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he Tug McGraw Foundation's annual gala in Philadelphia will bring entertainment and sports stars to the table to raise awareness and funds for brain tumor research.

News Brief: Though the new off-track betting parlor at the Ho-Chunk Casino has only been open a month, it's already earned a following of old-timers.

News Brief: North Carolina senators voted Monday to end video poker gambling throughout most of North Carolina next year, ending a seven-year battle to rid the state of a form of gambling that opponents have described as a scourge.

News Brief: The developer seeking to build a hotel with slot machines at Broadway Commons has filed a new petition seeking statewide voter approval of gambling for a third time.

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The magazine's publishing company said it hoped to open a 2,300-room hotel with a 60,000-square-foot casino just north of Circus Circus and Riviera in 2010.

News Brief: Police are searching for a man who robbed the Gold"s Casino in Great Falls, Montana.

News Brie: The Rev. James Simms, head of a community group created to push for a casino and new arena in the Lower Hill, has been sued by a man who says the minister backed out of a deal to pay public housing tenants to attend a casino pep rally.

News Brief: The chief of the Narragansett Indian Tribe and the governor of Rhode Island are throwing rhetorical bombs at each other once again over the expansion of gambling in the state.

News Brief: Maxim magazine is branching out and planning an upscale$1.2 billion Las Vegas hotel with developers, Concord Wilshire.

A 64-year-old Las Vegas retiree won a Megabucks slot jackpot worth $20,519,025 at the Cannery Casino & Hotel in North Las Vegas.

News Brief: House Speaker Michael Madigan is raising his own questions about the proposed sale of the state lottery, casting a potential shadow over Gov. Rod Blagojevich's plan f

News Brief: Vernon Downs may get permission today to start racing for the first time since 2004.

News Brief: This week, a nine-member committee appointed by Governor George E. Pataki is expected to ask for bids on Belmont Park, Aqueduct and Saratoga Race Course.

Some Las Vegas casinos fly further beneath the radar than others, and this week Jeff Simpson takes the opportunity to applaud a few places that have made some improvements.

News Brief: Bill Jung's past problems with Missouri gambling regulators could jinx his company’s, Columbia Sussex’s, efforts to buy the Casino Queen.

News Brief: Talk of a potential casino will likely dominate Lima City Council meeting once again.

News Brief: In an advertisement, Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians stated that a proposed casino in Jackson County likely would open no earlier than 2010 - provided there is local support.

News Brief: The land development plan for Mount Airy Lodge resort and casino could come up for a vote at Tuesday's meeting of the Paradise Township supervisors.

ews Brief: A newly formed group is worried the Cowlitz Tribe could end up building its casino near Ridgefield, Washington, at a site identified in the project's draft environmental impact statement.