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News Brief: Before a packed Council House, the Tribal Gaming Enterprise Board withdrew a request today to have a referendum on selling alcohol at Harrah’s Cherokee Casino.

News Brief: Two of the North Shore's largest stakeholders say a casino in their midst, whether beside PNC Park or near the Carnegie Science Center, could jeopardize possible development or expansion efforts.

News Brief: Many Grand Forks City Council members agree that the city's support for a proposed Indian casino ought to go to a vote of the people.

News Brief: The odds of an Indian-owned casino being built in Port Huron, Michigan, are slim, those familiar with the issue said this week.

Horizon's Edge, New England's premier casino and entertainment cruise line, reports its launch from the Bayside Market Place in Miami.

The U.S. Gaming Exchange is auctioning off its entire portfolio of 1,633 domain names on eBay starting on Friday, January 6th.

Calder Race Course concluded its 34th Tropical Meet on Monday, Jan 2., and reports that overall attendance and handle were sharply affected by severe weather and its related consequences, most notably Hurricane Wilma.

News Brief: With the expansion of the Peppermill Hotel-Casino and plans by Las Vegas-based Station Casinos to move into the Reno market, Atlantis Casino Resort officials are laying the groundwork for a possible expansion of their Virginia Street property.

News Brief: Harrah's New Orleans beginning today is holding a job fair to recruit employees to reopen the casino on Feb. 17.

News Brief: In a major setback for the Shinnecocks, the federal Interior Department has declared it is not bound by a November court ruling that the nation is a federally recognized tribe. The tribe is trying to build a casino in Hampton Bays.

News Brief: The five California Indian tribes with gaming compacts amended in 2004 have remitted $25.2 million to the state as their quarterly payment to finance a transportation construction bond.

News Brief: The Park City Council on Wednesday passed a resolution supporting a casino for nearby Harvey County, Kansas.

News Brief: Pittsburgh's slots parlor could rake in more than $1 million a day by its second year, according to revenue projections by one of four companies seeking the city's casi

Bob Boughner, the Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa executive who ran Atlantic City's first Las Vegas-style megaresort, will head back to Nevada to oversee a $4 billion casino-hotel development for parent company Boyd Gaming Corp.

News Brief: Horse industry casino advocates plan to release a poll Thursday that they claim shows the majority of Kentuckians want a vote on expanding gambling.

News Brief: Former lobbyist Jack Abramoff pleaded guilty to his role in a Florida fraud case Wednesday, completing a deal with prosecutors that secured his cooperation in a corrupt

Since no one correctly matched all six numbers in Wednesday's drawing the Powerball jackpot will grow to an estimated $57 million.

Hansen Gray & Company, Inc. reports that its recently acquired NAPP Tour has retained professional poker tournament director Matt Savage as a consultant to the Company.

olSportsPools.com offers several different types of pools, with each pool limited to a fixed number of players.

Cashing in on the current heat wave of poker popularity, InstantPokerChips.com today launches a unique new line of poker chips. This limited edition line features the original illustrations of artist Barrett Hinkle.