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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.

News Brief: City and county elected leaders will be responsible for giving other taxing entities their share of money from the Indian-owned casino proposed for Pueblo, Colorado.

News Brief: Health officials are offering preventative shots to the estimated 650 people from Northern Nevada who attended a conference in Las Vegas where they might have been exposed to hepatitis-A.

News Brief: Owners of a casino gambling ship out of Brunswick, Georgia, have decided not to relocate the vessel to Pensacola, Florida.

News Brief: The state troopers’ union filed a lawsuit in Pennsylvania Supreme Court, seeking to have the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board give troopers the work doing background checks rather than outsource it to private companies.

News Brief: Gaming revenue for the St. Louis market's Missouri riverboats totaled $670 million in fiscal 2005, up 9.6 percent from $611.3 million the prior year, according to statistics the Missouri Gaming Commission released.

ews Brief: Opponents of a liquor license for the San Manuel Indian Bingo and Casino say they will not appeal a ruling that allows the gambling hall to serve alcohol in their residential neighborhood.

News Brief: A woman who fell in the Alton Belle Casino parking lot on Oct. 12, 2003, filed suit in Madison County Circuit Court seeking in excess of $50,000 for injuries she allegedly sustained.

McCarran International Airport's turned in the busiest August on record despite high summer temperatures and soaring fuel prices.

News Brief: Two executives overseeing the development of a $240 million Orange County casino assured state gambling regulators yesterday that the project is still on track despite uncertainties about who will manage the casino.

News Brief: In a special session today, Governor Haley Barbour is asking Mississippi lawmakers to place casinos on land, but within sight of the water, almost a month after Hurricane Katrina ripped the tourist sites from their perches.

Reports from some casino companies today indicate that Louisiana casinos sustained relatively modest damage from Hurricane Rita, which touched down just east of the Texas-Louisiana border early Saturday.

Card games have produced $3.8 million in revenue for the state, compared to $697,000 from Class III electronic games, state records show.

A former horsetrack owner has applied for a state license to build a $35 million racetrack and casino in this northeastern New Mexico town.

News Brief: In three locations, 20 minutes or less from the Alabama Capitol, bingo casinos operate 24 hours a day, seven days a week, bringing in millions of dollars in revenue. None of that is taxed by the state.

News Brief: Clevelanders want public officials to take the gamble and bring casinos to the city, a poll by The Plain Dealer shows.