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News Brief: Harrah’s Entertainment is spending nearly $140,000 a day trying to convince voters to amend the state Constitution for its proposed West Warwick casino.

News Brief: Over 4,000 invited guests tried their hand at gambling after French Lick Resort Casino"s ribbon-cutting ceremony that included casino executives, local supporters and officials.

Governor Edward G. Rendell today signed Senate Bill 862, legislation for regulating Pennsylvania’s gambling industry.

Since no ticket matched all six numbers to win the $32 million jackpot, the jackpot grows to an estimated $42 million for the Friday, November 3, 2006 drawing.

News Brief: Breeders' Cup Ltd. and six of the nation's racetracks will launch a set of Breeders' Cup qualifying races next year.

MGM Mirage will sell its Buffalo Bill's, Primm Valley and Whiskey Pete's hotel-casinos to Herbst Gaming, Inc. for $400 million.

With a $1 million gift from MGM Mirage, the university will establish the MGM Mirage Academic Excellence Scholarship Endowment.

Michael Gaughan is finally back doing what he likes, running a casino.

News Brief: A man apparently told the wrong people he'd won a big jackpot at a casino, because when he got home, they were waiting for him.

International News Brief: NETeller said today it would continue operating in the US until new regulations on internet gambling, which are expected to make its business illegal in there, are drawn up.

New Brief: Both of the Lehigh Valley's casino hopefuls have invited social workers to learn about the warning signs and treatment options for compulsive gamblers.

Luxor Resort & Casino will be the home for the third season of A&E Network's "Criss Angel Mindfreak."

News Brief: A 24-year-old LaPlace woman wanted by the St. John the Baptist Sheriff's Office for allegedly stealing more than $50,000 from a Reserve casino where she was employed was arrested in an apartment in Virginia.

News Brief: Some credit casinos for Joilet, Illinois shifting from a city experiencing high unemployment rates and economic troubles to one of the county's fastest growing cities.

News Brief: The anti-casino coalition Save Our State, together with the anti-casino group We the People, held a unity rally in opposition to the proposed Harrah's West Warwick casino last night at the Sheraton Airport Hotel in Warwick.

News Brief: Pinnacle Entertainment Inc. has formally petitioned the Louisiana Gaming Control Board for permission to place a riverboat casino in Baton Rouge.

News Brief: A long-awaited moment in French Lick, Indiana, will arrive Tuesday when investors snip the ribbon on Indiana’s 11th casino and unveil a refurbished century-old hotel.

Absolut Vodka and Esquire magazine announce the opening of the 'Find Your Flavor' suite at Las Vegas' famed Caesars Palace, currently celebrating its 40th anniversary.

Progressive Gaming International Corporation reports that the Palms Hotel and Casino, host of the current live wager field trial for Rapid Bet Live Wireless, has begun accepting live wagers on mobile betting devices.

The Morongo Band of Mission Indians have announced that they will double Riverside County’s original $100,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of the Esperanza fire arsonist.