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News Brief: Two politically connected firms in the running to reap a windfall if Governor Blagojevich brings keno-style gambling to Illinois also are the lone bidders on a $17 million lottery games distribution deal to be awarded by March.

News Brief: The company that built its fortune on riverboat gambling is sailing into new waters.

News Brief: A coercive treaty took land in Grand Forks away from the Chippewas, and it would be fair if the descendents of those that took the land helped the descendents of their victims - by letting them build a casino, chief Ken Davis said this week.

News Brief: Nearly 2,000 hopeful job applicants waited in line for up to four hours Thursday and Friday to apply for any of 250 jobs available here when Wild Rose Casino opens in July.

Just across the Strip from Wynn's $2.7 billion Wynn Las Vegas -- and its mountain conveniently located to block views of the well-worn New Frontier -- property owner Phil Ruffin plans to erect a giant Ferris wheel.

A transportation crisis will soon plague Southern Nevada if demand for gasoline and jet fuel continues to outpace local pipeline capacity.

Forest City Enterprises has unveiled plans for over $1 billion of investment at Station Square in Pittsburgh, including a $512 million casino managed by Harrah's Entertainment Inc.

A selection of news and views from inside the industry this week.

The World Poker Tour reports that Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino has joined its roster of host casinos for a new event that will be staged as the second stop of the Season V calendar.

Super Bowl XL is nearly two weeks away but guests at Caesars Palace Race and Sports Book in Las Vegas, Nevada, have an opportunity to place a wager on the game right now.

Since no one correctly matched all six numbers in Saturday's drawing the Powerball jackpot will grow to an estimated $115 million.

Since no ticket matched all six numbers to win the $31 million Mega Millions jackpot, the estimated jackpot for the Tuesday, January 24, 2006 drawing grows to $40 million.

New Yorker, Ravi "Saint Soldier" Anand, has won the first event of the inaugural 2006 Borgata Winter Poker Open.

Over 1,300 players are feeling the heat at Borgata Hotel Casino and Spa for the first event of the Borgata Winter Poker Open.

Here's your shot to show you have the right stuff.at the World Poker Tour/Commerce Casino Media Tournament that kicks off 10 days of poker action in Southern California.

News Brief: Backers of a proposed casino in Wood Village are promoting a new study that says the facility would generate as many as 8,000 jobs and nearly $200 million in revenue fo

News Brief: The Quincy City Council have repealed taxes on amusement and gambling and opted to maintain a tax on admissions, following talks with bar and club owners impacted by the 1951 ordinance's enforcement.

News Brief: Former political opponents, Tim Shallenburger and Kathleen Sebelius are now working with key Kansas lawmakers to get a gambling bill passed this legislative session.

News Brief: Alain J. Uboldi, the chief operating officer of Pinnacle Entertainment, made comments to the Mississippi Gaming Commission on Thursday more positive about the likelihood of rebuilding in Biloxi than previous statements by company executives.

News Brief: A man who robbed a casino with a pellet pistol and then wrote letters from jail directing a woman to commit more robberies to raise money for his bond was sentenced Thursday to 15 years at Montana State Prison.