willing to listen.

News Brief: Downtown Reno casino profits finally are going up after a long, downhill slide brought on by competition from Indian casinos in California and mega-resorts in Las Vegas, and the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

News Brief: The new visitors have created something of a culture clash at Gulfstream, where racing fans and slot players have to share the renovated racino.

News Brief: Unseasonably mild weather and an extra December weekend helped Foxwoods Resort Casino and Mohegan Sun post strong gains in slot-machine revenue for the month.

News Brief: California’s gaming tribes are meeting with state and federal officials to talk about gaming and other key issues.

News Brief: Goveror Charlie Crist has offered to re-open stalled and bitter negotiations with the Seminole Tribe of Florida over its longtime push to operate Las Vegas-style slot machines across Florida.

News Brief: Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller warned Iowans on Tuesday to be on the lookout for fake lotteries seeking to steal thousands of dollars from victims who think they’ve won a jackpot.

News Brief: Iowa’s Hot Lotto jackpot winner has yet to come forward to claim the $19.97 million prize, the largest jackpot in the history of the Hot Lotto game.