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News Brief: Governor John Baldacci has declared March 6-12 National Problem Gambling Awareness Week throughout the state of Maine.

News Brief: Bernie Burkholder and Treasure Bay Gaming & Resorts announced jointly this morning that Burkholder has stepped down as chief executive officer of the privately held gambling company.

After years of heady campaigns to spread legal, commercial gambling to new jurisdictions in the United States, proliferation has ground to a halt in 2006.

News Brief: The $1 billion Broadwater Resort proposal passed the Biloxi Planning Commission on Thursday, with stipulations that plans for future phases would have to be approved by

News Brief: Mississippi"s Gulfport Planning Commission voted unanimously to recommend the City Council amend the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance and the zoning map to create an ente

News Brief: Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour predicts a revival of Mississippi's $2.5 billion a year gambling industry, which was devastated when Katrina smashed into the Gulf Coast in August.

News Brief: A new tribal casino that will be the first on the Eastside and the closest to Seattle could open as early as the fall of 2007.

American Wagering has completed the acquisition of, and commenced operations at, Sturgeon's Inn & Casino in Lovelock, Nevada on March 1, 2006.

News Brief: San Bernardino County Superior Court Judge John P. Vander Feer decided contents of a lawsuit aimed at blocking the initiative from vote were "premature" and threw the

The transformation of the Aladdin into Planet Hollywood is a step closer with work completed on the rotunda in the hotel-casino's center.

Senator Tomlinson, an architect of the Pennsylvania gaming act, will be a featured speaker at the 2nd annual Pennsylvania Gaming Congress on March 6-7.

Because no one correctly matched all six numbers the jackpot will grow to an estimated $38 million.

Hard Rock International reports its intention to develop a lifestyle condominium-hotel, in partnership with Intrawest Corporation, at the Copper Mountain Resort in Summit County, Colorado.

Full House Resorts reports that the Tribal Council of the Northern Cheyenne Tribe of Montana has signed a revised Gaming Management Agreement containing revisions which will expedite the approval by the National Indian Gaming Commission.

Men “The Master” Nguyen was the star of Cardplayer Magazine and Bodog’s inaugural “Biggest Night in Poker,” capturing the coveted Best Player honors for 2005.

Waiting for the day the President would release my Iraq-bound military unit from the boring fiefdom that is Hattiesburg Mississippi, it was only natural that I would visit New Orleans and try to squeeze in one last crazy game of poker before I left for war.

News Brief: State gambling regulators issued their first licenses of any kind Tuesday -- to six companies that can manufacture slot machines to be sold in the state.

Wall Street gave gaming stocks mixed reviews in February, with the Dow Jones U.S. gambling index closing at 531.99, up just more than 1 percent for the month.

News Brief: The Fresno County Board of Supervisors sent a clear message on Tuesday that it wants a voice in shaping the growth of Indian gaming within the county.

News Brief: A New Jersey developer with plans to build a casino in the Poconos urged local merchants and hotel owners Tuesday to support his bid, promising his project would generate nearly $400 million in direct economic activity.