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With last week's soft opening of The Pier at Caesars, the southern New Jersey destination continues to morph into more than just a day-trip, gambling-intensive city.

News Brief: Atlantic City casinos could lose more than $20 million a day in revenue and cut thousands of jobs, according to an industry executive.

ews Brief: The uncertain future of the slot-machine casino that Penn National Gaming Inc. will build at its Grantville racetrack became a little less uncertain this week.

News Brief: A former surveillance supervisor at Caesars Atlantic City has been cleared of charges he spied on attractive women in the casino, but a second supervisor faces a suspension of his gaming license.

News Brief: The city of Lawrenceburg, home of the Argosy Casino, has agreed to provide $10 million of its gambling proceeds toward the $100 million in infrastructure.

News Brief: An assembly governmental organization committee has voted to reject the tribal gambling compacts Schwarzenegger negotiated last year for the Barstow development.

Cala Corporation has completed its plans to build a $400 million destination casino three miles off the Miami coast.

News Brief: According to a new survey, most Buffalo residents support plans for a Seneca Nation gambling casino downtown.

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

News Brief: Chester residents flocked to a job fair last week for the slot-machine parlor and racetrack under construction on the riverfront, but its operator, Harrah's Entertainment Inc., remains guarded about how many residents it will hire.

News Brief: In an expression of solidarity with their former chairman, four members of the five-person Straban Township Planning Commission have removed themselves from any decision-making related to a casino proposed in the township.

Visitors to Harrah's Louisiana Downs Casino & Racetrack were greeted with skydiving chicken as part of a new promotion at the casino called Chick-Tac-Dough.

PC Universe, Inc., formerly known as Poker TV Network, Inc. reports its name and ticker symbol change has been accepted by The NASDAQ Stock Market.

Since no one correctly matched all six numbers in Saturday's Powerball drawing the jackpot will grow to an estimated $50 million.

After nine years at the heart of the Strip, Scott Kreeger wanted a change of pace. What he got was an education.

Less than a week after a ticket sold in Genoa, Ohio won an estimated $23 million jackpot, Mega Millions excitement is building.

News Brief: Atlantic City casinos could close Wednesday if a state budget crisis isn't averted today, but gambling companies with ties to Northern Nevada are not expected to take a big hit.

The Small Town Poker Tour will kick off round one of 2006 STPT Amateur Championships July 29 in Monroe, Louisiana.

In the Alice-in-Taxiland world of the Clark County cab business, prospective cab companies must clear a number of hurdles before their cars can hit the streets.

News Brief: The CEO of Empire Racing Associates LLC said the high number of potential bidders on the racing franchise now held by the New York Racing Association could mean good things for his group.