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ews Brief: Nearly a thousand prospective blackjack dealers, pit cashiers, food service workers, security guards and even accountants packed an employment preview for the Seneca Buffalo Creek Casino in downtown Buffalo Thursday.

News Brief: A legal feud between the partners in the Orange County, Indiana, casino project apparently has expanded with the filing of a second suit.

The Nebraska tribal coalition circulating the petition proposing to allow casino-style gaming has chosen to discontinue the use of paid petition circulators.

The Pokagon Gaming Authority has successfully closed its financing of $305 million in Senior Notes due 2014.

PokerTek, Inc. reports that Hollywood Park Casino, one of the three largest card clubs in California, has agreed to install an initial six PokerPro tables for a 90 day trial peri

To support their continued growth, Mohegan Sun has added new positions to its sales force and hired several new personnel to streamline operations and effectively serve clientele

The Stardust no longer is accepting hotel reservations past November 1, and some industry observers expect that to move up to October 1.

News Brief: Former Colorado Senator Joseph Nighthorse Campbell told the lunch crowd at the New York Gaming Summit Wednesday that despite critics’ contentions, gaming has been a major force in revitalizing Indian reservations around the country.

ews Brief: West Warwick officials are rushing to complete studies related to the proposed casino project before the November referendum, years after Harrah's Entertainment first proposed building a casino resort in the town's industrial park.

It's ladies' night at the 2006 World Series of Poker, as ELLE magazine heads to Las Vegas with an all-star poker team to raise funds for the American Heart Association.

Since no one correctly matched all six numbers the Powerball jackpot will grow to an estimated $20 million for Saturday night's drawing.

HumonGUS Bucks, a new $5 Pennsylvania Lottery instant game, offers a second-chance drawing that will award three winners an opportunity to attend a tv shoot with Gus, the second-most famous groundhog in Pennsylvania.

Profile of the American Casino Gambler: Harrah's Survey 2006 demonstrates Americans' enthusiasm for casino gambling and their desire to experience a broad array of entertainment

News Brief: The winner of a recent $34 million jackpot from the Mega Millions California Lottery has stepped forward to collect his prize.

News Brief: Station Casinos Inc. is submitting initial plans to the city for its planned $500 million south Reno project, Mt. Rose Station Casino Resort, but is asking the community to help fill in the details.

News Brief: Despite a smoking ban and competition from casinos, bingo remains a popular means of fund raising among churches, volunteer fire companies and other nonprofit groups.

News Brief: Wisconsin's $1.2 billion in 2005 tribal gambling receipts ranked it ninth among 23 states with Indian casinos, while the nearly $71 million that Wisconsin collected last year in casino revenue-sharing payments from tribes ranked fourth among those states.

International News Brief: In a document made public on Tuesday, the twin island Caribbean nation of Antigua and Barbuda pressed for discussions with the United States over its restrictions on Internet gambling.

ews Brief: Representatives of the three bidders vying for Pittsburgh's lone casino-operating license said they would not be dissuaded by the possibility of as much as a year's delay in awarding the license.