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News Brief: The Christian Action Commission of the Mississippi Baptist Convention is calling on Mississippi Baptists to oppose all measures that would benefit the gambling industry.

Lincoln Park race track and two former executives who were convicted last month of conspiring to bribe a Rhode Island lawmaker with up to $4 million are not entitled to a new trial, a federal judge ruled.

Virginia congressman and longtime casino foe Frank Wolf sent a letter to President Bush criticizing the administration's plan to offer tax incentives to casino operators on the Gulf Coast.

Black Oak Casino is proud to announce the newest Team Member and Director of Hospitality, Edward LaMeire.

News Brief: Ronald R. and Traci A. Tomko can deduct $40,000 in slot machine losses from their 2001 income taxes even though they did not keep records in exactly the way the law requires, Judge Carleton Powell ruled in an opinion released Tuesday.

News Brief: A bill that requires the Legislature to approve off-reservation casinos would stifle negotiations and thwart efforts by Wisconsin tribes to expand gaming beyond their borders, proponents of off-reservation gambling said Wednesday.

Southern Nevada's top aviation official has been given increased access to directors of some of the world's busiest airports and airlines, an advantage that could aid Las Vegas' continuing push to add more overseas air service.

Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Wednesday's drawing the jackpot will jump to an estimated $167 million.

With the opening of the 40,000 square foot, $20 million design-driven dining and entertainment complex TAO, The Venetian-Resort-Hotel Casino has officially upped the ante in the battle for Las Vegas' burgeoning nightlife-seeking crowd.

News Brief: The developers of a proposed Anthony, New Mexico, casino will offer the Doña Ana County Board of Commissioners more money and other concessions at its Tuesday meeting.

News Brief: Slots aficionados may have a long wait before they can play in Broward County.

News Brief: The Rendell administration is confident that a lawsuit filed earlier this week by the state police union over gambling-related background checks won't derail the startup of Pennsylvania's slot machine industry.

News Brief: City planners are trying to curb the sprawl of the proposed slot machine casino in Pittsburgh.

News Brief: Hundreds showed up at a job fair looking for work at the new Seneca Niagara Casino Hotel, which plans to hire 1,000 employees for its grand opening New Year's Eve.

Gubernatorial candidate Pete Sorenson is calling on his rival, Gov. Ted Kulongoski, to prevent hurricane victims from gambling away their federal relief money in Oregon.

Attorneys for the Illinois Gaming Board told an administrative judge Emerald Casino Inc. should lose its gambling license for repeatedly lying to regulators.

News Brief: While Mississippi is moving forward on a proposal to allow the floating casinos damaged by hurricanes to rebuild on land, Louisiana is starting to think about the same thing.

News Brief: Bangor councilors adopted a resolve asking state decision-makers to let Hollywood Slots at Bangor run for three years before making any major changes in the laws and rules that already have been put into place.

News Brief: The average casino patron in Missouri lost a record $60.02 per casino visit -- up sharply from $56.37 a year ago, according to the Missouri Gaming Commission's annual report for the fiscal year ended June 30.

Boomtown Casino and Hotel Reno has paid out a huge $50,506 Keno jackpot to lucky winner Andrew Riddell.