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News Brief: More than 50 recently terminated employees from Lincoln Park protested yesterday against the park's recent layoffs.

Strip casinos dished out about $1.3 billion worth of comps - free meals, drinks and rooms - during the fiscal year that ended June 30.

News Brief: A resolution opposing any legislative raid on Indiana tax revenues paid to host communities by casinos was passed Monday by the Evansville City Council.

ews Brief: A key federal Bureau of Indian Affairs document examining a proposed Cowlitz Indian Tribe casino near La Center, Wash., is expected to be completed by the end of this month, a bureau official said last week.

ews Brief: The second of three suspects who allegedly stole nearly $200,000 from Cher-Ae Heights Casino in November was freed on bond Monday after turning herself in Friday.

News Brief: At a French Lick Town Council meeting, State Rep. Jerry Denbo, said a new casino measure will bring dollars to the governments in Orange County.

New Jersey Governor Jon S. Corzine will be Keynote Speaker for the 11th annual East Coast Gaming Congress.

The Nevada Resort Association has launched a statewide radio and television ad campaign commemorating the 75th anniversary of the legalization of gambling in Nevada.

News Brief: An Indiana tavern owners’ trade group is gearing up to make a renewed legislative push this year to bring slots and video poker machines to bars, restaurants and fraternal organization lodges.

News Brief: A state lawmaker wants to revamp South Carolina's gambling laws to legalize in-house poker games.

News Brief: A majority of registered Kansas voters want to see casino gambling expanded in the state, according to a new survey.

News Brief: Mayor Randy Kirichkow has been scheduled to attend a conference next week in Washington, D.C., when he and several Beloit representatives will support a proposal for a Beloit casino.

News Brief: Hollywood wax statues will be part of the ambiance at the Hollywood Casino planned for Billings, Montana.

News Brief: Atlantic City casinos have spent millions of dollars on high-tech ventilation systems and smokeless technologies but their investment may prove to be a wastewhen the city’s proposed casino smoking ban takes effect in April.

News Brief: Northampton County Executive John Stoffa is creating a committee to study the possible effects of a Bethlehem casino on the county's human services, prison and court systems.

News Brief: The new Glacier Peaks Casino in Montana has finally opened but not without a few hitches.

The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board announced today that it is canceling its Tuesday, January 9, 2007 meeting.

Powerball will jump to an estimated $131 million for Wednesday's draw as the grand prize was not hit Saturday evening.

No ticket matched all six numbers to win the estimated $102 million jackpot, that means the jackpot for the Tuesday, January 9, 2007 Mega Millions drawing grows to an estimated $122 million.

GSN's High Stakes Poker kicks off its third season on Monday, January 15 as the 2006 World Series of Poker champion Jamie Gold and others face the best cash game players.