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News Brief: Detroit leaders are wondering why shovels are not in the ground to build permanent casinos more than three months after they were cleared to start construction.

News Brief: The Bear River Casino, Humboldt County’s newest casino will open to the public at 6 p.m. Wednesday.

News Brief: Waterloo City Council members voted unanimously to spend $410,000 of a $1 million advance from Isle of Capri Casinos Inc. to fill five police officer positions and four firefighter jobs which previously had been eliminated from this year's city budget.

Thailand officials want Nevada businesses to expand into the dynamic Asian country.

A month after shutting down a Web promotion by Foxwoods Resort Casino, the state has ordered a halt to an Internet gambling site run by Penn National Gaming Inc.

The Chippewa-Cree Indian Tribe says it has an agreement with a Florida company to build a casino, hotel and truck stop complex.

The state Supreme Court is taking up the question of whether there should be a new casino in West Warwick, and is scheduled to hear oral arguments on Aug. 15.

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

While Atlantic City's new-found interest in younger, high roller and nongaming customers mirrors the Strip, industry experts also said the East Coast city poses no threat to Nevada.

A federal judge in Virginia has ordered an Internet gambling business to stop using names on its Web sites that are similar to the trademark owned by The Venetian on the Strip.

Harrah's Entertainment, Inc. reports that Gary Selesner has been named President of Caesars Palace.

News Brief: With the Lakes Region Greyhound Park closed for at least another season and the Seabrook Greyhound Park drastically cutting live racing days, it seems the New Hampshire’s greyhound racing industry is in trouble.

Five-hundred sixty-two days remain before Las Vegas will briefly become professional basketball's brightest stage.

News Brief: A Monongalia county commissioner isn't very happy that the courthouse's name is being associated with the gambling parlor.

News Brief: After more than 20 years as an architect who crafted casinos and resorts from Mexico to Michigan, Davis, a Dallas native, is the top designer on a project much closer to his old stomping grounds: Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs.

News Brief: A casino in Beloit won’t hurt revenues at other casinos in southern Wisconsin or northern Illinois, says a study done for the two tribes spearheading the Beloit effort.

News Brief: Though the bulldozers won't start rumbling until October, Tuesday marks the ceremonial groundbreaking in French Lick for the state's newest casino.

Since no one correctly matched all six numbers in Saturday's drawing the jackpot will grow to an estimated $92 million.

Since no ticket matched all six numbers to win the estimated $32 million jackpot, the jackpot for the Tuesday, August 9, 2005 drawing grows to an estimated $41 million.

Lower than expected business levels - attributed in part to weather conditions and intensified competition for horses - have prompted Ellis Park to reduce overnight purses for the remainder of the race meet that continues through Sept. 5.