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News Brief: Mohegan Sun increased its slot machine winnings by more than 5 percent last month, to $74.9 million, while the house win at Foxwoods Resort Casino dropped more than 6 percent, to $68.8 million.

News Brief: Governor Haley Barbour gave thousands of Mississippians the economic security to recover from Hurricane Katrina when he signed the onshore casino bill into law Monday.

Calder Race Course ended its 120-day Calder meet on Sunday, Oct. 16, and started its 59-day Tropical at Calder season on Monday.

News Brief: Hoping to get legislation introduced by the end of the year, the Atlantic City casinos have submitted a 57-page ‘wish list’ of items they would like to see changed in the New Jersey Casino Control Act or with their operating regulations.

News Brief: Without slot machine revenue to stop plummeting purses at Florida's racetracks, the industry will go down quick, according to the executive director of the Florida Thoroughbred Breeders' and Owners' Association.

Las Vegas is planning a very special series of celebrations to mark this year's Veterans Day.

The Megabucks top jackpot of $11,909,745 was won at the Aladdin Resort & Casino early Sunday morning.

The Powerball game has reached a new record-breaking jackpot of $340 million. A Match 5 Bonus Prize kicks in for the first time.

Since no ticket matched all six numbers to win the jackpot, the jackpot grows an estimated $90 million for the Tuesday, October 18, 2005 drawing.

A local as won Delaware's first lottery MegaJackpots prize of $417,565 n a Wheel of Gold (R) statewide progressive machine at Delaware Park.

News Brief: Millions of dollars into a high-stakes game in which they are losing their shirts, the investors behind Connecticut's Indian tribes are now facing that bleak late-in-the-game moment that inevitably arrives.

As Americans help fuel the growth of Internet gambling, which will generate $12 billion in revenue this year, the battle over its legality continues.

News Brief: Marion County residents will get to vote on whether they want a casino located in their county.

Chris Leininger has been named general manager for the casino at French Lick Springs Resort & Casino.

A statue of singer Elvis Presley, who used to grace the Hilton showroom, was moved from its place at the property's front entrance into storage.

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

McCarran International has both plans and equipment in place to treat local passengers suspected of carrying the deadly bird flu virus.

News Brief: Las Vegas Sands Corp. was a top sponsor of this week's gathering of community planners in the city, but you wouldn't have guessed that at Wednesday's session on slots in Pennsylvania.

Asian gamblers have long been coveted at Strip casinos, where high rollers wager thousands of dollars on the turn of a card at baccarat. Local casinos are now looking to cater to that group.

The Las Vegas Valley just completed its first summer without a major water park since 1984, the year before Wet 'n Wild opened on the Strip near the Sahara.