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News Brief: Jeff Coy has been named to another two-year term on Pennsylvania’s Gaming Control Board.

State Rep. Win Moses will ask the Indiana General Assembly to endorse a plan to study the regulation of video gaming rather than make any legislative effort in 2007 to legalize the games.

News Brief: After 2 years, Ho-Chunk Casino north of Baraboo reopened its poker tables Sunday with players filling the tables and more excited gamblers waiting in the wings.

News Brief: The Tigua Tribe of El Paso wants to build a casino on 10 acres in southern New Mexico to replace one that the state of Texas shut down four years ago.

Since no ticket matched all six numbers to take home the Mega Millions jackpot, that jackpot grows to an estimated $25 million for the Friday, January 19, 2007 drawing.

Polly Esther's nightclub which will bring all of its signature nightclubs under one roof at the Stratosphere Casino Hotel and Tower in February of 2007.

Caesars Palace has dolled up a whole new gaming area inspired by the queens of burlesque song and dance, The Pussycat Dolls.

ews Brief: Just two months after opening its doors, gamblers have pumped more than $250 million into the slot machines at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs, according to the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board.

News Brief: Tigua governor Art Senclair said the tribe will continue to press the state of Texas for gambling rights this year, and with support of the area's municipalities.

News Brief: Harrah's says that it plans to open its Chester, Pennsylvania, casino in the middle of next week.

News Brief: Democratic gubernatorial candidate Steve Beshear said Tuesday he will push for a state constitutional amendment in 2008 that would allow expanded gambling in Kentucky.

AAA has awarded Monte Carlo its first Four Diamond Award in the hotel's 10-year history.

A has awarded MGM Grand more 2007 AAA Diamonds under one roof than any other hotel in the United States, Canada, the Caribbean and Mexico.

News Brief: Casino mogul Steve Wynn said Lloyd's of London have made an offer to settle his $54 million claim of lost value for a Picasso.

Kudos to Gaming Control Board pick Keith Munro for doing the right thing and resigning his appointment.

With Spamalot, Eric Idle has created a deliriously funny live spectacle which tells the legendary tale of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table, and their quest for the Holy Grail.

Tourists didn't let rising room rates or holiday obligations stop them from coming to Las Vegas.

New Gaming Control Board member Randy Sayre had to wait a week to officially claim his seat on the three-member regulatory panel.

News Brief: Massachusetts Governo Deval Patrick told municipal leaders he was considering slots machines and casinos as a way to help close a $1 billion budget gap and provide more money to cities and towns.

Fourteen local restaurants and two Las Vegas hotels have been added to the roster of AAA Four Diamond Awards, ranking the city second only to New York in number of Four Diamond restaurants.