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News Brief: Gaming enforcement officials allege that Michael Joseph Balsamo had some help from his family, working with his wife, stepson and mother-in-law to cheat slot machines in Clark County.

News Brief: The Pittsburgh Gaming Task Force will brief the city Planning Commission Sept. 12 on its recommended design guidelines for the high-profile slots casino coming to Pittsburgh.

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

News Brief: Many Pocono Mountains residents hope that a casino in the region will help bring in tourists to their lagging economy.

Prospects appear bleak that the Senate will pass an online wagering prohibition when it returns after Labor Day for the final weeks of the 109th session of Congress.

The 1,740-room Beau Rivage reopens its $550 million renovation on Tuesday, following a brief ceremony honoring the estimated 238 Mississippi residents who died when the Category 4 storm hit Biloxi.

ews Brief: Potawatomi Bingo Casino broke ground today on its $240 million expansion in Milwaukee's Menomonee Valley.

News Brief: Florida officials are proposing a new SunPass-only interchange to capitalize on the Seminole Hard Rock Casino and Resort’s location and provide an alternative to getting on and off the turnpike in the Hollywood area.

News Brief: Detroit city officials may consider turning the Silverdome, former home of the Detroit Lions, into a casino.

Advantage Sports Betting has released a new betting product -- Virtual Horse Racing.

ThePokerAttic.com is holding an online auction to help raise money for Hurricane Katrina survivors.

No ticket matched all six numbers to win the $60 million jackpot. So the estimated jackpot for the Tuesday, August 29, 2006 drawing grows to $70 million.

News Brief: Pennsylvania gambling regulators have joined the chorus of critics calling for changes to Pennsylvania's slot machine law, saying they will take matters into their own hands to the degree possible if amendments are not made.

News Brief: A plan to significantly shorten Missouri’s lifetime self-ban from casinos for troubled gamblers failed to win approval Wednesday from the Missouri Gaming Commission.

News Brief: The City of Tama is making a run at putting a casino riverboat on its recently acquired Cherry Lake near downtown.

ews Brief: The Jamul Indian band is releasing a long-awaited environmental report today on its proposed high-rise casino and hotel, offering hundreds of pages of charts, images and details on one of the state's most controversial Indian gaming projects.

News Brief: Ending a 14-month wait with unusual speed, the California Assembly voted to ratify a new compact Thursday that would permit the Quechan tribe to build a new mid-sized casino in Imperial County.

News Brief: Members of the Los Coyotes Band of Indians continued their weeklong fast on the state Capitol lawn Tuesday, trying to draw attention to their stalled efforts to run a casino in Barstow, California.

News Brief: Democratic Governor Rod Blagojevich has criticized a casino-growth proposal pushed by Republican gubernatorial candidate Judy Baar Topinka.

The 2007 Miss America Pageant will return to the Aladdin Resort & Casino in Las Vegas.