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News Brief: Six of the nine Lehigh County commissioners have publicly avowed their support for a proposed casino in Allentown, Pennsylvania.

News Brief: Putting aside hopes of hosting a casino to lure Chicagoans, tourists and conventioneers, Rosemont has decided to take a more family friendly route.

News Brief: The Lower Elwha Klallam tribe has filed a letter of intent to construct an off-reservation gambling casino that tribal officials say may never be built.

News Brief: Scioto Downs might throw in its lot with Cincinnati backers of an effort to get a casino downtown.

News Brief: Erie County has won a small, but important legal decision in its quest to join a citizens-based anti-casino lawsuit in both New York and federal courts.

International News Brief: Betfair believes it could provide up to $50 million in new revenue for itself, racetracks, and horsemen by 2008 should it be permitted to operate in the United States.

News Brief: The holder of an $8.45 million Megabucks ticket sold at D & L Country Store in Oakland has claimed the winnings, but the winner's identity remained a mystery Monday.

News Brief: The operator of the gambling ship Texas Treasure was sentenced on Thursday to pay $300,000 in criminal penalties and to serve four years of probation.

News Brief: A 53-year-old Ontario teacher won a $1.3 million MegaJackpot on Saturday after pumping $20 in nickels into a slot machine at the Seneca Niagara Casino.

News Brief: Gerald Wade, a tow truck driver from Murfreesboro, became an instant millionaire Saturday playing The Beverly Hillbillies 1-cent progressive slot machine at the Fitzgerald's Casino Hotel in Tunica, Miss.

News Brief: South Carolina appears to be within its authority to demand specific gaming winnings reports from Sun Cruz Casino, an administrative law judge said Monday.

News Brief: A group seeking to outlaw slot machines in Maine, including those at Bangor's Hollywood Slots, is pushing ahead with its effort to gather enough signatures to put the question before voters in 2007.

Two-thirds of California voters oppose growing efforts by some Indian tribes to build casinos in urban centers of the state, according to the results of a new statewide survey released today by the East Bay Coalition Against Urban Casinos.

News Brief: A casino is coming to Pittsburgh, but some Hill District residents aren't too keen about having it in their neighborhood.

News Brief: Two men face up to three years prison after investigators say they tried to win $10,000 with fake tickets in a Ho-Chunk Casino promotion.

News Brief: Supporters of the first nontribal casino in the Portland area face a daunting challenge — to collect 100,000-plus valid voter signatures before a July 7 deadline to qualify their three measures for the November election.

News Brief: Opponents of a proposed Indian casino brought a petition with 4,298 signatures Monday before the Grand Forks City Council.

News Brief: The Mississippi Gaming Commission has granted license approval to developer Rick Schilling for Bali Hai Casino-Hotel.

More than 500 people attended the grand opening of the VEGAS 888 sales center, with buyers and potential buyers arriving from both domestic and international addresses.

Agilysys, Inc. reports that Coushatta Casino Resort has selected the Materials Management System solution.