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News Brief: A 38-year-old man was arrested after allegedly violating his probation by entering the Mohegan Sun Casino.

News Brief: The announcement of a new Pittsburgh casino that could offer up to 5,000 slot machines has some West Virginia gaming advocates fretting.

News Brief: A proposed Mohawk casino in the Catskills received environmental approval from federal officials, bringing the long delayed $600 million project a step closer to reality, tribal representatives said on Dec. 15.

Progressive Gaming International Corporation reports that the Nevada Gaming Control Board's Technology Division has approved Rapid Bet Live Wireless.

News Brief: Mardi Gras Racetrack & Gaming Center will open next week after receiving the state's approval Wednesday to turn on its Las Vegas-style slot machines for patrons.

News Brief: The Revere City Council plans to schedule a public hearing next year on a proposal allowing casinos to be built on two local racetrack sites.

Other than Las Vegas Sands Corp., Nevada casino operators were shut out in their attempts to win a license to operate a slot machine-only casino in Pennsylvania.

News Brief: The Mississippi Gaming Commission is expected today to OK plans for a casino development in D'Iberville during a meeting at Beau Rivage Resort & Casino in Biloxi.

News Brief: Don Barden, the owner of Gary's two riverboat casinos has been granted a gaming license in Pittsburgh, but he says he will continue to move forward with redevelopment plans for Buffington Harbor.

Powerball will go to an estimated $65 million jackpot for Saturday night's draw as the grand prize was not hit Wednesday evening.

The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board today unanimously approved 11 applications for permanent slot-machine gaming operator licenses.

ew Brief: Narragansett Chief Sachem Matthew Thomas is reviving the idea of a slots casino on tribal lands in Charlestown, Rhode Island.

News Brief: Tribes are sharing their casino generated wealth, a report shows, giving more than $150 million a year to charitable causes, contributing to nonprofits, universities, museums and other organizations.

News Brief: Workers complaining about cuts in employee benefits at Foxwoods Resort Casino won the backing of a casino employee group Monday, though some of the group's representatives said they don't support a threatened sickout during the New Year's holiday.

News Brief: Mashpee, Massachusetts, selectmen have notified federal officials that new rules proposed for establishing casinos on tribal lands do not provide adequate protections for the interests of local communities.

ews Brief: Foxwoods Casino Philadelphia and Sugarhouse Casino were selected by the state regulators to receive slots gaming licenses in Philadelphia.

Governor Edward G. Rendell today commended the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board for the board's dedicated work.

News Brief: A Mount Airy Lodge official Tuesday proposed creating an independent audit committee to oversee slots operations if the newly reborn resort obtains a state casino license.

News Brief: Investors who planned a slots casino near the historic Gettysburg battlefield lost their bid for a gaming license.

ews Brief: The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board ended months of speculation and debate Wednesday with the selection of a plan by Detroit businessman Don Barden for Pittsburgh's lone slots casino license.