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News Brief; On Thursday, the state Legislature closed shop until January without passing legislation to approve a gaming compact that would bring an Indian casino-resort here.

At Johnny White's Sports Bar bartender Peter Gregory is convinced that casinos, especially Harrah's New Orleans, are helping the city recover from the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.

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

Hung Vu never considered himself a construction worker, but a year away from his job as a blackjack dealer at Beau Rivage made the Vietnamese immigrant pretty good with a hammer and nails.

The Powerball jackpot for the Wednesday, September 6th drawing will be $102 million with the cash option at $47.9 million.

No ticket matched all six numbers to win the $83 million jackpot, so the jackpot for the Tuesday, September 5 Mega Millions drawing grows to an estimated $95 million.

Pinnacle Entertainment has agreed to purchase the entities that own The Sands and Traymore sites in Atlantic City, N.J. from entities affiliated with financier Carl Icahn.

A gaming stock index rose modestly in August as excitement over next week's opening of Wynn Macau pulled the group out of a sharp three-month slide.

Nevada Gold & Casinos, Inc. reports that the opening of Vernon Downs Racetrack included a crowd of over 12,000 fans and invited guests.

News Brief: Pressure is building for state regulators to issue more casino licenses, even before construction is finished on Iowa's newest riverboat gambling operations.

ews Brief: The Straban Township supervisors recommended to themselves approval of preliminary plans Thursday night for a slots parlor at the intersection of routes 15 and 30.

News Brief: Deals reached by California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger allowing several of the state's Indian tribes to operate thousands more slot machines will not go before the state legislature until next year's session, legislative leaders said on Thursday.

From September 7-10, 2006, Atlantic City and Trump Marina Hotel Casino will be the main stage for one of the country's premier boating events, the Atlantic City In-Water Boat Show.

A major multi-media campaign is underway as Evangeline Downs Racetrack & Casino gets the word out that it wants customers to win a truck every day in the month of September, starting tonight.

After several months of little to no growth in Southern Nevada's visitor counts, perhaps it's fitting that this year's summer travel season concludes with little to no growth as well.

Young professional poker player Joe Pelton wins $1.5 million in the 2006 WPT Legends of Poker Main Event.

News Brief: A petition drive to let Ohioans vote on allowing slot-machine gambling at horse-racing tracks and in Cleveland has fallen short of the required number of signatures.

News Brief: Construction began in August on the Tulalip Tribes" long-awaited $130 million, 12-story, 363-room resort hotel and conference center adjacent to the giant Tulalip Casino in Quil Ceda Village.

News Brief: With the potential of an Indian casino impacting the city, two assembly bills affecting California American Indian tribes were also discussed by the Plymouth City Council.

e National Indian Gaming Commission comments on the recent indictments of seven former officials of the Coyote Valley Band of Pomo Indians.