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Rudi Schiffer gives the lowdown on the latest news from the resorts in Tunica, Mississippi.

News Brief: MGM Mirage, the parent company of Beau Rivage, has teamed with the American Red Cross in relief efforts.

News Brief: Hollywood, Florida, is betting that the power of the people can help it win a slice of gambling profits that may eventually start flowing into Broward County.

News Brief: American Indian gaming leaders are prepping for a no-holds-barred battle with Congress over plans to open and amend the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act.

As chairman of the Nevada Gaming Commission and a longtime Las Vegas attorney, Pete Bernhard has heard many a promise from a prospective casino operator possessing large-scale plans to revive downtown Las Vegas.

News Brief: Kentucky’s Lt. Gov. Steve Pence says he’s open to the horse industry's plan to pursue a constitutional amendment legalizing casinos.

News Brief: Missouri is considering an educational program and self-assessment test for problem gamblers who want off the casino self-ban list.

News Brief: Members of an anti-casino group recently left a meeting with the U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs confident that land the Ho-Chunk nation has purchased in Lynwood will never be given gaming rights.

News Brief: Board members of the Historic Arkansas Riverwalk of Pueblo's governing authority have differing feelings about a casino proposed for land next to the riverwalk project.

News Brief: Religious leaders carried signs and shouted about the evils of gambling outside the Capitol on Tuesday as hordes of casino execs, Coast leaders and lobbyists courted lawmakers inside.

Since no ticket matched all six numbers in Tuesday's drawing, the jackpot grows to an estimated $32 million for the Friday, September 30, 2005 drawing.

Voyager Entertainment International, Inc. has reached an agreement with Centex Destination Properties to build an "Observation Wheel" on the Las Vegas strip.

News Brief: Pittsburgh planning commission introduced guidelines about what businesses can open around casinos and casino design.

Suddenly, the signs of a comeback for Atlantic City as America's Playground resort seems everywhere apparent in its night-life and casinos.

Harrah's Entertainment, Inc. said a World Series of Poker Circuit stop is scheduled for Harrah's Rincon in Valley Center, California, from February 26 to March 7, 2006.

John G. Brokopp: The recent improvements at Harrah’s Joliet include a revitalization of the slot machine inventory, the introduction of overhead plasma TV’s throughout the casino floor, a remodeled pavilion, a new VIP player’s lounge and a new bar and snack shop in the casino.

A political aide to House Speaker Jim Black is no longer working with a gambling company that may be interested in becoming a vendor for the new North Carolina lottery.

Backers of a proposed casino in Anthony plan to offer more concessions to get Dona Ana County commissioners to agree to the deal.

An Arkansas legislator has succeeded in gaining certification for a ballot proposal to authorize a state-run gambling commission.

News Brief: Free bus rides are available for frontline casino workers who would like to go to the Capitol in Jackson to push for a Mississippi law change to allow shoreline-based gambling on the Coast.