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Tony Taeubel, vice president of The Orleans, has a career in gambling that's spanned thousands of miles and jobs ranging from government regulator to sports book writing.

A selection of news and views from inside the industry this week.

In the wake of the announced closing of Wilmington’s Kahunaville Restaurant & Bar, Harrah’s Chester Casino & Racetrack has stepped in to lend assistant to the displaced employees affected by the closing.

Shorter buffet lines and desolate casino floors could be in the cards at many Strip hotels as early as 2010 unless something is done to bypass heavy congestion at Southern Nevada's largest airport.

News Brief: The gambling industry is preparing for another all-out rush on Beacon Hill, with Gov.-elect Deval Patrick leaving the door open to the possibility of legalizing casinos and slot machines in Massachusetts.

News Brief: Fiscal leaders in the Indiana Senate say they have no plans to try to take casino tax revenue from Harrison County and other riverboat communities to shore up the state budget or redistribute to other local governments.

News Brief: If Foxwoods Development Co. wins a license Dec. 20 to build on the 161/2-acre site on South Columbus Boulevard in South Philadelphia, its Foxwoods Casino Philadelphia will confirm it as a major player in the casino industry.

Since no one correctly matched all six numbers in Saturday's Powerball drawing, the jackpot will grow to an estimated $20 million.

Dejope Bingo and Entertainment will be having a Grand Re-Opening for Dejope Gaming on New Year's Eve.

Lakes Entertainment, Inc. reports that the Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma Business Council declined to approve a proposed updated tribal agreement with a Lakes subsidiary relating to the Pawnee Trading Post Casino.

January, with Holiday expenses hanging heavily and tax time down the road, is not the busiest time of the year in the casino industry but two TUNICA casinos have year in an year out figured out how to smooth out that bump when they convert the County into the POKER CAPITAL of the world.

ews Brief: An expansion of gambling in Kanawha County, West Virginia, may be decided by local residents.

News Brief: The Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes did not sign a five-month extension of the current compact offered by Gov. Brian Schweitzer on Wednesday.

The Indiana Department of Labor has signed a construction partnership agreement with Messer Harmon, LLC for the construction expansion of the Argosy Casino owned by Penn National Gaming in Lawrenceburg, Indiana.

llywood Casino Bay St. Louis, reports the hiring of Gloria Frey as general sales manager.

News Brief: Talks of an Indian casino continue in Gary, Indiana, despite a change in the city's administration, but Mayor Rudy Clay said it is the Miami tribe that is keeping the idea alive.

News Brief: W. Owen Nitz and Jeffery M. Cooper were named the 2006 Gaming Executives of the Year on Thursday by the International Masters of Gaming Law.

News Brief: A final environmental report on the fiercely contested Jamul tribal casino project has been delayed more than a month and isn't expected until mid-December at the earliest.

News Brief: New York has no independent way to ensure that it's getting its fair share of millions of dollars in slot revenues from Indian-owned casinos, including the two run by the Seneca Nation of Indians, a state comptroller's audit charged Thursday.

ews Brief: An Adams County judge sent an appeal of a casino zoning decision to the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania in a court order Wednesday.