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News Brief: A Louisiana state trooper has been booked with money laundering and malfeasance in office, accused of running a bookmaking operation out of his Meraux home and the Metairie office where he worked as a member of a multiagency drug task force, officials said.

News Brief: In response to criticism from several quarters, California's gambling commission has agreed to narrow a measure that would allow it to conduct more of its business behind closed doors.

News Brief: Harrah's Entertainment has altered the design of its proposed casino complex in West Warwick, Rhode Island, envisioning a shorter hotel tower and placing the parking garage away from a residential neighborhood.

FullTiltPoker.net and FSN join forces to present a live telecase of the FullTiltPoker.net Championship at Wynn Las Vegas.

News Brief: Rejecting a constitutional challenge that threatened to undo what is expected to become a $3 billion industry, Pennsylvania's highest court Wednesday upheld the Gaming Act, the state's 11-month-old slot-machine gambling law.

Mobile gambling is increasing its stake in the U.S. at a rapid rate, according to Mintel International's recent report on cellular phones.

News Brief: Gambling opponents are mounting opposition to the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians’ request to bring Las Vegas-style gaming to Harrah’s Cherokee Casino.

News Brief: The Catskill's casino quest reached critical mass here yesterday with politicians, labor leaders and Indian tribes battling between competing proposals allowing either one or three gambling resorts to be built.

News Brief: A group of homeowners and others who own small parcels of land between the Palace Casino and U.S. 90 are pooling their properties to lure another casino developer to Point Cadet, Mississippi.

Coast Casinos was fined in April and will get a chance Friday to argue before the Accountability and Disclosure Commission for the fine to be forgiven.

The watch continued Wednesday for supporters and opponents of a statewide referendum on an Indian-operated racetrack casino in Washington County.

Since no one correctly matched all six numbers in Wednesday's drawing the Powerball jackpot will grow to an estimated $62 million.

Governor Edward G. Rendell's Chief of Staff responds to the PA Supreme Court ruling in Pennsylvanians Against Gambling Expansion Fund v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Boyd Gaming reports that Borgata Hotel Casino and Spa, its Atlantic City joint venture with MGM Mirage, received unanimous approval for renewal of its gaming license from the New Jersey Casino Control Commission.

Rob Powers, vice president of community relations for the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority, resigned from the agency over the weekend, a convention authority spokeswoman said today.

News Brief: Casino Windsor officials are bracing to lose gamblers to Detroit casinos when Ontario imposes a no-smoking ban on all public buildings next year.

Revenue from legal casino gambling worldwide will top $100 billion by the end of the decade and Nevada's casino industry will continue to trump competition from American Indian tribes and regional gambling halls, according to a study being released today.

With no discussion, the Clark County Commission on Tuesday approved plans to begin work on several new parking options for travelers and employees at McCarran International Airport.

News Brief: State legislators in a General Assembly session already crowded with proposals to expand gambling have now sponsored a bill to legalize table games in Delaware.

News Brief: City of Beloit officials and tribal leaders might have thought they had evaded 11th hour attempts to block approval of a Beloit casino a few months ago, but casino advocates find themselves once again on the defensive against legislative interference.