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News Brief: Senate Democrats moved quickly yesterday to fill a vacancy on the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board, a powerful new agency that will license 14 slot machine casinos in the state.

News Brief: The question of whether patrons of tribal casinos can file personal-injury lawsuits in state courts was argued Monday in the New Mexico Supreme Court.

News Brief: Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s lead negotiator on the casino compact issue will appear to answer senators’ questions about a deal with the Los Coyotes Band of Cahuilla and Cupeno Indians.

News Brief: Harrah's Entertainment is hosting representatives of seven East Coast culinary schools, hoping they can sell their students on the four Harrah's properties, as a wonderful place to work.

News Brief: Two Lake Oswego men who are seeking to develop Oregon's first nontribal gambling casino have filed seven new proposed ballot initiatives to replace earlier proposed initiatives that were ruled unconstitutional.

News Brief: A Sun Cruz casino ship ran aground in Dania Beach Monday night after losing engine power, a U.S. Coast Guard spokesman said.

News Brief: Local officials in municipalities where casinos are proposed face heightened scrutiny of their potential links to gambling backers.

When Steven Lipscomb presented the concept of the World Poker Tour (WPT) to Foxwoods executives nearly five years ago, it didn't take the brass at the world's largest resort casino long to decide they wanted to jump on board.

The Soaring Eagle Casino and Resort was amongst the properties that received a AAA Four Diamond ratings.

So is the popularity of online gambling creating hordes of addicts too broke to cover their bets? No, one Harvard University researcher says.

News Brief: The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board, which already has two days set aside for public hearings on Pittsburgh-area standalone casino proposals, added a third date for the public to weigh in on a gaming license at a racetrack in Washington County.

ews Brief: With March Madness reaching a fever pitch, Brooklyn authorities yesterday announced the dunking of a $45 million betting ring allegedly run by a team of Chinatown and Gambino mobsters.

News Brief: The North Strabane Township Planning Commission has granted The Meadows interim approval of plans to build a temporary casino at its 153-acre Racetrack Road site.

News Brief: Montana horse racing fans have started a petition in an effort to catalog enough popular support to save horse racing at the Western Montana Fair.

News Brief: Indian and commercial casinos have proved popular and profitable throughout the state, and officials at the Michigan Gaming Control Board don't expect a casino in Port Huron would be different.

Things change quickly on the Las Vegas Strip, and sometimes the changes are for the worse.

News Brief: For the new general manager of Diamond Jo Casino, moving to Iowa was like a homecoming.

News Brief: A casino near Gettysburg would be ‘an absolute shocker,’ according to a firm that analyzes gaming ventures for investors.

News Brief: The group leading the effort to establish voter initiative in Rhode Island has rejected a call by the Narragansett Indian Tribe to support placing the proposed West Warwick casino on the November referendum ballot.

With the hotel-condominium units in Signature at MGM Grand nearly sold out, MGM Mirage is proceeding to look at developing the adjacent 15 acres.