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The Morongo Band of Mission Indians today concluded an agreement projected to deliver more than $3 billion in additional revenues to the State of California over the life of our compact.

Since no ticket matched all six numbers to win the Mega Millions jackpot, the jackpot grows to an estimated $83 million for the Friday, September 1, 2006 drawing.

The California Nations Indian Gaming Association takes no position on the terms of any compact and is not engaged in the negotiations.

News Brief: Clark County Sheriff Bill Young is pushing for the gambling industry to install and manage an expanded surveillance camera system on the Las Vegas Strip that could film robberies, fights and other crimes and alert police immediately.

News Brief: The clean-up is mostly complete and business is brisk at the beachfront casinos, but a year after the devastation wrought by Hurricane Katrina, Biloxi is still struggling to get back on its feet.

News Brief: Circuit Judge Max Gors ordered South Dakota officials to add an explanation to November's ballot about the repeal of video lottery, putting the tax loss of $112 million into the context of the state budget.

News Brief: A memorandum of understanding signed by the Mashantucket Pequots and MGM Mirage lays out a plan for possibly more casinos in southeastern Connecticut, elsewhere in Indian Country, in Atlantic City or on the Las Vegas strip.

News Brief: After more than a year of feeling like the ball in a political pingpong game, the Quechan Tribe appears on the brink of securing a new gambling agreement.

ews Brief: The troubled Hesperia casino project is history, according to one of the Victor Valley’s most-influential real estate analysts.

News Brief: More than two years after investigators raided Coyote Valley tribal and casino offices near Ukiah, a federal grand jury has indicted seven of its former leaders on 39 counts, including conspiracy to embezzle.

News Brief: In a stunning defeat for one of the state's most powerful Indian tribes, the Assembly last night soundly rejected a lucrative new gambling agreement for the Agua Caliente band of Palm Springs.

In a symbolic ceremony, Beau Rivage Resort & Casino opened its doors for business today, ushering in nearly 4,000 employees and continuing the era of hope and recovery for the Gulf Coast.

News Brief: Charities beware: that casino night you're planning just might be illegal.

MAXjet Airways said Monday it will launch twice-weekly nonstops between London and McCarran International Airport on Nov. 2.

Major expansion plans are in the works for the Las Vegas Monorail to help relieve traffic congestion along the resort corridor.

Oxford Publishing Inc. reports the launch next year of a West Coast national hotel- motel show that promises to change the dynamics of hospitality conferences and trade shows.

News Brief: Russell Green is one of the many casino workers that found work in Arizona after being displaced after Hurricane Kartrina.

About half of drivers said they would stop driving to Vegas if prices hit $3.50 per gallon and about 80 percent would stop if gas reaches $4.33 per gallon.

News Brief: Oklahoma's American Indian tribes are spending more on lobbying thanks to casino revenue.

The 'ambassador' program has captured the attention of problem gambling treatment experts normally skeptical of casino efforts to help compulsive gamblers.