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Robert Soper, CEO of Downs Racing will unveil plans for the proposed gaming and entertainment facility to be constructed on the existing grounds of Pocono Downs racetrack.

News Brief: Developers proposing a $300 million gambling and entertainment playground in Delaware have teamed up with Merrill Lynch & Co. to overcome political opposition to a casino there.

News Brief: The deal signed between Rhode Island and BLB is setting a new precedent.

News Brief: Gross profits at the three riverboat casinos in Southeast Indiana increased 3.5 percent in the month of June vs. the same month a year ago, the Indiana Gaming Commission said Wednesday.

News Brief: Robert Stanley, the man who drafted a resolution calling for a state constitutional amendment to ban casino gambling in the Catskills, was all smiles after the Shandaken Town Board adopted his proposal.

Today Michael French announced he has resigned as Chief Operating Officer of the Inn of the Mountain Gods Resort and Casino.

News Brief: The design for a new Cherokee Nation casino in Sallisaw may change and construction has yet to begin, but officials say the tribe will move forward with its plans for the casino.

No one correctly matched all six numbers in Wednesday's drawing, so the jackpot will grow to an estimated $46 million.

The all-new Black Oak Casino is proud to announce the opening of Seven Sisters, a signature restaurant located on the third floor of the Casino.

News Brief: Two gaming board members indicated to a Pennsylvania House committee yesterday that some of the new racetrack/casinos could be ready for action by late 2006.

Trump Entertainment Resorts Inc. has appointed Mark Juliano as chief operating officer of the company effective Aug. 8.

Ensign is concerned the legislation could lead to native Hawaiians launching a vacationland gaming industry that could compete with Nevada casinos, much as Native Americans have done.

News Brief: Thomas Venezia, who ran a gambling empire in the Metro East area until he was dethroned by the federal government 10 years ago, was found dead Tuesday morning in his Belleville house along with his live-in girlfriend.

Las Vegas-based Allegiant Air will begin offering two nonstop round trips a week between McCarran International Airport and Wichita Falls, Texas, in September, the airline announced today.

News Brief: Cincinnati Mayor Charlie Luken has been approached about helping place a gambling initiative on Ohio's ballot next year.

The National Cattle Congress wants state gaming regulators to issue it a license to resume dog racing at the now-closed Waterloo Greyhound Park.

News Brief: People will have the chance to offer their views about gambling in Wyoming at a legislative meeting.

News Brief: When the Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa in Atlantic City completes the first phase of a $500 million expansion next year, its biggest problem might be filling several hundred new jobs.

News Brief: Staff Sgt. David John Walsh, on leave from duty in Iraq, visited Foxwoods Resort Casino last week to thank employees for sending care packages to soldiers.